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Roy Peter Clark was born in 1948 in New York City and raised on Long Island. He graduated from Providence College in Rhode Island with a degree in English and earned a PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was hired by St. Petersburg Times in 1977 to become a writing coach. mostra altro He worked with the American Society of Newspaper Editors to improve newspaper writing nationwide. He was soon elected a distinguished service member which was a rare honor for a journalist who has never edited a newspaper. He has nurtured Pulitzer Prize winning writers such as Thomas French and Diana Sugg. He has worked full-time at The Poynter Institute starting in 1979 as director of the writing center, dean of the faculty, senior scholar and vice president. He has authored or edited several books on journalism and writing such as: Free to Write: A Journalist Teaches Young Writers; Coaching Writers: Editors and Reporters Working Together Across Media Platforms and Glamour of Grammar. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Roy Peter Clark

Journalism: The Democratic Craft (2005) — A cura di — 13 copie

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Journalism and Realism: Rendering American Life (2011) — Prefazione — 1 copia

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Data di nascita
1948
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Manhattan, New York, USA
Luogo di residenza
Long Island, New York, USA
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Istruzione
Providence College
State University of New York, Stony Brook (PhD)
Attività lavorative
academic (The Poynter Institute)
editor (St. Petersburg Times)
Organizzazioni
Director, National Writers' Workshop
American Society of Newspaper Editors
St. Petersburg Times
Premi e riconoscimenti
American Society of Newspaper Editors, Distinguished Service Member
Breve biografia
Clark was born in 1948 on the Lower East Side of New York City and raised on Long Island, where he attended Catholic schools. He graduated from Providence College in Rhode Island with a degree in English and earned a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In 1977 Clark was hired by the St. Petersburg Times to become one of America's first writing coaches. He worked with the American Society of Newspaper Editors to improve newspaper writing nationwide. Because of his work with ASNE, Clark was elected as a distinguished service member, a rare honor for a journalist who has never edited a newspaper. Clark is the author or editor of 14 books on journalism and writing.

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The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark (July 2010 ER) in Reviews of Early Reviewers Books (Settembre 2012)

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Questo saggio nemmeno poi brevissimo vuole spiegare come si fa a scrivere bene in modo conciso. Soprattutto la prima sezione in realtà è per in massima parte un manuale di scrittura in generale, fatto bene; ma dovrebbe essere chiaro a tutti che per scrivere bene e conciso occorre comunque in prima battuta saper scrivere bene. Lo stile del libro è piacevole e leggero; i capitoli - questo sì - sono brevi e terminano tutti con alcuni esercizi che recuperano il materiale spiegato in precedenza e permettono al lettore di metterlo all'opera. In un mondo dove il tempo per leggere è sempre più ridotto, l'essere in grado di esprimersi in modo breve ed efficace è un'abilità che bisogna saper coltivare: io parto avvantaggiato da una mia laconicità innata, ma ho comunque imparato a saperla gestire.… (altro)
 
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