The Secrets of Great Enterprise Writing (W401c-12)
May 20, 2012 - May 25, 2012
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May 11, 2012 APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED.
Whether you’re a newsroom editor who wants to make your Watchdog journalism a must-read or a science writer looking to make your work accessible to a wider audience, Poynter can arm you with the storytelling tools you need. You’ll learn from Pulitzer-prize winning reporters Tom French and Jacqui Banaszynski and a team of Poynter faculty and guests.
You’ll learn:
- How to make complex reporting on subjects like business, science and health accessible to non-professionals
- How to turn ambitious investigative projects into great “reads” that hold your audience from lead to kicker
- How to infuse your daily reporting, on deadline, with memorable characters, vivid scenes and focused story lines
- How to transform dry works of non-fiction into compelling narratives
- How to develop the heightened senses necessary for gathering the details, nuance and dialogue that distinguish the best narrative reporting and writing
Questions: E-mail seminars@poynter.org
Who Will Benefit:
Newsroom editors and reporters who work with investigative and other enterprise projects; reporters and editors who work with complex subjects, such as business, science and health; magazine writers; non-fiction authors; reporters who want to turn routine daily assignments into stories that people want to read; journalism students who want training in long-form storytelling; journalism educators who work with students of long-form journalism and literary non-fiction; freelance writers.
Price: $1,200.00
Faculty
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Writing Fellow -
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National Correspondent, The New York Times -
Senior Faculty