Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story
Make Some Noise!
A course by Eileen Truax , Journalist and Writer
About the video: Make Some Noise!
Overview
“Your story is finally here, let everyone know that you just wrote it! ”
In this video lesson Eileen Truax addresses the topic: Make Some Noise!, 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
“Make Some Noise Your text is ready! So in this lesson, I'm going to share with you some ideas to put it out there and make some noise and share it with a wider audience and to reach different platforms, so more people can read your work. One of the good things of living in the era of internet is that we have access to a lot of publishing platforms. I know the bad thing is that you get trolls and you get false information, and we get a lot of other things, but we also have the advantage of having several ways to distribute our information and to share our work. So in the past, what you neede...”
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Course summary for: Nonfiction Writing: Tell Your Unique Story
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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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