What writers and others say
“A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That’s why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.”
— Truman Capote, author and gadabout who wrote In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany’s
“The voice of most news stories is neutral and authoritative. Editorials are often written in institutional voices. Columnists, critics and sports writers often develop distinctive voices that readers seek out over their breakfast cereal and interact with in an imagined form of conversation.”
— Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar, The Poynter Institute
“The language of journalism is not like speech, but it is closer to speech than most other forms of writing.”
— Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar, The Poynter Institute
“The voices in American journalism for too long have been too monotone and monochromatic.”
— Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar, The Poynter Institute
“The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists.
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