Center for Health Communication
The Center for Health Communication prepares public health leaders of all kinds to effectively communicate critical health information, influence policy decisions, counter misinformation, and increase the public’s trust in health expertise.
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chc@hsph.harvard.edu
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Recommended writing books and resources
The Center for Health Communication works to create and compile resources that build practical communication skills. Explore this list for resources that can help strengthen your writing:
- Smart Brevity by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz
- Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
- Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Writers by Roy Peter Clark –FREE PDF!
- Tell It Like It Is: A Guide to Clear and Honest Writing by Roy Peter Clark
- On Writing Well by William Zinsser –FREE PDF!
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
- Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd
- The Open Notebook – FREE RESOURCES!