Dig Deeper Into The Story, Get The Broader Perspective with Linda Villarosa (CRAFT TALK SERIES)
ABOUT THE CRAFT TALK
In this Craft Talk, learn how to produce the kind of journalism that treats Black, Indigenous, Latinx, people of color, and other marginalized groups as the experts of our own lived experiences. In this Craft Talk, participants will be given tools to dig further into their stories in order to excavate the broader perspective. They will learn how to:
search for the invisibilized, yet critical narratives and details;
widen the scope of inquiry to see the broader themes, reality and consequences;
find experts to comment on a story from legal, social and other perspectives; and,
ask questions and gather facts necessary to craft compelling investigatory reportage that centers the people, places, and issues currently underreported by national media.
Date & Time: July 8, 2021 at 7 EST
Duration: 1.5 hours
Tuition: $30
Capacity: Limited. Seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Venue: Online. Link to the Craft Talk will be emailed in the week leading up to it.
ABOUT THE MASTER STORYTELLER:
Linda Villarosa is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, covering race and public health and a former executive editor at Essence Magazine. In 2017, her cover story "America's Hidden HIV Epidemic" was honored with an Excellence in Journalism Award by the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists; that organization inducted her into its Hall of Fame in 2020. Linda's 2018 NY Times Magazine cover story on infant and maternal mortality in black mothers and babies was nominated for a National Magazine Award. Last year she contributed to the Pulitzer-Prize winning 1619 Project. Her essay highlighted physiological myths, based on race, that have endured since slavery. Linda's April 29, 2020 cover story examined race, health disparities and covid-19 through the lens of the Zulu Social Club of New Orleans, and her August 2, 2020 article, The Refinery Next Door, looked at environmental justice in Philadelphia. Linda teaches journalism and Black Studies at the City College of New York and is writing the book Under the Skin: Race, Inequality and the Health of a Nation for Doubleday. She has twice been a non-fiction writing mentor for the Lambda Literary Foundation's Writer's Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices.
ABOUT THE CRAFT TALK
In this Craft Talk, learn how to produce the kind of journalism that treats Black, Indigenous, Latinx, people of color, and other marginalized groups as the experts of our own lived experiences. In this Craft Talk, participants will be given tools to dig further into their stories in order to excavate the broader perspective. They will learn how to:
search for the invisibilized, yet critical narratives and details;
widen the scope of inquiry to see the broader themes, reality and consequences;
find experts to comment on a story from legal, social and other perspectives; and,
ask questions and gather facts necessary to craft compelling investigatory reportage that centers the people, places, and issues currently underreported by national media.
Date & Time: July 8, 2021 at 7 EST
Duration: 1.5 hours
Tuition: $30
Capacity: Limited. Seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Venue: Online. Link to the Craft Talk will be emailed in the week leading up to it.
ABOUT THE MASTER STORYTELLER:
Linda Villarosa is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, covering race and public health and a former executive editor at Essence Magazine. In 2017, her cover story "America's Hidden HIV Epidemic" was honored with an Excellence in Journalism Award by the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists; that organization inducted her into its Hall of Fame in 2020. Linda's 2018 NY Times Magazine cover story on infant and maternal mortality in black mothers and babies was nominated for a National Magazine Award. Last year she contributed to the Pulitzer-Prize winning 1619 Project. Her essay highlighted physiological myths, based on race, that have endured since slavery. Linda's April 29, 2020 cover story examined race, health disparities and covid-19 through the lens of the Zulu Social Club of New Orleans, and her August 2, 2020 article, The Refinery Next Door, looked at environmental justice in Philadelphia. Linda teaches journalism and Black Studies at the City College of New York and is writing the book Under the Skin: Race, Inequality and the Health of a Nation for Doubleday. She has twice been a non-fiction writing mentor for the Lambda Literary Foundation's Writer's Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices.