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June 24, 2021June 24, 2021blog, poetry/writers

Interviewed on Plume for Writers Podcast

I was so happy to receive an email from Sam Tetangco to […]

February 13, 2017August 1, 2017blog

Interview in Crack the Spine

I was recently interviewed in Crack the Spine’s Wordsmith series! They asked […]

April 15, 2011March 11, 2016blog, books

Learning from the greats: Reaction to Chapter 9 of ‘America’s Best Newspaper Writing’

Chapter 9: The Classics APRIL 15, 2011 To be a reporter, to […]

April 1, 2011March 11, 2016blog, books

Reporting on disasters and crisis: Reaction to Chapter 8 of ‘America’s Best Newspaper Writing’

Chapter 8: Terrorism, war and disasters Writing about terrorism, war and disasters […]

March 18, 2011March 11, 2016blog, books

Writing to show: Reaction to Chapter 7 of ‘America’s Best Newspaper Writing’

Chapter 7: The Profile and Feature Story Feature and profile writing has […]

March 16, 2011March 11, 2016blog, features

Holistic approach to editing: Read through the whole story, then focus on details

Alumnus offers editing tips to communications students Marlena Chertock MARCH 16, 2011 […]

March 14, 2011February 8, 2014blog

Read, talk to people and don’t wait for press releases to find good stories

Director of Elon University News Bureau Eric Townsend offers communications students writing […]

March 11, 2011March 11, 2016blog, features

Elon alumnus took grunt work, worked his way into Baseball America

Marlena Chertock March 11, 2011 Nathan Rode was willing to do grunt […]

March 11, 2011March 11, 2016blog, books

Writing to Explain, to Understand: Reaction to Chapter 5 of ‘America’s Best Newspaper Writing’

Chapter 5: Explanatory Journalism and Business Writing MARCH 10, 2011 Explanatory journalism […]

March 4, 2011March 11, 2016blog, books

Informing the public of crime, the courts and abuses of power: Reaction to Chapter 4 of ‘America’s Best Newspaper Writing’

Chapter 4: Crime and Courts MARCH 4, 2011 The fourth chapter of […]

February 25, 2011March 11, 2016blog, books

Working the beat: Reaction to Chapter 2 of ‘America’s Best Newspaper Writing’

Chapter 2: Local Reporting and Beats The second chapter of “America’s Best […]

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• June 30: Queer Cookies x Bold Fork Books
• August 5-7: OutWrite 2022
• August 20: Featured Reader at Open Doors Festival, Kennedy Center for Performing Arts

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