Journalism Training Workshop
Schedule
***PLEASE NOTE THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON DIFFERENT DAYS***
Monday, August 5, 2019
Location: Northwestern Michigan College’s Great Lakes Campus, 715 East Front St., Hagerty Center, Room C | Campus map
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | BREAKFAST |
| 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Writing with Jacqui Banaszynski, editor of Nieman Storyboard This comprehensive writing workshop is taught in modules. Monday is a plenary session, and Tuesday you can pick which module(s) you would like to attend. |
| Six-step writing process: Methods to help both reporters and editors understand individual strengths and needs, and ways to identify where in the story reporting/writing process the best opportunities are to develop enterprise. | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Narrative elements: A quick overview of the universal components that make up compelling (narrative) stories, and the difference between articles/reports and stories. |
| 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. | LUNCH |
| 1:00 – 2:45 p.m. | Story idea generation: Brainstorming techniques to identify potential for fresh, creative enterprise stories that go beyond institutional reports. |
| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Story idea generation (continued) |
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Location: Northwestern Michigan College’s Great Lakes Campus, 715 East Front St., Classrooms GL 101 and GL 103 | Campus map
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | BREAKFAST (available in hallway between the rooms) | ||
| OPTION 1: Room: GL103 |
OPTION 2: Room: GL101 |
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| Writing with Jacqui Banaszynski (continued from day one) | Sessions on FOIA techniques and data management and analysis with Michael Morisy of MuckRock | ||
| 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Reporting for story: A deep dive into techniques for reporting that goes beyond gathering quotes and instead gathers the right raw material for relevant anecdotes, description, character development, and writing in scenes. | FOIA Basics: Learn the basics of public records, including how to word your requests, what you can ask for, and tips on speeding up the process. | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | BREAK | ||
| 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Profiles: A continuation of the “Reporting for Story” module focusing specifically on developing character in either short bursts (paragraph profiles) or full profiles. | FOIA Advanced: Learn advanced techniques for public records, such as how to get around FERPA, tips for reverse engineering agency data stores, and information specific to particular beats. | |
| 12:15 – 1:00 p.m | LUNCH | ||
| 1:00 – 2:45 p.m. | Story structures: Includes a short list of go-to structures that can be applied efficiently and effectively to almost any story. | Data Management and Analysis: Learn how to sort, analyze, and clean data, including an introduction to pivot tables, Open Refine, and Workbench, as well as some basic best practices when it comes to building a data analysis project. | |
| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Literary Forensics: An analysis of individual writing habits and patterns in order to help reporters become stronger writers and self-editors and help editors become more efficient at polishing copy. | FOIA Advanced: Participants can suggest/seek help with stories or special topics they would like to explore. | |
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
***PLEASE NOTE THE NEW LOCATION***
Location: Northwestern Michigan College’s main campus, 1701 East Front St., James Beckett Building, Rooms JB 146 and 147 | Campus map
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | BREAKFAST |
| 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Audience Engagement with Julia Haslanger of Hearken: In this interactive workshop, learn how newsrooms can better identify what your audience wants and needs, and then create and serve relevant content to those audiences. A chance to practice new methodologies for involving the public in decision-making and reporting, and see examples of innovative work newsrooms are doing not just for the public, but with them. |
| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:45 – 12:15 p.m. | Audience Engagement (continued) |
| 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. | LUNCH/CONCLUSION |