College of Arts and Humanities
IMF 52334 Nonfiction: Narrative Journalism L W
Instructor
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Class Type
Workshop & Literature
Course Description
Narrative journalism is the art of telling a true story, weaving research and facts into an engaging, page-turning piece of non-fiction that reads with energy, insight and depth. Readers love non-fiction as a means to better understand the world and people different from them. The task of the narrative journalist is to paint accurate and vivid portraits of people and subjects even the journalist, at the beginning of the writing, may know little about.
Media is changing quickly with many new online platforms for publishing narrative journalism; in fact, narrative journalism may be enjoying is most vibrant period ever. We will look at a diverse sampling of long narrative non-fiction pieces from some of the leading outlets today, including The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Harper糖心vlog视频檚, and Vanity Fair. We糖心vlog视频檒l discuss how to achieve the 糖心vlog视频榟oly grail糖心vlog视频� of the narrative journalist糖心vlog视频搘riting a piece with 糖心vlog视频榯hree-dimensionality糖心vlog视频櫶切膙log视频揳s well as investigate how to balance primary and secondary sources, dialogue, interviews, and hard facts with the demands of story-telling. Students will have free range to investigate whatever subjects are dear to their own hearts while building strong foundations as narrative journalists in this field of writing where publishers are actively looking for new writers and content.
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Textbook
No Textbook is Required (readings will be linked in the class)