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At a party, a coworker's partner (who is in law enforcement) asked what I thought about how to help people upskill to write better reports and such, and without
by abathur 3y ago
At a party, a coworker's partner (who is in law enforcement) asked what I thought about how to help people upskill to write better reports and such, and without hesitation I said they should try taking a newswriting class (ideally, IMO, on a condensed schedule as in a summer semester).
I'm not sure how common this is, but newswriting (a sophomore-level course) was the weed-out class for all mass comm degrees at the state university I attended. I went into a summer newswriting class with quite a bit of writing experience and it still had an impact on me.
(I double-majored in English + public relations and went on to get an MFA in creative writing. I doubt any 8-week period since elementary school affected my writing as much. It was a great counterweight to the kinds of academic writing styles you tend to pick up in English and philosophy. Caveat: I went into newswriting with a full toolchest; I can't speak to how it would go as a ~beginner.)
- nobody9999 3y ago>I'm not sure how common this is, but newswriting (a sophomore-level course) was the weed-out class for all mass comm degrees at the state university I attended. I went into a summer newswriting class with quite a bit of writing experience and it still had an impact on me. Definitey. And reading good writing is also an excellent way to improve one's communication skills. It doesn't even need to be related to subjects you might be writing about either. Good novels, well written essays/non-fiction books, etc. can provide examples of good writing and, if one continues to read well written stuff, it will likely rub off. That's not a substitute for your suggestion (which is a good one), but another way to improve how one communicates in writing.
- P_I_Staker 3y agoI have never been a reader. I've read maybe one book on purpose in life. Also, I almost never read the posted article. I think reading is bad.