OFFER: Prof. Paula Span’s long-form workshops
[REMINDER: These and other events are listed on the J-school Google Calendar:
http://snurl.com/columbiajschool and see our all-class lecture schedule:
http://snurl.com/columbialectures ]
Dear M.S. & M.A. Students:
We are offering two special workshops on doing long-form, narrative projects
that are ideal for anyone doing Master’s Projects or Master’s Theses (in any
medium). We STRONGLY RECOMMEND these for all our students.
These will be taught by Prof. Paula Span, who specializes in teaching this
particular art form [ http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/faculty/span.asp ].
Student feedback from last year’s session: “Professor Span’s workshop last
night was excellent. She’s a great lecturer, laid out a number of clear,
helpful ideas for organizing research and then weaving it into a long-form
piece, and also gave great advice while responding to student questions.”
There are two sets of workshops, each with two identical sessions, so you can
get to one or the other of each workshop. She is offering duplicate sessions so
that each can be smaller than the typical all-class sessions.
Reporting Your Long-form Project
* Wed, Oct. 1, 7-9 pm (identical to Oct 3 session)
room 607B
* Fri, Oct. 3 7-9 pm (identical to Oct 1 session)
World Room
Please select one or the other session and fill in this form:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pWmP6POu-w911eu0cen0Ueg
(we’ll have room for everyone - just want to keep track of the headcount)
Writing Your Long-form Project
* Thurs, Dec. 4, 7-9 pm (identical to the Dec. 10 session)
World Room
* Wed, Dec. 10, 7-9 pm (identical to the Dec. 4 session)
World Room
We will create the signup sheet for the December sessions in November.
If you sign up for these sessions, please be sure to read the two Washington
Post articles that are available here: http://drop.io/span_article
She will be dissecting them in the workshop and explaining how they were put
together. You must read them before the session.
PLEASE NOTE: Dean Lemann will be teaching his two one-hour lectures, “How to
Think About Your Master’s Project” as follows:
PART 1: Tuesday, Nov 18th, 7:30-8:30 pm
PART 2: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 7-8 pm
Dean Lemann’s sessions are mandatory for all full-time M.S. students. Everyone
else is welcome to attend.
- Dean Sreenivasan
