WY111 Writing Features Part 2: At the Computer and In the Field (4 sessions)

WICE’s popular journalism series continues with a focus on “field” reporting and interviews. The course will examine different kinds of features as well as aspects of the writing, with emphasis on reporting on selected events. It will also include an introduction to blogging and guidelines on how to make this popular mode of communication a genuine platform for serious journalism and literary writing.

About the Instructor: Alecia McKenzie is a writer and journalist based in Paris. She holds an MSc from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and worked at The Wall Street Journal/Europe early in her career. She is the founder and editor of the arts-news site SWAN. Alongside writing books, she has written articles for a news agency and international magazines.