Roy Peter Clark has been teaching the art or writing and reporting for more than 30 years, authoring numerous books and appearing on television to talk about his craft.

He recently taught at a conference hosted by the Washington Post and posted this article on Poynter after hearing David Finkel, Bob Woodward, DeNeen L. Brown and Ezra Klein detail what they believe makes the difference in modern writing.

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