My introduction to that process began with my first career: speechwriting. Speechwriters are storytellers. They help leaders put their stories into words. Executive coaches are story makers.

To cut Biden some slack, perhaps his declaration was rhetorical, crafted to elicit more and more “seriousness” from the press ...

Saddled with negative approval ratings and trailing former President Trump in the latest polling average of their general ...

I write about storytelling and how to tell your story better. In a talk at this year’s SXSW, Obama’s speechwriters, Sarada Peri and Andy Barr, shared their top tips on how to communicate more ...

Current and aspiring speechwriters learn the theory and practical skills they need to be knowledgeable policy resources and trusted communicators for their principals. You’ll develop and enhance ...

Fooling the lower middle classes is the stuff of sarcastic comedy, as in the joshing of two young former Obama speechwriters on a recent Charlie Rose show: Jon Lovett: I really like, I was very ...

At a crucial juncture, the speaker went from pandering to Trump to managing him and from challenging the Democrats to working with them.

Ben Krauss flew to Athens to propose to Shana Mansbach, with the help of her State Department colleagues, on the last stop of ...

Trump’s speech to the Libertarian Party’s national convention will draw attention to the party’s takeover by a faction open to his transgressions.

This did not happen. The speechwriters seemed to have failed to bring that to his attention. But those I spoke to said Ruto is not to blame. Instead, his speechwriters should bear the burden.

The political and media class is doing what it always does with the US and its allies: trying to frame deliberate atrocities ...