EVERY WRITER NEEDS AN EDITOR. Some are fortunate to have good ones; others have bad ones, and many have none at all. If you are in the latter two categories, Dick Weiss can help.
Dick offers workshops and provides one-on-one coaching in person or by e-mail for journalists, freelance writers, students, communications professionals, and those who have simply got a story to tell.
Dick has 30 years experience as an award winning reporter, editor and writing coach, most of them at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Visit "About WeissWrite" for a bio and writing samples.
Who Is Left Out?
Are we bringing everyone together?
When candidates talk about uniting our nation, they frequently mention blacks, whites, Hispanics and Asians, They almost never discuss the nation's 5 million Muslims. What's up with that? Dick Weiss and McGraw Milhaven talk about this and the Post-Dispatch's redesigned web site on the McGraw Show on KTRS-550 AM.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #47
A Mom-umental Failure -- Washington Post
Mom deserves a monument, we can all agree. But perhaps not the one that sculptor William Clark Noble had in mind for a public space in Washington D.C.
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-- Dick Weiss
Talk is Cheap -- Especially on the Radio
Whether they they are on the right or the left, syndicated radio talk show hosts are frequently visceral, rarely thoughtful; always judgmental, and rarely acknowledge shades of gray. In Dick's view they do not contribute to a civil society. McGraw Milhaven , who is a talk show host but not syndicated, provides his own unique view on the McGraw Show on KTRS-550 AM.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #46
Outsourcing Stress -- Chicago Tribune
Laurie Goering presents a fascinating look at how workers at call centers in India have imported some of the stresses and strains of American lifestyles. Writing from Bangalore, she cites unfortunate side effects with which many night-shift workers in this country could identify.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Beacon Goes Global
The St. Louis Beacon, the nascent online journal for the St. Louis region, scores a big hit with readers worldwide as it chronicles the Pope's visit with victims of sex abuse. Dick Weiss and McGraw Milhaven discuss this and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's latest verbal salvos on the McGraw Show on KTRS-550 AM.
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Elizabeth Edwards: Right On The Money
Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of the former presidential candidate, offers a trenchant critique on the media in an op-ed piece in the New York Times. Click on the link below.
-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #45
Credit crunch fallout -- San Francisco Chronicle
This story provides the best explanation yet for what the credit crisis means to each of us and how our lifestyles will change as a result.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Post-Dispatch Lets Down Its Guards
Everyone is taking a hit at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as Lee Enterprises deals with a declining share price, and dips in circulation and advertising revenue. But some suffer more than others. Now the security guards -- many of long tenure -- are sent packing. They got nothing like the generous packages given recently to top execs and newsroom personnel. Dick Weiss and McGraw Milhaven discuss this and the latest gaffes and goofs in politics and the media on the McGraw Show on KTRS-550 AM.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #44
Objects on your plate may be smaller than they appear -- Washington Post
The recession has hit restaurants particularly hard. This Washington Post story discloses how they are reducing portion sizes and changing their menus in subtle ways to sell high-margin meals. Diners beware.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Intrepid, Irascible Bill McClellan
Bill McClellan's latest columns in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch provide fodder for Dick Weiss and McGraw Milhaven on the McGraw Show on KTRS-550 AM.
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