2008 Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism
Schedule of Events

This schedule is subject to change.


Saturday, March 15, 2008

8:15 - 9 a.m.
Breakfast
9 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome
9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Keynote Address
Creating an Investigative Narrative: Walter Reed and beyond
10:30 - 10:45 p.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. - noon
Breakout Session III
Lives in 3-D: Writing profiles and biographies
Tommy Tomlinson, Marcus Mabry, moderated by Christine Gorman
Blogging for Story: Telling tales in a format designed for the info-nugget Multimedia
Taking the Gray Ladies Online: Behind the screens at The New Yorker and The New York Times Multimedia
Matt Dellinger, Andrew DeVigal, moderated by Andres Cavelier
Whose Narrative is It? Wresting stories from political candidates   More>>
Interviewing for Story: Filling your notebook with the stuff of narrative
My, My Memoir: The promise, peril, and peculiar challenge of self-revelation
Marie Arana, Ayelet Waldman, Lou Ureneck, moderated by Anne Bernays
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Box Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Practical Workshops
Craft Round Robin: Successive small-group sessions on character, structure, and prose style, led by top writers and editors   More>>
50 Writing Tools in Three Hours: Writing exercises to transform your prose   More>>
Newsroom Editing: Working with writers, wrestling with copy   More>>
Book Publishing, Soup to Nuts: How to get an agent, sell that proposal, promote your book … and start thinking about the next one   More>>
More Than Words Can Say: Building an audio slideshow with easy-to-use software and inexpensive equipment Multimedia   More>>
Nonlinear Storyboarding: Crafting stories that exploit the nature of the Web Multimedia   More>>
The Journalist as Entrepreneur: Career guidance for narrative journalists in today's media landscape
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4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Book Signings
Multimedia = Multimedia seminar