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1 Great Storytelling - Poynter Institute november 2013 I den første uge af november var jeg sammen med en gruppe danske journalister fra et bredt udsnit af det danske medielandskab på en meget inspirerende efteruddannelsesuge på Poynter Institute i St. Petersburg, Florida. Engagerede undervisere - Butch Ward, Tom French, Jacqui Banaszynski og Roy Peter Clark - alle med en solid baggrund i fortællende journalistik - sørgede for undervisning i topklasse med overskud til masser af dialog og diskussioner, improvisationer og spontane indfald. De kom med eksempler fra deres egen hverdag. Artikler, de selv eller kolleger, havde skrevet. De fortalte om arbejdsprocessen, researchen, og hvilke detaljer eller informationer, der havde været vigtige eller afgørende for at kunne skrive en nyhed som en fortælling. Det samme gjorde to reportere fra den lokale avis, Tampa Bay Times, der kom til Poynter Institute. De fortalte om deres arbejde med storytelling med afsæt i to store fortællende artikler, de hver især havde skrevet. Den ene, Lane DeGregory, havde skrevet en fortælling om en pige, som var blevet misrygtet siden fødslen og først i en alder af 8 år, var blevet "opdaget" og "befriet" fra sin familie. Den anden, Kelley Benham, havde skrevet en meget personlig beretning om, hvordan hun nær havde mistet sin for tidligt fødte datter, men takket være moderne teknologi og lægernes indsats i dag har en sund og rask pige. Reporterne fortalte om, hvilke overvejelser, de havde gjort sig undervejs, hvordan de var kommet tæt på kilderne, og hvordan de havde bygget deres fortællinger op. Undervejs var der rig lejlighed til at stille spørgsmål og diskutere ud fra de konkrete artikler. Underviserne inddrog også eksempler på andet end skriftlig storytelling. Eksempelvis en Beatlessang og en filmisk fortælling om de største amerikanske jazz-musikere. Hertil en stribe eksempler på storytelling fra amerikansk tv-journalister. Stort som småt, men alt sammen meget illustrative eksempler på, hvordan man arbejder med storytelling - også i de daglige artikler og ikke kun, når man i en lykkestund har fået lidt ekstra tid at gøre godt med. Måske mest lærerigt var det, da vi selv blev sendt i marken for at finde vores egne historier, som vi skulle skrive og læse højt i "klassen" næste dag. Med fingrene i tastaturet og efterfølgende højtlæsning og diskussion af teksterne blev storytelling pludselig learning by doing.

2 De mange eksempler, øvelser, små tips og tricks samt en masse korte læresætninger fra ugens løb gav alt i alt en meget konkret tilgang til storytelling. Ingen teori, men masser af praksis - og den slags er lige til at omsætte til det daglige arbejde. Til dato personligt min bedste efteruddannelse i DJE-regi. Vibe Hyltoft, Erhvervsreporter, Berlingske København, 6. december 2013 Bilag: Underviserne, som de præsenterer sig selv. Ugens program fra Poynter.

Ingen teori, men masser af praksis - og den slags er lige til at omsætte til det daglige arbejde.

3 Underviserne, som de præsenterer sig selv: Jacqui Banaszynski worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 30 years, most recently as associate managing editor of The Seattle Times, and before that as a senioreriknsk editor at The Oregonian. While a reporter at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, her series AIDS in the Heartland, whichchronicled the lives and deaths of a gay farm couple, won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing. She was a finalist for the 1986 Pulitzer in international reporting for coverage of the Ethiopian famine and won the nation s top deadline reporting award for coverage of the 1988 Olympics. She has edited several award-winning projects, including projects that won ASNE Best Writing, Ernie Pyle Human Interest Writing and national business and investigative prizes. In 2008, she was named to the Feature Writers Hall of Fame. She is now Knight Chair professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and an editing fellow at The Poynter Institute, and teaches student and professional journalists around the world. Tom French is a Writing Fellow at Poynter and the Riley Endowed Chair in Journalism at Indiana University. French previously worked as a narrative project reporter at the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times), specializing in serialized storytelling. His series "South of Heaven" chronicled a year inside the lives of students at Largo High. Angels & Demons, a story about the murders of amother and her two teen daughters while visiting Florida, earned him a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. And in 2003, he was one of four Times staffers who spent months shadowing a handful of Tampa seventh-graders for a series called 13: Life at the Edge of Everything. His latest project, "Zoo Story," chronicles life and death at Lowry Park Zoo and was recently published as a book. Butch Ward is senior faculty and former Managing Director at The Poynter Institute, where he teaches leadership, editing, reporting and writing. He worked for 27 years in newspapers, at The Philadelphia Inquirer and Baltimore News American, and was managing editor in both newsrooms. Before joining Poynter in 2005, Ward spent three years being covered by journalists as Vice Presidentfor Corporate and Public Affairs at Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia. He has taught and facilitated programs for a variety of newsrooms and journalism associations, including the Committee of Concerned Journalists, American Society of News Editors and Associated Press Media Editors. He has taught leadership and narrative writing to journalists in South Africa and Australia, and has helped lead specialized Poynter conferences on subjects ranging from gun violence to America s New Veterans to the impact of social media in election campaigns. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame. Roy Peter Clark has taught writing at Poynter since Over three decades he has served the institute as dean, vice president, senior scholar, and member of the Board of Trustees. Clark has written or edited 15 books on writing and journalism, the most popular and influential being Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer. Podcasts of the book have been downloaded more than a million times. The New York Times Book Review praised Clark s book, The Glamour of Grammar, as a manual for the 21st century. Born in New York City, Clark attended Catholic schools through his graduation from Providence College in He earned a

Paul Pioneer Press, her series AIDS in the Heartland, whichchronicled the lives and deaths of a gay farm couple, won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing.

4 Ph.D. in English from Stony Brook University. He began his teaching career in Montgomery, Ala., where he became interested in journalism. He was hired by the St. Petersburg Times as one of America s first writing coaches in He is the founding director of the National Writers Workshops. His work has been featured by NPR, Today, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He was selected as a distinguished service member of the American Society of News Editors, and was inducted into the Features Hall of Fame.

Petersburg Times as one of America s first writing coaches in 1977.

5 Ugens program på Poynter Insititute Great Storytelling Every Day November 4-8, 2013 SCHEDULE MONDAY, November 4 9:00 a.m. Introductions, Tell A Story ~ Tom, Jacqui, Butch 10:45 a.m. How a Report Becomes a Great Story ~ Tom 1:30 p.m. Finding Story Ideas, Shaping Those Ideas ~ Jacqui 3:00 p.m. Into the Field I ~ Butch (Evening free) TUESDAY, November 5 9:00 a.m. Read-around ~ Butch 10:45 a.m. The Art of the Interview: Turning Subjects into Storytellers ~ Jacqui 1:30 p.m. Inside the Reporter s Notebook ~ Lane DeGregory 3:00 p.m. Break 3:15 p.m. Hunting and Gathering ~ The Power of (Quiet) Observation ~ Tom 5:00 p.m. Adjourn (Evening free) WEDNESDAY, November 6 9:00 a.m. Finding Theme and Meaning Inside Your Notes ~ Butch 10:45 a.m. Constructing Scenes that Matter ~ Tom 12:30 p.m. Working Lunch: Writing Short with Roy Peter Clark 2:30 p.m. Let s Take This Outside: Visit the Dali Museum, Talk, Walk, Relax THURSDAY, November 7 9:00 a.m. Building Character: Bring People, Places and Things to Life ~ Butch 10:45 a.m. Finding Structure in the Moment ~ Jacqui 1:30 p.m. Story Mapping: A Case Study ~ Tom 3:00 p.m. Into the Field II ~ Butch 7:00 p.m. Dinner at Gratzzi, 211 2nd Street S. FRIDAY, November 8 9:00 a.m. Read-around and Lessons Learned ~ Butch, Tom, Jacqui 12:00 p.m. Taking It Home ~ Butch, Tom, Jacqui (And Finish Evaluations!) 1:30 p.m. Graduation and Final Thoughts 2:30 p.m. Adjourn

m. Inside the Reporter s Notebook ~ Lane DeGregory 3:00 p.m. Break 3:15 p.m. Hunting and Gathering ~ The Power of (Quiet) Observation ~ Tom 5:00 p.m. Adjourn (Evening free) WEDNESDAY, November 6 9:00 a.

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