Journalistic Writing Techniques for Nonfiction Stories
What do we want to tell?
A course by Daniela Rea , Writer and Journalist
About the video: What do we want to tell?
Overview
“Working on the preparation of the project is as important as carrying it out. Thinking about what you want to tell and why you want to do it will allow you to have elements to decide which format is best to tell your story. ”
In this video lesson Daniela Rea addresses the topic: What do we want to tell?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Journalistic Writing Techniques for Nonfiction Stories. Learn how to express global issues through the use of documentary and field investigation.
Partial transcription of the video
“What do we want to tell? Work on the project, think about it, plan it it is very important to choose a better way what are the elements of non-fiction, what are the narrative structures or what are the aesthetic rules that you will create for your story. If you will tell it from a letter, for example, or you will make some kind of memories or you will tell something so intimate that you will do it with a personal diary, why stop to think about our history it will help us to know what motivations we have, if they are personal motivations, political motivations, aesthetics to tell something a...”
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Course summary for: Journalistic Writing Techniques for Nonfiction Stories
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Areas
Communication, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Daniela Rea
A course by Daniela Rea
Although as a child she dreamed of being a sailor and detective, the Daniela Rea we know today is a writer and journalist. She specializes in nonfiction stories and enjoys experimenting with different formats such as journalistic, literary, and audiovisual. She is fascinated by learning about people’s lives, exploring their day to day, and understanding how they inhabit their space.
You can find her work at Pie de Página, among other platforms. She has collaborated with documentalists like Everaldo González, Ai Wei Wei, and Rodrigo Reyes and is the author of i]Nadie les pidió perdón[/i] and coauthor of La Tropa: Por qué mata un soldado.
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