Intensive Journalistic Writing Institute
July 5 – 11, 2008 in Washington, D.C.Archive for July, 2008
Day 3
ASNE High School Journalism – used for hosting some online publications
John Bremner page at U. of Kansas, Deena Brown’s instructor
From Fact to Fiction: Journalism & Imaginative Writing in America (Literature/American Studies) [out of print]
Day 2 incomplete notes: Tips on obits, C.A.R., and more
NThe Obituary Writer – novel by Porter Shreve
Jim Nicholsom from Philadelphia Daily News
Murray Klein, Zabar Deli Manager obit in NYT
The Obituary Forum, “serves as the blog for the Society of Professional Obituary Writers.” [Book is also available: The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries ]
One example of Life is Short: Autobiography as Haiku in WP
Computer Assisted Research (C.A.R.) via PoynterOnline [See "Awaken the Dead" curriculum handout.]
Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress
“Mortals,” a short story in Tobias Wolff’s Our Story Begins
Using the Tools of the Trade The Student Press Law Center provides this overview of Freedom of Information laws.
“Why we fight” speech from “Patton” on youTube.
Seven stages of public opinion via Public Agenda
Principal resigns over Gay Straight Alliance
Interactive tutorial in critical reasoning
Note the number of WP editorials that consist of 5 paragraphs
NYT year in the life of over-achieving h.s. girls in Newton Mass.
Listing of columnists suggested by Josh
Orwell’s “A Hanging“
