- News Writing and Reporting: The Complete Guide for Today’s Journalist, by Christopher Scanlan.
- Why Business People Speak Like Idiots: A Bullfighter’s Guide, by B. Fugere & C. Hardaway. Filled with wisdom about clarity and the importance of avoiding buzzwords.
- A Writer’s Coach: The Complete Guide to Writing Strategies That Work, by Jack Hart. A comprehensive book about elements of journalistic writing.
- The Magazine Article: How to Think It, Plan It, Write It, by Peter Jacobi.
- On Writing Well, a classic by William Zinsser.
- Writing to Deadline: The Journalist at Work, by Donald Murray.
- The Associated Press Guide to News Writing: The Resource for Professional Journalists (not the AP Stylebook) An essential guide for anyone who writes news releases and stories.
- News Reporting and Writing, by Melvin Mencher.
- Best Newspaper Writing (Poynter Institute) Includes analysis of the story and a Q&A interview with the writer.
- The Art & Craft of Feature Writing: Based on The Wall Street Journal Guide, by William Blundell.
- The Craft of Interviewing, by John Brady.
- Creative Interviewing: The Writer’s Guide to Gathering Information by Asking Questions, by Ken Metzler.
By Ken O’Quinn
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Perfect Phrases for Business Letters (McGraw-Hill)
TD at Work — Business Writing for Managers
As a contributing author in this book on leadership, Ken offers insights and tips for managing difficult conversations, providing effective feedback, and being authentic. Order here.
Perfect Phrases for Business Letters (McGraw-Hill)
Provides the right words and phrases for any situation - quickly. The book was reprinted in Japanese because of high-volume sales there.
TD at Work — Business Writing for Managers
The Association for Talent Development invited Ken to write this 22-page booklet for the TD at Work series.
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Researchers: Reading Bite-Size Bits of Information Hinders Our Thinking
Historically, humans have developed the brain capacity for "deep reading," that is, processing information, relating it to our existing knowledge, …