4-Week: The Personal is Political—An Introduction to Writing About Politics

This class is for writers who read the news and feel helpless or disconnected from the world represented therein. Writers will learn the basic ins and outs of political journalism and discuss how to braid in their own experiences and perspectives in a way that is enlightening and never indulgent or disjointed. Here, we'll combine sharp, clear-eyed prose with meaningful reportage to write the personal into the political. Come prepared to read, write, and think critically about the ways you consume news. Writers will come away from the class with a draft of a political essay and a plan to pitch that essay for publication.