News That's Fit To Print
Thursday, April 5, 2012
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Meridian Convention Center
737 S. Meridian Ave., Oklahoma City
Provided through the Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation
Raymond and Mildred Fields Memorial Fund Educational Series
Reporters will get hands-on training in writing news with professor and former newspaper publisher Dr.Terry Clark. Writing starts with strong reporting, and Clark has trained journalists for decades in writing and reporting news stories. This workshop will prove that writing “hard news” shouldn’t be hard to do.
Writers will learn:
- What’s the news - Learn to evaluate story ideas and find the hook for an article.
- What’s the lead - Get readers to pay attention with techniques for strong leads. Reporters will get lots of practice with creating the right lead for the right story.
- Covering meetings - News happens in meetings, from the city council to Neighborhood Watch. Attendees will learn what to look for and how to write the best meeting story.
- Covering spot news - News writers may dream of being first on the scene to cover a disaster or other news event, but are they really prepared to cover spot news? Find out what needs to be done before writing the first word in a spot news story.
- Story critiques - Attendees will get feedback on story ideas and polish their writing in an email critique of a completed exercise after the workshop. Clark will give positive and helpful reviews.
Presenter: Dr. Terry Clark
Terry Clark, Ed.D., has spent nearly 40 years producing, writing about and reading good news writing. He discusses strong design and writing every month in the Oklahoma Publisher, featuring local newspapers that are getting it right in his column, “Clark’s Critiques.” He also teaches journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma and is the director of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. Clark was chairman of the UCO Mass Communications Department for 19 years.
For more information, please contact Eli Nichols, OPA Member Services Coordinator, at enichols@okpress.com, 405-499-0040 or 1-888-815-2672 (toll-free in Oklahoma.)