Courses
Mediabistro Needs Its Space...In LA
Yes, New Yorkers need our help, people, be nice.
Mediabistro's education department is looking for venue space to hold classes and workshops in the LA/West Hollywood/Beverly Hills area. Classes are held evenings and weekends, about 10 times a month. The ideal space would accommodate up to 40 people and have ample parking, a projector, dry erase board, internet, etc. We are looking to secure a venue as soon as possible, with rentals beginning in September and going on indefinitely.Please contact jessica@mediabistro.com with any leads.
Our budget is $100 a night.
ENG 371WR: Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era
McSweeny's blog has a brilliant course description for a fictional internet-age writing class. An excerpt:
PrerequisitesStudents must have completed at least two of the following.
ENG: 232WR - Advanced Tweeting: The Elements of Droll
LIT: 223 - Early-21st-Century Literature: 140 Characters or Less
ENG: 102 - Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking
ENG: 301 - Advanced Blog and Book Skimming
ENG: 231WR - Facebook Wall Alliteration and Assonance
LIT: 202 - The Literary Merits of Lolcats
LIT: 209 - Internet-Age Surrealistic Narcissism and Self-AbsorptionRequired Reading MaterialsLiterary works, including the online table of contents of the Huffington Post's Complete Guide to Blogging, will serve as models to be skimmed for thorough analysis. Also, Perez Hilton's Twitter feed.
The complete course description and syllabus can be read here
Sign Up for Rita Williams Memoir Writing Class
Rita Williams, author of the Oprah-endorsed memoir If the Creek Don't Rise, will be teaching a 12-week memoir class beginning Oct. 22 in Beverly Hills.
Got a story to tell? Maybe Williams can help.
Deets:
WHEN 12 weeks, Wednesdays, Oct. 22 -- Jan. 29, 7-10 p.m.
WHERE Beverly Hills, CA
PRICE $610 ($575 for AvantGuild members)
HOW TO REGISTER Click here to register online or call (212) 547-7890.
Mediabistro's Advanced Travel Writing Course Next Week
The course is next week, Thursday September 25 in Beverly Hills taught by travel writer Eric Hiss.
Travel writing is your passport to an entire world of stories waiting for you at the end of a cobblestone lane or on top of a liana-covered ruin. You may already have the expertise to write about many of the subjects you'll encounter on the road, whether your ideas are related to design, food, business, or other topics you've covered in the past. You just need to get from here to there.This workshop will help you shape your existing talents and show you how to land travel assignments. We will explore the different types of articles travel editors are looking for, as well as information on press trips: how they work, what the protocol is, and a frank discussion of whether or not to participate in them. Pack your bags and get ready for new adventures with the skills you'll develop in this workshop.
In this workshop, you will learn:What makes good travel journalism
Road-tested ways to break in and get your start
The art of creating the effective travel pitch letter
Various types of travel article formats
How to pitch your stories beyond travel magazines
How to turn one trip into multiple story ideas
How to develop industry contacts
More information and the sign up is here.
Classes For the Media Masses
We keep getting pitches to promote different classes (including Media Bistro's own), and we're in advanced guilt over keeping all these juicy morsels of learning to ourselves. So today, we dump our inboxes on you, the writers of Los Angeles. Thank us in your forwards and acceptance speeches:
MediaBistro offers a ton of classes, which you can check out here. One we'd like to hightlight is the Advanced Travel Writing class taught by the well-traveled Eric Hiss, who has written for Conde Nast Traveler and other pubs and, apparently, knows what he's talking about.
What: Advanced Travel Writing
When: Thursday, September 25, 6:30-10:30 pm
Where: Beverly Hills
Note: This is an advanced level course. Price is $125 (or $100 for AvantGuild members) For more info, call (212) 547-7890.
The Un-Cabaret offers the Un-Cab Lab, which works with "writers, performers and other free range creatives, from beginners to advanced working professionals. We've coached people through the development, performance and promotion of essays, scripts, standup, speeches, and one-person shows, plus bonus general career guidance and life advice."
What: The Un-Cab will offer a Free Range Comedy Seminar
When: Sunday, Sept. 21, 1-3 p.m.
Where: M-Bar, 1253 N. Vine 90038
Note: The seminar includes practical advice about writing and performing, our creative philosophy and graphics. It's also free.
What Will Magazines Look Like In The Future? MediaBistro.com Lets You Know!
What will magazines look like in the future? Hell if we know. Good thing we know some lovely people who have the answers -- and they're even willing to share them with you, provided you get yourself to a Tribeca gallery on Wed., Sept. 10.
That's right, it's the MediaBistro.com Magazines of the Future panel, and you're invited.
Panelists include:
Lynne D Johnson, Senior Editor/Community Director for FastCompany.com.
Michael Silberman, GM, NYMag.com
Lance Ulanoff, Editor in Chief, PC Magazine
Jay Woodruff, Editor in Chief, Maxim.com
Marvin Scott Jarrett, Editor in Chief, Nylon
Memoir Writing Course in LA, Starts July 9th
Memoir writing with Rita Williams, author of If the Creek Don't Rise is a 12 week course that starts - soon - July 9th.
In this class, you will learn:
All the info about this class and the application can be found here.
Sign up for the class! The word is Ms. Williams is excellent. But don't invoke Margaret B Jones' name(s)...that's our job.
Summer Online Courses at Mediabistro
This way the dream about you showing up to class in your underwear - won't be just a dream.
Summer is (un)officially here! How can you work on your own projects when there are so many blockbuster movies, weekend getaways, and lazy days ahead? Our online classes include all the benefits of our in-person classes plus one: you'll never miss a session. Log in at your convenience, join the instant message chats from any location, and make real progress on your work.June classes start next week, and they're filling up quickly. A lot of them are brand new--check out a few below or click here to see all upcoming online courses.
Spy School! Be All You Can....Shh
Has the recession hit you? Unemployed? Under-employed? Do you harbor secret Octopussy drag queen fantasies? Then try spy school. Or better yet, Stiletto Spy School.
From their site:
In just four days, learn valuable skills that will serve you for the rest of your life. Modules include firearms training, disabling an attacker in hand-to-hand combat, make up lessons and much, much more. Includes posh hotel with double occupancy room, delicious meals and wine with dinner. Airfare to Las Vegas, cocktails and incidentals are not included.
We're positive this is how Valerie Plame did it.
Lyricist Marty Panzer Speaks! At ANMT
Marty Panzer, multi-platinum, award winning lyricist for Barry Manilow, Walt Disney, and many, many others, will speak about the art and craft of lyric writing. as well as some observations on the current marketplace, personal remembrances, and we hope, a little dish at a special event at Academy for New Musical Theatre.
Salon at the Academy for New Musical Theatre (ANMT) in No. Hollywood, CA on Sunday, August 5th, 2-6pm, but registration closes tomorrow, August 1st.
(photo by Phil Christie)
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