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Katharine Gammon

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Katharine Gammon is an award-winning independent science journalist based in Santa Monica, California. Her story interests range from culture and nature in public lands to the lives of scientists to the complexity of baby brains. She previously served in the Peace Corps in Bulgaria, and attended MIT and Princeton University.

A guide to clear writing in tangled times

A guide to clear writing in tangled times

By Katharine GammonRoy Peter Clark says he never meant to write another book about writing.Clark, a senior scholar at The Poynter Institute, had already written or edited 20 books about…
March 31, 2023
What 8-year-olds can remind us about good writing

What 8-year-olds can remind us about good writing

A journalist and mom goes to her son's third-grade class to teach writing ~ and instead becomes the grateful student
November 8, 2022
Roy Peter Clark on productive writing through a pandemic year

Roy Peter Clark on productive writing through a pandemic year

Pull up Roy Peter Clark’s website and you’ll see it leads with a reference to him as “America’s writing coach.” The source of that comment isn’t specified, but could likely…
March 24, 2021
A war correspondent and mom faces new fears in the early days of coronavirus

A war correspondent and mom faces new fears in the early days of coronavirus

Coronavirus is no longer something happening somewhere else — no matter where you are — or something that will soon become yesterday’s news. As of this week, cases have been…
March 17, 2020