2012 Feature and Review Writing: New Journalism Today

Who: Mark Mordue
When: Sunday 16 September 2012, 10am – 4pm
Full price:
$165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100

Journalism is an arena as varied as life itself. One look at the range and content of a weekend newspaper should tell you that. In this one day course, Pascall Prize winner and internationally published journalist, Mark Mordue will take students through the theory and practicalities of writing features and reviews with an original voice.

Mark will start with an introduction to ‘New Journalism’, a style of non-fiction writing that developed in the 1960s. This more personal and subjective type of journalism pioneered a more literary approach to non-fiction that is now commonly used in the arts/features sections of major newspapers and magazines today.

Mark will cover freelance writing and how to approach publications with your ideas and stories, as well as the basics of non-fiction storytelling and arts and travel journalism – focusing on tone, structure, language and style, and how to conduct an interview and write a story from it.

Food
Tea and coffee making facilities will be provided. Course participants are advised to bring their own lunch as there are no cafes within easy walking distance.

About the tutor
Mark Mordue
is an Australian writer, journalist and editor based in Sydney. He was the winner of the 2010 Pascall Prize for Critical Writing and is currently working on a biography of Nick Cave. He has just completed a novel for his MA in Writing (Research) at UTS and teaches both fiction and literary non-fiction there. His first book was the travel memoir, Dastgah: Diary of a Headtrip, acclaimed by Wim Wenders as “the first book of its kind to take the road story into the 21st century”. Mark’s journalism has been widely published in The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Rolling Stone and Vogue, as all as American and British publications such as Interview, Salon, The Word and The Wire. His poetry, essays, and memoir work have also appeared in literary journals such as HEAT, Meanjin, Griffith Review and Overland. Mark is a previous winner of the Human Rights Media 1992 (Print Category) and the founding editor of Australian Style 1992-97. You can find more about him at: www.markmordue.com

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