Storytelling: Magazine & Feature Writing (321-0-70)
Instructors
Abraham Naseem Abusharif
Meeting Info
Northwestern Qatar Room G-200: Tues, Su 11:30AM - 12:45PM (AST)
Overview of class
Magazine and Feature Writing students will be introduced to the editorial and multimedia flank of the magazine world (online and print), a huge and storied part of not just journalism but an influential sphere of public discourse—political and cultural. Students will learn to write and edit various "kinds" of magazine stories. Though they originated in print magazines, these archetypical stories have seamlessly transitioned in online publications to a significant extent. (We will discuss the differences between online stories and print.) This is a writing-emphasized, editing-dependent class. But it is not exclusively about writing. You will learn important skills and will be shown an expansive venue for your story ideas, storytelling abilities and, of course, your unique writing style and writer's voice. NEW: It will also accept audio-visual storytelling. By this point in the journalism program, students are expected to have advanced writing skills so that we may focus more on the various structures and approaches to magazine writing. Students are expected to develop their story ideas (in close consultation with your instructor and classmates) and find sources required to produce interesting and well-told stories. Also, you will produce your own multi-media accompaniments to your stories. As such, you will be introduced to open-source offerings that permit students to design creative art concepts intended to accompany and augment their written pieces. An example is the work done by Medill's Knight lab.
Registration Requirements
- Prerequisites: JOUR 301‐0 OR JOUR 301‐1 with a C or better
- Open to juniors and above, JOUR majors only
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Registration is reserved for the NU Qatar Journalism Majors Juniors and above, who have completed JOUR 301-0 or JOUR 301-1 with a grade of C or higher.