Registration is open for the third and final session of NCSWA's Lunchtime Writing Workshop series with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, professor, and story coach Jacqui Banaszynski.
The lunchtime Zoom session will take place from 12 noon to 1:15 p.m. on March 12. The workshop is free for all NCSWA members.
SESSION 3: THE ART OF THE INTERVIEW
A journalist’s most essential tool is the interview. That’s true in everything from human interest stories to explanatory and investigative work to data-driven projects. We need to lead with a combination of curiosity, critical thinking, acute listening, and keen observation and apply those in real-time dynamic relationships — relationships that Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson has called “accelerated intimacy.” We’ll discuss strategies and techniques to make the most of interviews — including choosing the best sources, building trust (or at least credibility), ensuring accuracy, broaching sensitive topics, and challenging spin.
(Photo: Missouri School of Journalism)
Descriptions of the two previous sessions can be found here:
Session 1: The Power of Story Focus
Session 2: Finding Fresh Enterprise Stories in Old Topics
Slides from the first two sessions are available here to NCSWA members.
