Writing for NYC Publications

With a former New York Daily News columnist

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Writing for NYC Publications

WHEN 5 weeks, Thursdays, October 16 - November 13, 6:45-9:45 pm

WHERE New York (Midtown East)

LEVEL General

PRICE
$399 ($375 for )
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Course Details

New York is a city filled with publications looking for new work. The New York Times, the Daily News, Newsday, and the New York Post publish freelance essays daily. There are also opportunities for publication in The Village Voice, The New York Observer, amNewYork, and Metro. The personal essay is becoming the new basic feature. Thanks to the growing market for memoirs, first-person pieces, and blogs, there's more demand than ever for stories told from the perspective of intimate experience.

All the dailies and many magazines regularly publish essays from freelancers, making this format a great way to break into your outlet of choice. Learn how to take your basic idea, shape it into a killer essay and then, sell it. The process will involve reporting and writing tricks that you can later apply to anything you work on.

In this five-week workshop, a former nationally syndicated New York Daily News columnist will help you get comfortable with both revealing yourself on the page and packaging yourself as a distinctive product. Expect lots of supportive feedback and a safe place to develop your voice.

By the end of this class, students will have:
At least two sellable first-person pieces ready to submit to NYC publications.

Admission Requirements:
Please submit a letter of interest (including a brief work history).

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Instructor Bio

Betty Ming Liu's Courses

How to Cover New York Stories – New York (Seminar on January 21)
Pitch Letter Essentials – New York (Seminar on February 11)
Writing for NYC Publications – New York (Class starts January 29)

Betty Ming Liu
Betty Ming Liu is a former New York Daily News columnist and has worked as a commentator for thirteen/WNET. While at the Daily News, she launched a nationally syndicated column on diversity issues and in earlier assignments covered gossip, business, and features at the paper. She is also a former staff reporter for The Newark Star-Ledger and Crain's New York Business. Her freelance articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, This Old House, and other publications. Betty blogs at www.bettymingliu.com.

Testimonials


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"Betty is smart, articulate, practical, and fun! She combines the practical knowledge of a working journalist with the skills of a gifted teacher." -- M.H. Fryburg

"Betty is media-savvy, approachable, and open to sharing her experience and insights on how to approach targets, craft query letters, and cultivate media relationships. This is a great foundational course for anyone interested in pitching to the media -- online or offline!" -- Lourdes Del Valle

"Betty was great! She immediately set the class at ease, was well-organized, and used every second of our time together efficiently and effectively! She was generous with her feedback, encouragement, and constructive comments." -- Susan Sawyers

"Betty is a smart, informed journalist who made this info-packed class really fun, interesting, and helped me feel more confident in my skills." -- Anna Davies

"Four stars! She was dynamic, entertaining, efficient, smart, savvy, and flexible in the ebb and flow of the class. It was a great mix of lecture, reviewing selected material, and on-the-spot training." -- Janice Hughes

"She was great. Well informed, her professional expertise was apparent from the moment the class begun until it ended." -- Charles Eckert

"Betty was great. She was always encouraging with us, but shot straight with us too. She certainly gave me the direction I needed. She makes the class a very comfortable space to explore writing." -- Laura Madden

"Betty is an incredibly approachable, down to earth teacher." -- Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

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