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Don't just report the story.
Tell it like it is.
The Society of Professional Journalists invites reporters and editors to step out of the inverted pyramid and into the art of storytelling! Through SPJ’s Narrative Writing Workshops, participants will learn options for reinvigorating the writing craft.
See for yourself
Enjoy a sampling of the December 2009 Narrative Writing Workshop in Portland, Ore.
(Special thanks to Jeff Achen for supplying the video.)
Join Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and reporter Tom Hallman, Jr., from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for a day filled with tips for creating excitement in news stories.
The freestyle conversation with Hallman includes discussion on the following topics:
— Defining narrative writing
— Reporting for narrative
— Long form narrative storytelling
— How you can apply narrative techniques to your daily reporting
— Strategies for your newsroom
Have a special project in the works? Share it! Participants will have the chance to send Hallman a sample of their work in advance of the workshop. Tom will critique the work and discuss it with the rest of the class.
2010 Dates and Locations
Dates and locations are announced as events are scheduled. Check back regularly to see if we'll be in a city near you!
April 3, 2010
Washington, DC area
The Marriott Inn & Conference Center
University of Maryland, University College
3501 University Blvd., East
Hyattsville, Maryland 20783
Please register by March 30, 2010
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May 8, 2010
Santa Clara, Calif.
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Room 206, Daly Science Building
Santa Clara, CA 95053
Please register by May 4, 2010
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Pricing (includes lunch)
Members: $40
Non-Members: $60
What participants are saying...
“Tom Hallman Jr.’s narrative writing seminar was the most useful I’ve attended in my 40 years working in radio and newspapers. When a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter is willing to spend four hours giving you the nuts and bolts of his technique with concrete examples, it’s well worth it. But the payoff came in using it. The first time I wrote a story using his technique, I got the biggest response of any story I’d ever written, including compliments from total strangers; my editor and publisher; and even reporters on other papers. It’s a sweet feeling.”
— Rodger Nichols, The Dalles Chronicle (Attended December 12, 2009 program in Portland, Oregon).
 About Tom Hallman, Jr.
Tom Hallman Jr., is considered one of the nation's premier narrative writers. During his career, he has won every major feature-writing award, some for stories that took months to report, others less than a couple of hours. The stories range from the drama of life and death in a neo-natal unit, to the quiet pride of a man graduating from college.
A common thread in all of Hallman's stories is the exploration of the character's heart and soul. Hallman believes that every reporter — no matter how many years they have been in this business — can learn how to spot true stories and report and write them in ways that resonate with readers. The ability to write has less to do with pure talent, and more with the understanding of craft, vision and emotion.
He was born and raised in Portland and graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 1977. He's worked at a car wash, a grocery store, a greyhound race track and was a volunteer at a VA hospital. He worked as a bartender for one week.
His first journalism job was in New York City as copy editor for Hearst Magazines Special Publications. He returned to Oregon as a reporter at The Hermiston Herald, a small weekly in Hermiston, Ore, before landing a job at the Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. In 1980, he moved to The Oregonian in where he covered crime for 10 years. He is now a reporter with the Portland team.
He is a frequent contributor to Readers Digest, and his stories have appeared in Esquire, Best Life and Star magazine. One of his stories was made into a movie. His book, "Sam: The Boy Behind the Mask, was published in 2002." He writes a column on writing for Quill Magazine. Hallman has been a speaker at National Writer's Workshops and at papers across the United States. He has taught at USC, Notre Dame and Brown University.
His awards include:
Pulitzer Prize — feature writing
Pulitzer finalist — beat reporting
Pulitzer finalist — feature writing.
American Society of Newspaper Editors winner — feature writing
American Society of Newspaper Editors winner — feature writing
American Society of Newspaper Editors — finalist
National Society of Professional Journalists — feature writing
National Society of Professional Journalists — feature writing.
National Scripps Howard Journalism Award — Ernie Pyle Human Interest
Writing.
National Scripps Howard — Business Reporting.
National Headliner Award — Outstanding Feature Writing.
National Headliner Award — Outstanding Feature Writing.
Nixon National Writing Award
Penny Missouri, multiple awards.
Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
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Jeff South
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VCU School of Mass Communications
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Jeff South was state editor and database editor at the Austin American-Statesman before heading to academia in 1997 under the mistaken impression he’d have summers off. He is an associate professor in the School of Mass Communications at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he teaches news writing, legislative reporting, communications technology and media ethics. South has served as a trainer for SPJ, IRE, AP and other organizations. He frequently conducts workshops on, and writes about, computer-assisted reporting, online journalism and media convergence. In 2003, South was awarded a fellowship from the American Society of Newspaper Editors to work at The Charlotte Observer. In 2007, he will serve a six-month Knight International Press Fellowship in Ukraine. For more than 20 years, he was a reporter and editor in Texas, Arizona and Virginia for newspapers such as the Dallas Times Herald, the Phoenix Gazette and The Virginian-Pilot. He also served two years with the U.S. Peace Corps in Morocco.
Lee Anne Peck, vice chair
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Journalism and Mass Communications
University of Northern Colorado
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Lee Anne Peck has taught English, journalism, and communications courses since 1988. Most recently she was an assistant professor of international communications at Franklin College Switzerland, Lugano. Over the years, she has advised three student newspapers.
Peck's professional experience began in 1976 as a correspondent for the Moline Daily Dispatch. After graduating with her bachelor's degree, she edited and then managed the regional Choice Magazine of the Front Range. In the mid-1980s, she edited and wrote for publications in Indiana and Delaware; she has worked for the Fort Collins Coloradoan as an editor, a columnist and writing coach and for the Rocky Mountain News as a copy editor. Peck has also worked at the Tampa Tribune's online product, Tampa Bay Online, and for Microsoft's online publication, Denver Sidewalk. Peck began free-lance work in the late 1970s and continues to do free-lance editing, writing, and public relations work.
Her research focuses on all aspects of media ethics. She received a Fulbright to teach journalism at the University of Dubrovnik in Croatia fduring spring semester 2007.
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