Storytelling Innovations

March 5 - March 8, 2007

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Featured Discussion Leaders

Jane Hansen Writer, Atlanta Journal Constitution

David Kordalski Visual Editor, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Ohio Session: How to Build a Collaborative Culture of Intelligent Risk-Taking

Debbie Van Tassell AME Features, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Ohio Session: How to Build a Collaborative Culture of Intelligent Risk-Taking

Jan Winburn Projects, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Keith Woods Dean of Faculty at The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla. Session: Finding the Authentic Voice: Tell excellent stories about race and ethnicity by demanding fresh angles and innovative reporting to get at stories that matter to readers.

Who Should Attend?
Successful print reporters and editors who know they need to become multi-media storytellers; online journalists who want help in integrating their efforts with their print colleagues; and senior editors and writing coaches who seek to transform the storytelling culture of their newsrooms.

How Your Organization Will Benefit
For all the upheaval in the newspaper industry, powerful stories still connect with readers. Journalists need to develop new storytelling skills to succeed in engaging busy readers on multiple platforms.
Storytelling Innovations will prepare your reporters, editors and online staff to return to your newsroom as evangelists for innovative storytelling. They will learn:

• Alternate story forms


• Interactive storytelling methods


• Narrative techniques


• Ways to plan stories three-dimensionally

“This was the best, most informative journalism seminar ever!”
– Gerald Gilmore, American Forces International Service, Alexandria, Va.

“Very worthwhile. At first I thought five days would be too long, but there’s so much packed in!”
– Michelle Douglass, Assignment Editor, The Gazette, Montreal

The Particulars

Please read:
:: API's Registration, Tuition and Hotel Policies
:: Special requirements for international members

Tuition: $1,800

Hotel/Meal Package: $956.
This charge is in addition to the tuition fee, and is paid directly to the hotel by the seminar member upon checkout.

Location: Reston, Va.

(This seminar has already occured)