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Seven years ago, I could neither read nor write in ‎English; my native language is Arabic. When I ‎arrived in the United States in May 2016 to pursue higher education, I needed a translator at the ...

Editor’s note: Poynter announced that the newly renamed 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes will feature a category honoring longtime writing coach Roy Peter Clark and recognizing compelling short writing ...

Judith C. Hochman has long seen holes in writing instruction. “We’re very good at assigning writing,” she explains. “We’re not very good at teaching kids how to write.” In 2012, the Hochman Method, as ...

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The Earl of Chesterfield, the 18th-century British statesman and patron of the arts, had a number of concerns about his illegitimate son Philip, but one he revisited often in his posthumously ...

With the influx of publications brought on by the pandemic, it’s become more challenging than ever for researchers to attract attention to their work. Understanding which elements of a title will ...