Journalistic Writing Techniques for Nonfiction Stories
Collect: on the desktop and in the world
A course by Daniela Rea , Writer and Journalist
About the video: Collect: on the desktop and in the world
Overview
“You will start by doing a search for documentary information. For this I recommend asking the serious questions, the obvious ones and the ones that you think are ridiculous about what you want to write, looking for information about that.”
In this video lesson Daniela Rea addresses the topic: Collect: on the desktop and in the world, 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
“Collect: on the desktop and in the world. This unit is called "Some good shoes and a notebook", which is the title of a book by Anton Chekhov about how a story is written and, above all, how it is investigated. So in this process we will see how to investigate. Non-fiction stories are built from facts, things that happened, real things, but I also want to include dreams, thoughts, because they are things that, although they are not tangible, happen and they are reflections of the reality that we tell. Once a young woman who read the chronicles that I wrote in "No one asked them for forgiven...”
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Course summary for: Journalistic Writing Techniques for Nonfiction Stories
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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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