by Dave Lieber | Mar 28, 2011 | News, Storytelling strategies, Writing
Years ago, newspaper columnist Dave Lieber wondered what the 21st century newspaper columnist would be like. He didn’t envision the rise of social media, and he didn’t know that the 21st century incarnation was sitting right beside him. Meet Bud
by Dave Lieber | Jan 1, 2011 | Writing
Columnist Dave Lieber examines the ordeal that his columnist colleague at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram must endure.
Readers see Bob Ray Sanders’ photo atop his column and immediately think race. He gets so much racist hate mail that a TV documentary was made about this.
by Dave Lieber | Jun 19, 2010 | Writing
One of the world’s most popular recording artists shows his trade secrets to a TV reporter. Dave Lieber tapes the show, freezes the frame on his VCR and reconstructs the rules that Coldplay band leader Chris Martin uses to ensure his creative success.
Martin’s rules show the secret behind his success is
by Dave Lieber | Apr 11, 2010 | Writing
April 18, 2010 is the 15th anniversary of a “holiday” Dave Lieber helped create — National Columnists Day. That’s the day the great columnist Ernie Pyle was killed in World War II.