Event Details

A four session introduction to writing about places: the buildings, activities, people, and customs that define them.


Session 1: Finding Stories

How to find a story worth telling? The first session talks about how to search for stories and when you know you have one. Frame a story based on your audience and connect to bigger themes. In this session, we really become able "how to see".


Session 2: The Basics

We cover the fundamentals of the five paragraph essay: structure, topic sentences, supporting evidence, hooks, and kickers.


Session 3: Making It Beautiful

This session discusses how to find descriptive language, source colorful quotes, add visuals, and bring in the personal.


Session 4: Refining and Finishing

We cover the basics of peer editing and self editing and edit some pieces in the program.

Speakers

  • Aaron Reiss (Freelance Researcher, Journalist, and Cartographer)

    Aaron Reiss

    Freelance Researcher, Journalist, and Cartographer

    Aaron Reiss is a freelance researcher, journalist, and cartographer based in New York City. He publishes work in places like The New Yorker, The New York Times, This American Life, The Atlantic, NPR, The Pulitzer Center, and more. He went to Yale University and majored in Urban Planning and Environmental Studies. Now his work focuses more on interactive journalism - combining different kinds of media (visual and otherwise) to tell rich and complex stories about how people live.

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Tickets

Early Bird
New Year Discounted Price
Early Bird Price RMB 4,200
Standard Ticket
Standard Price RMB 6,000

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