Spotlight
UNGA Pressure: An Insider’s Guide to Diplomacy’s Biggest Week
By: Sarah Gruen · 08/11/2026
As the former Director of Speechwriting for the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, UNGA was my Super Bowl (right down to the halftime
The Name is Mamdani.
By: West Wing Writers · 01/13/2026
Zohran Mamdani is a relentlessly disciplined messenger on affordability. So it’s all the more interesting when he gives a speech about something else. A week
What Abraham Lincoln Understood About the Founders
By: Jeff Shesol · 09/15/2025
Co-founder and Executive Director Jeff Shesol reviews a new book by Akhil Reed Amar that paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to
In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission
By: Jeff Shesol · 09/15/2025
Co-founder and Executive Director Jeff Shesol comments on the President’s failure to unify the country in moments of tragedy, in the New York Times.
Total Eclipse Of The Mind
By: West Wing Writers · 04/05/2024
WWW alumn Laurence Pevsner on chasing solar eclipses, the fallibility of memory, and the value of looking at things only our eyes can see.
How speechwriters delve into a president’s mind
By: Jeff Shesol · 03/04/2024
Co-Founder and Executive Director Jeff Shesol on drafting State of the Union addresses and other speeches for President Bill Clinton.
That concept
How to Nail Your High School Graduation Speech Even If You’re Not that Popular
By: Chandler Dean · 02/06/2024
In his new column, "How to Write Every Speech You'll Ever Need To Give In Your Life," Chandler Dean gives partly satirical, partly genuine advice.Congratulations!
‘There’s just too much to say’: Meet Mayor Michelle Wu’s chief speechwriter
By: West Wing Writers · 02/06/2024
Ezra Zwaeli, WWW alum and director of speechwriting for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, on writing her 2024 State of the City address.
What Is Something Only Laurence Can Say?
By: West Wing Writers · 02/06/2024
WWW alumn Laurence Pevsner on writing speeches for UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the art of crafting the perfect apology.
Laurence Pevsner
Headed to COP28 or Davos?
By: Kate Childs Graham & Vinca LaFleur · 11/20/2023
West Wing Writers executive directors Kate Childs Graham and Vinca LaFleur share their advice on how to lead a crowded conversation at a crowded event.
7 common public speaking issues — and how to fix them
By: Lauren Dominguez Chan · 10/25/2023
Public speaking can be nerve-wracking, but anyone can do it! West Wing alumn, Lauren Dominguez Chan shares tips and tricks with NPR for nailing your
The Friendly Ghost w/ Felicity Barber
Conversations about the art of speechwriting with Felicity Barber and some of the top speechwriters in the game.
What does it take
Punchlines With a Point: How to Use Humor to Make Your Message Heard
As progressive speechwriters, published humorists and veterans of the political comedy world, Chandler Dean and Sarah Gruen have it on good authority: comedy is alive
Is There Fascist DNA in the U.S. Body Politic?
By: Jeff Shesol · 10/15/2023
Jeff Shesol reviews Rachel Maddow’s “Prequel” and Heather Cox Richardson’s “Democracy Awakening,” two new books about plots against America hatched by homegrown autocrats.
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