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Breaking into Political Writing

Find an audience on political blogs, websites, magazines, and newspapers

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Breaking into Political Writing

WHEN Tuesday, June 24, 6:30-9:30 pm

WHERE MOCA DC, Main Gallery, 1054 31st St NW, Canal Square, Georgetown, Washington, DC, 212-929-2588

PRICE
$65 ($50 for )
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Course Details

It takes more than a strong opinion to write about politics. Sure, you can post a screed on your own blog, or send countless letters to the editor, but if you really want to make your mark, you have to learn what the pros know about getting publications to take you seriously as an authority.

Thanks to the web, there are untold numbers of venues where you can sound off about politics. You can build a stockpile of clips, get your name in circulation, and maybe even shape the debate. In today's world of 24/7 political coverage, if you write compellingly and have an interesting story to tell, you'll find an audience.

In this seminar, you will learn how to:

  • Conceive and frame up political stories that aren't covered, or are undercovered, by the mainstream press
  • Pitch editors who have no idea who you are
  • Write for blogs and pick up strategies for boosting hits
  • Stay ahead of the curve while finding stories
  • Sell yourself as a political authority

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Adriel Bettelheim
Adriel Bettelheim is an editor at Congressional Quarterly, where he oversees coverage of health care, energy, the environment, entitlement programs, and government regulation for CQ Weekly magazine. He also steers Congressional Quarterly's contributions to Politifact.com, a political web site jointly operated with the St. Petersburg Times that fact-checks the truthfulness of presidential candidates' claims and advertising. As a Washington-based reporter and editor for Congressional QuarterlyThe Denver Post, Adriel has covered presidential campaigns, power shifts in Congress, Supreme Court confirmation battles, the enactment of the Patriot Act, and the overhaul of Medicare. His reporting has been recognized with a Sigma Delta Chi bronze medallion and awards from the Colorado Associated Press editors and New York State Publishers Association. He is the author of Aging in America: A to Z, a reference book about the politics surrounding aging issues.

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Adriel is an expert in the mainstream, daily news business and the congressional, as well as specialized, committee inner workings. From key political players to a changing industry, he discusses journalism and is accessible to both yeomen and more accomplished journalists. -- Kevin Spence

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