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| John Wicklein: Writing, Reporting and Editing Coach | Vol I, No. 1 |
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| Effective and affordable coaching plans offered for individual reporters or newspaper training editors |
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My background for coaching writing, reporting and editing: |
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| o The New York Times: Reporter and copy editor on the national and metro desks. I sat in summers as Day National Editor, working with national reporters in developing their stories. o At the Times’ request, I conducted training for beginning reporters, discussing assignments and critiquing their stories after they appeared. o The Washington Post: Contracted yearly from 1997 to 2005 to coach reporters, helping to improve the quality of writing in the paper. o Director, Kiplinger mid-career program for journalists at Ohio State. Mentored reporters from papers including The New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Kansas City Star to help them develop long-form stories for publication. o Columbia Graduate School of Journalism: As an adjunct, I taught advanced public affairs reporting. o Workshops in reporting and copy editing at a dozen papers. Over the last dozen years, I’ve mentored more than 300 reporters and editors, one-on-one, at these papers. o SPJ Writer's Workshops: Conducted seminars in enterprise reporting and copy editing. o I started out covering Linden and Rahway NJ for the old Newark Evening News. Great place to break in—damn shame it died.
In my own reporting, I've published about 2 million words--in The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly,
American Journalism Review, Columbia Journalism Review, Quill, Australian Journalism Review,
Archeology (my hobby) and other publications. Four enterprise stories I wrote won New York Times Publisher's Merit Awards.
For an article in Columbia Journalism Review investigating improper government and commercial pressures on public television programs, I received the $3,000
Brechner Freedom of Information Award of the University of Florida Center for Freedom of Information. Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) included it in a volume of best investigative stories. |
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