At Monday's conversation, Inara and Seth cracked open their work on the lovely Kyle at PSU story from two weeks ago. Seth said he had been inspired by the Moehringer profile of Pat Carroll and talked with Mark Hester about getting someone from outside of the sports department to jump into a sports profile. Then the Vikings got the invitation to the Big Dance, and Seth kicked up the game. With Barry Johnson's blessing, Seth recruited Inara, who with her customary enthusiasm dived right in. She spent the day with Kyle then had two hours to write. No big struggle over structure or direction . . . just an editor trusting a writer, and a writer relying on an editor. They call it an experiment -- we call it what we should be doing every day. PLUS: A visit from none other than Lori Tobias, fresh from the seashore with a killer story in the works. ...
Monday, March 31, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Monday's session
On 31 March, Seth Prince and Inara Verzemnieks will join us to talk about the lovely feature they produced about the PSU basketball player who for a week was a BMOC when the Vikings made the Big Dance. Plus, Maya will lead the conversation about Verlyn's columns. It'll be great.
Monday, March 24, 2008
(Narrative) J School for People Who Never Went by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
I found literary journalism as a way to bring together my deep interests in sociology and class in America. Because I never went to journalism school, I always assumed there must be methods for approaching stories that I just didn't know. In retrospect, I see that my lack of method worked to my advantage. To do this work well, you must find your own way and make your own mistakes.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Hell in High Water, by Tim Zimmerman
Here's the Outside Magazine piece we'll be reading next week. Lisa and Anna also have copies if you'd like a hard copy.
