Resources & Links

Resources

Literary journalism educators seek to teach today’s students to a) understand and appreciate literary journalism and b) create literary journalism of their own. Below are syllabi, specific assignments, and practical strategies recommended by teachers of this form. If you have a syllabus, assignment, or strategy you would be willing to contribute, please send it to Mitzi Lewis at mitzi.lewis@msutexas.edu.

Sites

• Reading Narrative Journalism (2024) (Christopher P. Wilson)

Syllabi

• Advanced Feature Writing (David Hayes)
• Advanced Magazine Writing (Kathleen Webber)
• Journalism as Literature (Ronald R. Rodgers)
• Journalism Studies: Through the Lens of Literary Journalism (Ronald R. Rodgers)
• Literary Journalism (Matt Tullis)
• Magazine Writing – Advanced Media (Carol Holstead)
• Media Narrative Project (Michael A. Longinow)
• Narrative Non-Fiction Workshop (David Swick)
• Redação Jornalística II (Leandro Ramires Comassetto)
• True Stories: The Convergence of Literature and Journalism (Laurence Roy Stains)

Syllabi With Assignments

• Narrative (Bill Reynolds)
• Exercise Scene: Joe & Rebecca Go to Banff (Bill Reynolds)
• Literary Journalism (John M.L. Drew)
• Literary Journalism Anthology and Reading List (John M.L. Drew)
• Non-Fiction Narrative, Structure: How Good Books Are Built (Michael Norman)
• Non-Fiction Narrative, Structure: How Good Books Are Built – Presenters Protocols (Michael Norman)
• Non-Fiction Narrative, Structure: How Good Books Are Built – Lessons Learned Sample Paper and Guide (Michael Norman)
• Taller de Periodismo Interpretativo (Karim Gálvez)
• Taller de Periodismo Interpretativo – Instrucciones Segundo Certamen (Karim Gálvez)
• Taller de Periodismo Interpretativo – Calendarización (Karim Gálvez)

Assignments

• Literary Journalism Skill Analysis (Pamela Fisher)
• IALJS-14 Literary Journalism 101: Teaching Toolkit Panel – Successful Assignments (Spring 2019 Survey Responses)
• What Do We Mean by “The Story” (Christopher Wilson)
• Texts & Contexts: Literary Journalism Across Cultures (Isabelle Meuret)
• Literature and Social Change (Martha Nandorfy)

Links

As an academic discipline, just as a writing form, literary journalism has been growing exponentially in interest throughout the world. Here are some external sites where you can find literary journalism taught, practiced, and researched.

Learned Societies

European Society for Periodical Research
http://www.ru.nl/esprit

Research Society for American Periodicals
http://home.earthlink.net/~ellengarvey/index1.html

Academia Brasileira de Jornalismo Literário
(Brazilian Academy of Literary Journalism)
http://www.textovivo.com.br/

Brazilian Association for Journalism Research
http://sbpjor.kamotini.kinghost.net/sbpjor/

International Society for the Study of Narrative
http://narrative.georgetown.edu/

Programs

University of California, Irvine
Literary Journalism Program
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/litjourn/

Goucher College
MFA in Creative Nonfiction Program
http://www.goucher.edu/mfa

Autonomous University of Barcelona
MA in Communication, Journalism, and Humanities (Literary Journalism)
http://pagines.uab.cat/mecoph/

The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1207

The Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage
http://www.lettre-ulysses-award.org/

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (Wolfson College)
https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/clusters/life-writing

Publications

Granta
http://www.granta.com/

Longform
http://www.longform.org/

Byliner
http://www.byliner.com/

The Atavist
http://www.atavist.net/

Narrative Magazine
http://www.narrativemagazine.com/