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WHO DO YOU SPEAK FOR?
(FOR WHOM DO YOU SPEAK?)
JAY HEINRICHS
AUTHOR OF THANK YOU FOR ARGUING
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR,
PACE COMMUNICATIONS
THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN
THE WILDERNESS…
Mark 1:3
VOICE = TONE + CHARACTER
CONVERSE WITH
THE READER?
CONVERSE WITH
THE READER?
CONVERSE WITH
THE READER?
SPEAK
AUTHENTICALLY?
SPEAK
AUTHENTICALLY?
SPEAK
AUTHENTICALLY?
SPEAK
AUTHENTICALLY?
SPEAK
AUTHENTICALLY?
CONVEY A
UNIQUE TONE?
CONVEY A
UNIQUE TONE?
CONVEY A
UNIQUE TONE?
SHOW WIT?
SHOW WIT?
SHOW WIT?
SHOW WIT?
SHOW WIT?
SHOW WIT?
SHOW WIT?
SHOW A POINT OF
VIEW?
SHOW A POINT OF
VIEW?
SHOW A POINT OF
VIEW?
TELL A GOOD
YARN?
CREATE
POWERFUL
MEMES?
CREATE
POWERFUL
MEMES?
CREATE
POWERFUL
MEMES?
CREATE
POWERFUL
MEMES?
VOICE
‣ Conversation
‣ Authenticity
‣ Unique tone
‣ Wit
‣ Storytelling
‣ Buzzworthy ideas (memes)
‣ Speaks for the tribe
VOICE
‣ Conversation
‣ Authenticity
‣ Unique tone
‣ Wit
‣ Storytelling
‣ Buzzworthy ideas (memes)
‣ Speaks for the tribe
CHARACTER
‣Expertise
▸ Specialized knowledge
▸ Quality of design, art & storytelling
▸ Confident tone
‣Disinterest
▸ Journalism
▸ Editorial independence
‣Cause
▸ Institution/company’s purpose
▸ Specific mission with a goal
CRAFT, CARING, CAUSE
WHAT’S YOUR CAUSE?
‣ Liberal arts
‣ Propers for your profession
‣ Propers for your region/place
‣ A tribal aspiration
‣ The owner’s virtue
‣ An actual mission
TRIBAL
ASPIRATION
TRIBAL
ASPIRATION
TRIBAL
ASPIRATION
OWNER’S
VIRTUE
OWNER’S
VIRTUE
OWNER’S
VIRTUE
OWNER’S
VIRTUE
OWNER’S
VIRTUE
OWNER’S
VIRTUE
ACTUAL
MISSION
ACTUAL
MISSION
WAYS TO DO CAUSE
‣Series (Child exercise, climate change)
‣Special issue
‣Make news
▸ Event, survey, debate
▸ Lobbying or protesting
‣Top-quality long narrative
PLACES TO SHOW VOICE
‣Letters (and replies!)
‣Editor’s note
‣Dean’s or CEO’s letter
‣Cover
‣Feature well
‣Type & design
30 southwest november 2016
from the editor
PHOTOGRAPHYBYLUSO/ISTOCK
Thirty-five years ago a single word changed my life forever. This
issue is dedicated to that word.
I didn’t deserve it. In fact, the whole day had been a mess. It
was just before Christmas when I took a woman downhill ski-
ing; it was her first time. Once the chairlift got going, she be-
gan to cry, and that’s when I noticed her terror of heights. Still,
she bravely rode the lift and suffered a day of inching down the
slopes.
Back in my apartment that evening, I opened a bottle of rare
Chilean wine, given to me by my best friend several years ear-
lier. He had told me when to open it, and this was the night.
We toasted, sipped the wine, and almost spat it out. Pure vin-
egar. Over the years of careless storage in a bachelor’s efficiency
apartment, it had spoiled. Still, I drank all of it, because it was
special. Then I opened a bottle of Champagne.
She unwrapped her present, and inside the small box was an
enormous ring—a man’s ring, gold with a modest diamond set in
the middle.
At this point I was so far gone from the wine that I had to get
up on one knee. Wishing I was sober and had rehearsed, I told
her as articulately as possible that I had found the ring in a fam-
ily safe deposit box and had planned to have it turned into an
engagement ring but had waited too long and the goldsmith was
too busy for the holidays and in any case it was a ring, which
sort of counted, didn’t it, and would she marry me?
“Yes,” she said.
Jay Heinrichs
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
@JAYHEINRICHS
Dear Reader,
THE IDEAL VOICE
‣ Conversational, interactive
‣ Authentic
‣ Unique, original
‣ Confident
‣ Witty
‣ Storytelling
‣ Leads a cause: tribe’s, institution’s
THE VOICE OF YOU.
VOICING YOUR INSTITUTION’S CHARACTER.
SINGING ITS CAUSE.
SAMPLE CHARACTER
Southwest: The Magazine is a friendly 30-
something man (neatly dressed, indistinguishable
race) sitting next to you on a plane. You don’t
intend to speak to him but he’s funny and
welcoming and buys you a drink with a coupon. He
listens to your story and then tells you his. It brings
tears to your eyes. When he sees you’re nervous
about a bumpy landing, he lets you hold his hand.

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