Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story
Choosing the Subject
A course by Eileen Truax , Journalist and Writer
About the video: Choosing the Subject
Overview
“It’s time to put your knowledge into action! Choose a subject, gather ––and dismiss– information, and write your first non-fiction story. ”
In this video lesson Eileen Truax addresses the topic: Choosing the Subject, which is part of the Domestika online course: Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story. Learn how to write a compelling nonfiction piece that connects with readers by exploring the whys and hows behind every word.
Partial transcription of the video
“Choosing the Subject Well, we are finally writing. And in this lesson, I'm going to share with you the process of writing a piece. I'm going to use my own process to explain this to you. As I mentioned before, the story that I'm working on right now is about Lizbeth Mateo. She's an immigrant. She came to the country when she was 13 years old with her family with no proper immigration documents. Despite all the challenges that this means, she was able to graduate from high school, pay full tuition for her college. She graduated, went to law school and she passed the bar exam and was admitted...”
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Course summary for: Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story
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Areas
Communication, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing
Eileen Truax
A course by Eileen Truax
Eileen Truax is a journalist from Mexico City who has been based in the US for fifteen years. Books and stories had a major impact on her childhood, which soon developed into writing her own stories in the fifth grade. After high school, she was already writing news synthesis, scripts for radio commercials and for public television, articles about culture and business, profiles, and political chronicles. She holds degrees in Social Communication and Communication and Politics.
Today, Eileen writes for media outlets such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Vice, Newsweek, El Universal, Gatopardo, 5W, and Americas Quarterly, among others. She has received the José Martí Publishing Award from NAHP; the Media Woman of the Year Award from the California Legislature, and the Desalambre Award for Human Rights Journalism. Eileen has also written four books that focus on migration and politics in the US and has contributed to five other journalistic books.
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