You could call it a soft skill, but knowing how to start a story makes you a strong communicator. To catch attention and create buy-in, any communication needs to hook interest and build a bridge between information and audience. And while content and platforms in business and corporate settings are different from a news environment, […]

You paste an AI draft into your doc…and it kind of gives you the ick. Too smooth. Too generic. And there’s a buzzword you hate. You don’t have time to rewrite from scratch, but you also can’t hit send on something that sounds robotic or off-brand. Good news: the fixes are simple. I’ve been tracking […]

Quick reminder: your audience isn’t settling in with a coffee to appreciate your beautifully crafted workplace writing. This isn’t about your skill, it’s about the pace of work people are dealing with. That’s why writing short matters. Here, brevity isn’t a stylistic choice—it’s a communication strategy.

“You’re allowed to be here,” she said, after watching me slip quietly around the community hall where a coroner’s inquest was underway. I’d known this woman only briefly, so I must have looked pretty timid for her to point this out. This was a heavy proceeding, and I was a stranger, a reporter from out […]

In a fast-moving, AI-driven world, your best skill isn’t speed—it’s awareness. A credibility check helps you catch errors, notice bias, and build trust through inclusive, accurate communication.

You know your work inside out. You’ve built programs, written reports, and analyzed data that show real impact. But when it’s time to explain that work to funders, partners, or the public, it can feel like you’re starting from scratch. That’s not a writing flaw—it’s a translation challenge. That’s what plain language writing is for. […]

Here’s something I’ll admit, I’m still learning AI too. That’s one reason I started Eve Edit Co.—to explore how new tools fit into timeless storytelling, and to reaffirm what’s always been true, that real connection starts with people. AI is today’s printing press. It opens the door for anyone to draft faster than ever, but […]

One teammate drafts in ChatGPT. Another rewrites in Notion. Someone else runs edits in Grammarly. The tools are different, and the tone is too (plus there’s wrong data from an old report). When every new message sounds like a different version of the same story, it’s not a writing problem—it’s a consistency problem. AI helps […]