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Don't just report the story.
Tell it like it is.
The Society of Professional Journalists invites early career reporters and front-line editors to step out of the inverted pyramid and into the art of storytelling! Through SPJ’s Narrative Writing Workshops, participants will learn options for reinvigorating the writing craft.
Join Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and reporter Tom Hallman, Jr., from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in one of five Narrative Writing Workshops for a day filled with tips for creating excitement in news stories.
The freestyle conversation with Hallman includes discussion on the following topics:
— Defining narrative writing
— Reporting for narrative
— Long form narrative storytelling
— How you can apply narrative techniques to your daily reporting
— Strategies for your newsroom
Have a special project in the works? Share it! Participants will have the chance to send Hallman a sample of their work in advance of the workshop. Tom will critique the work and discuss it with the rest of the class.
The workshop is limited to 50 participants, so don't wait! Sign up today!
2008 Dates and Locations
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Saturday, April 26
San Jose, Calif.
San Jose State University
Student Union-Pacificia Room
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192
408-924-6300
Register Online
Late registration fee of $20 will apply to registrations received after midnight on April 11.
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Saturday, May 24
Des Moines, Iowa
Drake University
Olmsted Center
Conference Room 310
2507 University Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50311
515-271-3987
Register Online
Late registration fee of $20 will apply to registrations received after midnight on May 9.
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Saturday, June 14
Gainesville, Fla.
University of Florida
J. Wayne Reitz Union
Rion Ballroom
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1649
Register Online
Late registration fee of $20 will apply to registrations received after midnight on May 30.
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Saturday, June 21
Houston, Texas
University of Houston
210 University Center
Atlantic Room
Houston, TX 77204
713-743-5287
Register Online
Late registration fee of $20 will apply to registrations received after midnight on June 6.
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Saturday, July 26
Richmond, Va.
University of Richmond
Jepson Alumni Center
Robins Pavilion
49 Crenshaw Way
Richmond, VA 23173
804-289-8000
Register Online
Late registration fee of $20 will apply to registrations received after midnight on July 11.
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Pricing (includes lunch)
Members: $40
Non-members: $60
Non-members who join SPJ when registering are eligible for the member price.
 About Tom Hallman, Jr.
Tom Hallman Jr., 52, is considered one of the nation's premier narrative writers. During his career, he has won every major feature-writing award, some for stories that took months to report, others less than a couple of hours. The stories range from the drama of life and death in a neo-natal unit, to the quiet pride of a man graduating from college.
A common thread in all of Hallman's stories is the exploration of the character's heart and soul. Hallman believes that every reporter — no matter how many years they have been in this business — can learn how to spot true stories and report and write them in ways that resonate with readers. The ability to write has less to do with pure talent, and more with the understanding of craft, vision and emotion.
He was born and raised in Portland and graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 1977. He's worked at a car wash, a grocery store, a greyhound race track and was a volunteer at a VA hospital. He worked as a bartender for one week.
His first journalism job was in New York City as copy editor for Hearst Magazines Special Publications. He returned to Oregon as a reporter at The Hermiston Herald, a small weekly in Hermiston, Ore, before landing a job at the Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. In 1980, he moved to The Oregonian in where he covered crime for 10 years. He is now a reporter with the Portland team.
He is a frequent contributor to Readers Digest, and his stories have appeared in Esquire, Best Life and Star magazine. One of his stories was made into a movie. His book, "Sam: The Boy Behind the Mask, was published in 2002." He writes a column on writing for Quill Magazine. Hallman has been a speaker at National Writer's Workshops and at papers across the United States. He has taught at USC, Notre Dame and Brown University.
His awards include:
Pulitzer Prize — feature writing
Pulitzer finalist — beat reporting
Pulitzer finalist — feature writing.
American Society of Newspaper Editors winner — feature writing
American Society of Newspaper Editors winner — feature writing
American Society of Newspaper Editors — finalist
National Society of Professional Journalists — feature writing
National Society of Professional Journalists — feature writing.
National Scripps Howard Journalism Award — Ernie Pyle Human Interest
Writing.
National Scripps Howard — Business Reporting.
National Headliner Award — Outstanding Feature Writing.
National Headliner Award — Outstanding Feature Writing.
Nixon National Writing Award
Penny Missouri, multiple awards.
Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
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Ernie Wiggins
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University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
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Ernest Wiggins is a tenured associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina. He's the adviser to the campus chapter of SPJ, which he revitalized out of dormancy in 2004. For his efforts, Wiggins received the David Eshelman Oustanding Campus Adviser award from SPJ in 2005.
A former reporter and editor for The State (Columbia, S.C.) and the Columbia (S.C.) Record, Wiggins joined the faculty in 1993, returning to the school from which he'd earned both his bachelor's and master's degree. Wiggins has done additional postgraduate study in social strutures and social networks.
His areas of teaching and research specialization are newsgathering and reporting trends, media ethics, media literacy, newsroom operations, and mass media and social justice.
He's presented research at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications national conferences and regional colloquia. His research has been published in "Framing Public Life: Perspective on Media and Our Understanding of the Social World."
He has been a guest columnist for The State and his work has been reprinted in Stein and Paterno's "The Newswriter's Handbook" and Kreml, et al., "College Writing: Reading, Analyzing, and Writing."
He's attended seminars in writing and new media and convergence at the Poynter Institute and American Press Institute and was selected to be one of two faculty members to attend the Medicine in the Media workshop at the National Institutes of Health in 2005.
Wiggins has been recognized for his teaching and is sought after to mentor students and direct student research.
In addition to SPJ, Wiggins is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Associaton of University Professors.
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