EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

A Professional Training Seminar for Journalists and Editors, in Paris, France Thursday, June 23rd and Friday, June 24th, 2005

Six gurus of narrative journalism in the US, including three Pulitzer Prize winners, all experienced journalists and teachers will be the main speakers in this top-level seminar. Prestigious European journalists will moderate sessions favoring hands-on discussions and exchanges of best practices. A series of smaller workshops (for print media and for radio) will provide concrete learning.

The two-day intensive curriculum is designed for mid-career journalists and editors who wish to share and strengthen their versatility with new ways of reporting and writing and who are looking for innovative ideas for their publication or broadcast programs.

http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/narrative/ http://www.sciences-po.fr/spf/programmes/journalisme/indexfr.htm [email protected] [email protected] Sciences Po and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard Harvard University are organizing the first professional University administers the United States' oldest mid- seminar in Europe dedicated to “narrative journalism,” to career fellowship program for journalists. Since 1938, take place on Thursday, June 23rd and Friday, 24th, 2005. more than 1,000 distinguished journalists from the United States and 76 other nations have come to Narrative journalism is the heir to the great tradition of Harvard as part of the fellowship program. In addition, reporting and writing pioneered by the newspaper serials the Nieman Foundation organizes an annual of Eugene Sue and Albert Londre, Charles Dickens and conference on Narrative Journalism. This three-day Mark Twain. It was reborn in the 60’s in the US following seminar attracts 1000 working journalists from the US the literary journalism of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, and over twenty other countries. It has become one of the most prestigious journalism conferences in the Norman Mailer’s The Armies of the Night, and Tom USA. Wolfe’s The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. It eventually emerged as a genre of reportage in Contacts:

American newsrooms and has had a positive impact on Mark Kramer ([email protected]) circulation and readership loyalty, from local newspapers Laurence Bagot ([email protected]), to The New York Times and The Washington Post, magazines and public broadcasting.

Narrative journalism is close to film documentary in many The seminar is organized with the Sciences Po of its methods: the story is documented with facts and American Center, The executive education checked according to strict rules of journalism ethics. But department and the School of Journalism. the account is presented in a narrative way, with scenes, Sciences Po was founded in 1872. Since then characters, dialogues, a ‘voice’ and even some sort of Sciences Po has been training the best young minds resolution. Such work is not limited to presenting in France and Europe for leadership service. With quantifiable facts, (Mr. X died at 8.13am this morning); it some 6,000 students, 30% coming from abroad, with a also relates the events that converge to make the facts variety of degree programs at Master's level, a staff of relevant (perhaps the murder of Mr. X illustrates the some 1,400 teachers, eight research centers with dynamics of violence in the neighborhood, for example). more than 200 researchers, a library that houses a million-volume collection of works in the various social sciences and 20th century history and a publication Traditional journalism requires a bureaucratic avoidance center, Sciences Po belongs to Europe's most of personal facts and emotions – a neutral style, distinguished universities. presented by a narrator who is only a « provider of information ». Narrative journalism engages readers in an Contacts : intellectual as well as emotional and intimate relationship. Isabelle de BATZ (registration) As a writer as well as reporter, the journalist helps readers [email protected], +33 (0)1 44 39 40 86 to enter into the characters’ daily lives. Hence, narrative journalism provides a more human and fine-grained Pierre BOLLINGER (curriculum) [email protected], +33 (0)1 45 49 83 15 understanding of the news as people really make it or are affected by it. It is a very useful tool to help readers Jean-Claude LESCURE (Head of the Sciences Po understand complex issues (the impact of a law, School of journalism) jeanclaude.lescure@sciences- globalization, the worldwide religious boom). po.fr,

Julien RICARD (curriculum and story submission) Six gurus of narrative journalism in the US, including three [email protected], +33 (0)1 45 49 59 14 Pulitzer Prize winners, who are all experienced, very bright, and often humorous teachers, sophisticated and aware of cultural differences, will be the main speakers in this top-level seminar. The two-day intensive curriculum is We would like to thank the following persons for their designed for mid-career journalists and editors who wish support, their advice and their involvement : to share and strengthen their versatility with new ways of Pierre ASSOULINE, Nicolas BEYTOUT, reporting and writing and who are looking for innovative Anne BRUNSWIC, Annick COJEAN, ideas for their publication or broadcast programs. Jean-Marie COLOMBANI, Hélène CONSTANTY, Moderated by prestigious European journalists, the Antoine de TARLE, Philippe ESCANDE, plenary sessions will favor hands-on discussion and an Alain GENESTAR, Robert GRAHAM, exchange of best practices. A series of smaller writing and Françoise LAZARE, Philippe LABRO, editing workshops (for print media and for radio) will Vincent NOUZILLE, Christine OCKRENT, provide concrete learning about the tools of narrative Bruno PATINO, Serge SCHNEMAN, Bernardo VALLI, journalism. Alain WIEDER, Martha ZUBER and the French Fulbright Commission. http://www.fulbright-france.org

Curriculum

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

9h Welcome: tea, coffee and croissants will be served

9h30 Introductory session - Presentation of the organization and the contents of the seminar - Introduction of the six speakers and of each attendee - Questions & answers about the seminar

10h00 Session 1: Is narrative journalism a remedy for the readership crisis? The American speakers share their view on: - What is narrative journalism? Why did it re-emerge in the newsrooms in the early '90s, when the Internet blossomed and US media were busily merging? How do American newsrooms assign, write, fact-check and publish narrative journalism? How does it improve readers’ comprehension and increase their loyalty? Is it cost effective? - Why did each speaker turn his or her reporting career towards narrative journalism and how did it change their views on journalism and the protocols of the newsroom? Discussion: Should European media draw inspiration from the success of narrative journalism in the US? The session will be moderated by a French or a European journalist.

11h30 Coffee break

11h45 First series of workshops (writing, observing, managing field notes, editing, broadcast) Each attendant chooses a workshop (please find details about the workshops page 5).

13h15 Lunch with the speakers

14h45 Session 2: How new story formats help newsrooms to compete with Internet and free publications. The American speakers explain how American publications use narrative journalism as an antidote to the limitations of the short and telegraphic style. They have not abandoned stories in “standard news voice” but intermittently add feature articles and series with daily chapters, which nourish an affective and long-lasting relationship with the readers. In daily newsrooms, narrative is also coming into great favor because it improves coverage, puts reporters’ best skills to work, and helps reinforce the unique identity of a publication.

The faculty will discuss what approaches and topics fit the genre especially well, how to organize the research, pre-reporting background study, winning access, finding the central figure, team vs. individual projects, deciding who to observe and when, the primacy of watching, how to take notes differently, framing questions, and more.

Discussion: How can narrative help develop the relationship between readership and a publication? The session will be moderated by a French or a European journalist.

16h15 Coffee break

16h30 Second series of workshops (writing, observing, managing field notes, editing, broadcast) The attendants choose a different workshop (details of the workshops page 5)

18h Cocktail

Friday, June 24th, 2005

9h Welcome: Tea, coffee and croissants will be served

9h30 Session 3: Scenes, characters and voice: how to attract and retain the reader’s attention. Narrative journalism is a good tool for explaining complex news through the right simple human stories. For example: how did the evolution of a law, of globalization, of climate- change, of a polluting factory, affect a specific person, family or interest group? This method puts to work not only the intellectual curiosity of the reader, but also the reader’s emotions. To do this well and honorably, the writer needs to describe scenes deftly and fairly (sensory description; metaphor; giving volume to a place; using layers of time; reproducing dialogues, and more). He/She must also characterize faithfully and choose the right voice for the narration.

Discussion: Must the journalist remain an invisible and dutiful information-provider for citizens, or can his or her sensibilities while reporting be brought to the story to strengthen the narration? The session will be moderated by a French or European journalist.

11h30 Coffee break

11h45 Third series of workshops (writing, observing, managing field notes, editing, broadcast) The attendants choose a different workshop (details of the workshops page 5)

13h00 Lunch with the speakers

14h30 Fourth series of workshops: how to judge the effectiveness of your own or your writer’s work ? Transforming a news article or an idea for a story into a narrative journalism piece: the attendees split into six workshops--four for print media; one for broadcast. Each group edits a story of a group member who has volunteered. Those who would like to submit one of their stories should contact Julien RICARD, [email protected], before May 1st).

16h30 Coffee break

17h Wrap-up session: Ethical and organizational issues: How do narrative journalists meet the highest ethical standards? To wrap up the seminar, the American speakers and a French professional speak about ethics and organization: - Problems of disguising identity, problems of attribution, sourcing, and reconstruction of scenes and dialogue, anonymous sources, implicit contracts with readers, with sources, and with other writers and publications. - How are American newsrooms organized to do narrative journalism? Dealing with the culture clash in a newsroom between traditional and narrative approaches and coordinating with other departments (photography, front page editors, space allocation, publicity). This discussion of current practices and innovations will lead to further discussion of possibilities and problems, hesitations and enthusiasms as you see them.

Final discussion: Which innovations can work for European journalists?

18h End of the seminar

Minor modifications can be done on the curriculum

What are the workshops?

Each workshop is offered three times to allow attendees broad participation.

Workshop 1 - Jacqui Banaszynski: Principles for writing

Each writer sends in advance one of his/her stories/recordings; each editor sends a story he/she has recently edited, so that its style -- its strengths, weaknesses, and tics – may be diagnosed and bettered.

Workshop 2 - Tom French: Principles for observing

Using a picture, Tom French teaches how to capture the telling details and atmosphere of a scene. Then, he shows how to reconstruct the scene for a story.

Workshop 3: Tracy Kidder: Principles for managing field notes

How to take field notes efficiently and then process and work with hundreds or thousands of pages of notes. Priorities, methods and discoveries for constructing first drafts of longer work.

Workshop 4: Anne Hull: Principles for Intimate Reporting

Using examples from field reporting, Anne Hull discusses how to investigate the human condition. She then shows how to use these reported details to write with intimacy.

Workshop 5: Mark Kramer: Principles forTtext Editing

Objectives that shape the voice of the narrator and the engineering of a text to set up an intimacy with readers, and move the story along at an engaging pace; principles and specific methods of description, phrasing, scene-setting, character portrayal, digressing for background and returning to the story.

Workshop 6: Jay Allison: Special issues for broadcasters

Using sound clips (translated texts will be available), Jay Allison offers ways to craft and improve a radio piece so the listener feels present, and feels continuity and concern, and ends up by comprehending some larger issue. How to use noises, how to recreate an ambiance, how to speak right to the ear of the audience. Who are the American main speakers?

The key speakers have been pioneers of the narrative journalism genre and are currently at the very heart of the « movement » as writers or editors. They frequently teach narrative journalism in the United States and abroad. Jay Allison Jay Allison, a long-time contributor to "All Things Considered," "This American Life" and other National Public Radio programs, has received five Peabody Awards and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Edward R. Murrow Award, public radio's highest honor. He founded http://www.transom.org, which brings new voices to public radio, and the Public Radio Exchange, an Internet-based system for peer review and grassroots distribution of programming. Allison has produced documentaries for ABC's "Nightline." His essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine.

http://www.jayallison.com/ Jacqui Banaszynski, assistant managing editor/Sunday at The Seattle Times, holds the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She's spent decades as a beat and enterprise reporter and a projects editor. In 1988, her series "AIDS in the Heartland," an intimate look at the life and death of a gay farm couple, won a Pulitzer Prize. She also won an Associated Press Sports Editors deadline-writing contest with a story from the 1988 Summer Olympics. She has served as a Pulitzer juror. http://journalism.missouri.edu/faculty-staff/banaszynskij.html

Tom French has been a staff writer at the St. Petersburg Times for 24 years. For the past 15 years, he has worked as a project reporter, specializing in serial narratives. For his work on "Angels & Demons," he received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Other projects have included "A Cry in the Night" and "South of Heaven," which were later published as books. French teaches a creative non-fiction M.F.A. course at Goucher College. http://www2.sptimes.com/Angels_Demons/default.html

Anne Hull is an enterprise reporter on the national staff at The Washington Post. Before joining the Post in 2000, she was a national correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times, where she started. Anne Hull is a four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and has twice won the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award. A Florida native, she attended Florida State University. She was a 1995 Nieman Fellow. She lives in Washington, D.C. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49856-2004Sep25.html

Tracy Kidder is a book author and a contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award and many other literary prizes. Tracy Kidder wrote ten books including "Home Town," "Old Friends," "Among Schoolchildren," "House," and "The Soul of a New Machine", which were all best sellers. His most recent, "Mountains Beyond Mountains," about Haiti, received critical praise. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E6D61038F937A2575AC0A9659C8B63

Mark Kramer has written for The Boston Globe, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, The Atlantic Monthly, and many other publications. His books include "Three Farms: Making Milk, Meat and Money from the American Soil," "Invasive Procedures: A Year in the World of Two Surgeons" and "Travels with a Hungry Bear: A Journey to the Russian Heartland." He co-edited the anthology "Literary Journalism" and textbooks on narrative in Danish and in Japanese. He’s writer-in-residence at the Nieman Foundation, and founder and director of the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University.

http://www.narrativedigest.org , http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/narrative

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