World renowned author, writer & instructor Roy Peter Clark to speak at #CoSIDA13 Convention during N
College Sports Information Directors of America
CoSIDA's Program Committee, chaired by CoSIDA 2nd Vice President Eric McDowell (Union, N.Y.), has invited four nationally renowned speakers to the June CoSIDA Orlando convention, taking place in conjunction with NACDA & Affiliates Convention Week.
The first three presenters announced were productivity and employee performance expert Laura Stack who will serve as the kickoff speaker on Wednesday, June 12 with her presentation “What to do When There’s Too Much to Do” (3-4:30 pm, Salon H); communications and leadership specialist Richard Dufresne who will address convention goers during his "Effective Communications" session on Thursday, June 13 (8:30-9:20 am, Salon H); and "America’s Nutrition Leader" Zonya Foco, whose interactive session “Excelling Your Career Without Undermining Your Health” takes place Friday, June 14 (10-10:50 am, Royal).
The final national speaker is author Roy Peter Clark, Vice President and Senior Scholar at The Poynter Institute, who is previewed below. The Poynter Institute is a school for journalism and democracy in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the author or editor of 17 books on writing, language, and journalism.
Clark will speak on "Writing for Sports Communications" during the Convention on Saturday, June 15 (10-11:20 am).
See all 2013 CoSIDA Convention news HERE and see NACDA and Affiliates Convention information HERE.
photo credits: Photo above, taken by Kenny Irby for The Poynter Institute; photo below by Kelly Benman French.
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By Eric McDowell, Union College (N.Y.)/CoSIDA 2nd Vice President
By many accounts, Roy Peter Clark is America’s writing coach, a teacher devoted to creating a nation of writers. Clark will provide his experience and knowledge to the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America on Saturday, June 15 in Orlando.
A Vice President & Senior Scholar for The Poynter Institute, Clark will address the membership on “Writing for Sports Communications” from 10:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.
A Google search for his name reveals an astonishing web of influence, not just in the United States, but also around the world at conferences from Singapore to Brazil. Clark’s work has erased many boundaries. A Ph.D. in medieval literature, he is widely considered one o
f the most influential writing teachers in the rough-and-tumble world of newspaper journalism. With a deep background in traditional media, his work has illuminated, on the Internet, the discussion of writing. He has gained fame by teaching writing to children, and he has nurtured Pulitzer Prize-winning writers such as Thomas French and Diana Sugg. Clark has also spoken about the writer's craft on The Oprah Winfrey Show and at news organizations from The New York Times to the Sowetan in South Africa.
Clark is a teacher who writes, and a writer who teaches. That combination gives his most recent book, “Writing Tools,” a special credibility. More credibility comes from Clark’s long service at The Poynter Institute. Clark has worked full-time at Poynter since 1979 as director of the writing center, dean of the faculty, senior scholar and vice president.
Clark was born in 1948 on the Lower East Side of New York City and raised on Long Island, where he attended Catholic schools. He graduated from Providence College in Rhode Island with a degree in English and earned a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In 1977 Clark was hired by the St. Petersburg Times to become one of America’s first writing coaches. He worked with the American Society of Newspaper Editors to improve newspaper writing nationwide. Because of his work with ASNE, Clark was elected as a distinguished service member, a rare honor for a journalist who has never edited a newspaper.
Clark is the author or editor of 14 books on journalism and writing. These include “Free to Write: A Journalist Teaches Young Writers”; “Coaching Writers: Editors and Reporters Working Together Across Media Platforms”; “America’s Best Newspaper Writing”; “The Values and Craft of American Journalism”; “The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968”; and, most recently, “Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer.”