Alternative Story Forms
A Practical Approach for Print and Online
Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007
9 a.m. to noon
Room 405, Holmes Student Center, Northern Illinois University
A Practical Approach for Print and Online
Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007
9 a.m. to noon
Room 405, Holmes Student Center, Northern Illinois University
Discussion Leader: Cory Powell, Deputy Managing Editor for Visuals, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Cost: $20 for NINA members; $40 for nonmembers
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What’s an alternative story form?
It’s simply finding the best way to tell a good story quickly. Rather than quickly settling for a traditional news story and photo, it’s finding the right combination of words, pictures, graphics, photos and/or design.
During this hands-on workshop, we’ll view successful examples of various, nontraditional storytelling forms. Then, attendees will break into small groups and develop real story ideas and forms.
Who should attend?
Reporters, photographers, graphic artists, designers, editors … anyone who wants sharper skills at turning out stories that readers actually read. We’ll pay special attention to the needs and staffing limitations of small dailies and weeklies.
What’s an alternative story form?
It’s simply finding the best way to tell a good story quickly. Rather than quickly settling for a traditional news story and photo, it’s finding the right combination of words, pictures, graphics, photos and/or design.
During this hands-on workshop, we’ll view successful examples of various, nontraditional storytelling forms. Then, attendees will break into small groups and develop real story ideas and forms.
Who should attend?
Reporters, photographers, graphic artists, designers, editors … anyone who wants sharper skills at turning out stories that readers actually read. We’ll pay special attention to the needs and staffing limitations of small dailies and weeklies.
To register: Contact Jim Killam, jkillam@niu.edu or 815-753-4239. Attendees may pay at the door, but please register by Wednesday, Sept. 5.
About our speaker:
Cory Powell is deputy managing editor for visuals at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. He led the Star Tribune’s award-winning 2005 redesign, which relied on extensive readership research to guide its use of alternative story forms and extensive layering to reach out to casual readers. He also has led redesigns at the Charlotte Observer and the Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer. In nearly two decades in newspapers, he has been a designer, copy editor, copy desk chief and news editor. He passed up a career as a ski bum, a choice he second-guesses every winter. He lives in Eagan, Minn.
About our speaker:Cory Powell is deputy managing editor for visuals at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. He led the Star Tribune’s award-winning 2005 redesign, which relied on extensive readership research to guide its use of alternative story forms and extensive layering to reach out to casual readers. He also has led redesigns at the Charlotte Observer and the Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer. In nearly two decades in newspapers, he has been a designer, copy editor, copy desk chief and news editor. He passed up a career as a ski bum, a choice he second-guesses every winter. He lives in Eagan, Minn.
