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.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #93
Poignant reading for the upcoming July 4th holiday. In a multi-media presentation, the Associated Press presents Killer Blue, the story of 30 members of an Army unit on a 15 month tour of duty in Mosul, Iraq. Two died, 13 earned Purple Hearts, many returned suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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-- Dick Weiss
Say it ain't so, Joe
Joe Buck's new HBO show gets off to a rocky and profane start
What was Joe Buck thinking when he invited a Howard Stern crony to kick off his new HBO show? Dick Weiss talks it over with McGraw Milhaven on the McGraw Show on KTRS-AM (550).
Dick's media segment airs each Monday at 8:35 a.m.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #92
New York Times columnist Dan Barry reflects on the imminent demise of his daughter's fish and the passing of his family members.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #91
They were two lost souls, ages 18 and 22, who met while riding boxcars across the country. They married and continued their lives more or less happily as vagabonds, until the dangers of train-hopping caught up with them.
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-- Dick Weiss
Don't Spank Your Baby at the Mall
Security camera footage makes its way to the media ... then the police
A security camera at a mall catches a mom spanking her child. Is that news? Dick Weiss talks it over with McGraw Milhaven on the McGraw Show on KTRS-AM (550).
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #90
Nine minor leaguers and more than a hundred amateur players have died as a result of beanings. In a new book, Sports Illustrated reporter S. L. Price looks at what happens when death visits the diamond. Click the link above to read an excerpt from the book.
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-- Dick Weiss
Circular Firing Squad
Smackdowns mark the week as journalists and talk show hosts take each other on.
Sometimes the harshest criticism in journalism comes from your peers, Dick Weiss tells McGraw Milhaven on the McGraw Show on KTRS-AM (550).
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #89
The monster inside my son -- salon.com
Ann Bauer, who has an autistic son, once wrote about how autism can be a beautiful thing. Now she tells a different story as her son has turned into a violent young man. Thanks to the Nieman Narrative Digest for suggesting this story.
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-- Dick Weiss
Crimes & Cable
What it takes for a local murder to get national attention
Why do some local crimes get national attention and others don't? Race and socio-economic status play a role, Dick Weiss tells McGraw Milhaven on the McGraw Show on KTRS-AM (550).
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #88
My personal credit crisis -- New York Times
Of all people, Edmund L. Andrews, an economics reporter for the New York Times, finds himself on the brink of foreclosure because of an unwise mortgage loan. He is trying to turn around his financial fortunes by perhaps writing a best seller about his plight. Read an excerpt here from the New York Times Magazine.
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-- Dick Weiss
