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Title: Narrative Journalism


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Narrative Journalism
  • Or, How to Write Good and Get Rich
  • By Donald Morrison
  • DMMorrison_at_aol.com

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What is Narrative Journalism?
  • Long-form
  • Telling a story
  • Making it interesting
  • A transferrable skill organization

3
Examples
  • Profile
  • Company story
  • Trend story
  • Personal essay

4
What to Expect
  • Lots of writing
  • Lots of reading
  • No hard and fast rules
  • Avoiding cliches (like hard and fast rules) and
    other tips
  • The three elements of good writing

5
Grading
  • Class participation, tests and exercises,
    interaction with editor 30
  • Midterm Exam 20
  • Final version of your long-form story 50

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  • I write one page of masterpiece to 91 pages of
    shit. The shit I put in the wastebasket.
  • Ernest Hemingway
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