10 Minute Writer's Workshop
10 Minute Writer's Workshop
New Hampshire Public Radio
Workshop 56: Speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz
12 minutes Posted Nov 1, 2017 at 8:54 pm.
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For many writers, hitting their stride means finding their voice. Success for Sarah Hurwitz is in creating a voice for others. Sarah was candidate Hillary Clinton’s chief speechwriter during the 2006 Presidential primary, and was quickly snatched up by the Obama campaign team. She landed in the White House, soon being named First Lady Michelle Obama’s head speechwriter. We asked Sarah about her work and confirmed that she worked on that 2008 speech to the Democratic National Convention that was plagiarized by then candidate Trump's wife, Melania at the 2016 Republican National Convention.

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