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Lori Shontz

@lshontz

Lori Shontz is a senior instructor of journalism at the University of Oregon and co-director of Writing Central, the School of Journalism and Communication’s peer writing support program. She previously spent more than two decades as a writer and editor at publications including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Miami Herald.

Nut grafs: Seven steps to score a winning story structure

Nut grafs: Seven steps to score a winning story structure

A sports journalist now teaches college students how to build a story from the basics up and find the hard-to-hit nut
From basketball stardom to rosary beads

From basketball stardom to rosary beads

Twenty-five years after a college athlete keeps a promise to God, ESPN follows up with a rare story from inside a cloistered convent