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.
Oh, the nut graf. I had to mentally brace myself to write about it. After all these years, it’s still the hardest thing I write. I tell students that all the time. I want them to know it’s not … Read more
When she got the story assignment, ESPN senior writer Elizabeth Merrill could hardly believe it: A Villanova basketball star, Shelly Pennefather, won the 1987 Wade Trophy as the top female player in college hoops, then went abroad for a … Read more
