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Last updated:
MONTH, 2002
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NATIONAL WRITERS’ SYMPOSIUM
OCT 21-22, 2000
LOMBARD HOTEL
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
The National Writers' Symposium features award-winning journalists and top-notch coaches from Canada and the United States. We hope you enjoy this weekend of intensive hands-on workshops, covering many aspects of the writing process. Welcome!
| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 |
| 7:00 ONWARD | RECEPTION AT PRESS CLUB, WINNIPEG
331 SMITH STREET, 5 MINUTES FROM THE HOTEL |
| FRIDAY 7-9 P.M. | EARLY REGISTRATION IN THE HOTEL LOBBY. |
| SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 |
| 8:00 - 9:00 A.M. | REGISTRATION |
| 9:15 - 10:00 A.M. | Opening keynote speech by Knowlton Nash (Ballroom) |
| 10:00 A.M. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 12:15 P.M. | Break out of the pack
John Carlson, The Des Moines Register
Fashionable newswriting for radio
Mike Omelus, Broadcast News
The art of television news
Reg Sherren, C.B.C.
The rewrite room
| | 12:15 - 1:45 P.M. | LUNCH |
| 1:45 - 3:15 P.M. | Starting small (Repeated Sunday)
Tom Hallman, The Oregonian
Radio storytelling
Steve Wadhams, C.B.C.
Magazine writing demystified
Vivian Smith, University of Victoria
The rewrite room |
| 3:15 - 5:15 P.M. | Yarns not yawns
Stephen Ward, U.B.C. School of Journalism
Writing the book on documentaries (Repeated on Sunday)
Anton Koschany, CTV W-FIVE
Better victim reporting
Bryan Painter, The Oklahoman
The rewrite room |
SATURDAY EVENING RESTAURANT ROULETTE DON’T FORGET TO SIGN
UP AT REGISTRATION DESK |
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 |
| 9:15 A.M. - 10:45 A.M. | Starting
small
Tom Hallman, The Oregonian (Repeated)
From newswriting to book writing
Gordon Sinclair, Winnipeg Free Press
John Stackhouse, Globe and Mail
Ingeborg Boyens, C.B.C.
Writing the book on documentaries (Repeated)
Anton Koschany, CTV W-FIVE
Rewrite room |
| 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. | Closing
keynote
speech
Mitchell Locin, Chicago Tribune. |
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