This Week in mb Education
EAST COAST
TUESDAY
How to Become an Arts and Culture Journalist (in Boston): Boston makes a good base to land freelance gigs with local outlets, but also with the national press.
Perfect Pitch : How to successfully promote your business, client, or self.
4-Week TV News Reporter, Advanced: Learn more about what it takes to be a good television news reporter, including: meeting deadlines, preparing and delivering “live shots,” conducting on-camera interviews, and more.
Personal Essay Clinic: Writing About Family: You’ll learn how to edit yourself, what your work is missing, what it has too much of, and where it would fit perfectly for publication.
eClass: Personal Essay Workshop: An advanced class with author Ken Foster
WEDNESDAY
seminar: From Editorial Assistant to Acquisitions Editor: Getting where you want to go
eClass: 12-Week Screenwriter: Start (and finish!) your screenplay in three months.
eClass: Basic Training: Intro to Magazine Writing: Write for the glossies.
THURSDAY
seminar: How to Write for Teen Magazines: If you can bring yourself back to what it’s like to be a teen —- the anguish, the fear, and the insecurity -— you’ll have a leg up on writing for a teen magazine.
Reading and Writing Urban Literature: Each week you will write your own urban stories using the book we are discussing as a jumping-off point.
WEST COAST
TUESDAY
How to Get a Literary Agent: Screenwriters, novelists, and nonfiction book authors: Get represented!
How to Sell a Book Every Year in San Francisco: This class is a down-and-dirty look at how you can ramp up your output and increase your income from publishing projects.
Personal Essay Boot Camp in San Francisco: This class will explore the basics of writing and selling first-person narratives, starting with short (2- to 4-page) pieces and moving on to longer pieces written in the first-person.
WEDNESDAY
Get a Freelance Life Panel Discussion: How to thrive as a freelance writer (and get a free book)
Writing for Magazines: How to pitch to, publish in, and write for the glossies
Writing for Women’s Magazines: It doesn’t get more lucrative than this
THURSDAY
Writing about Spirituality, Wellness, and Alternative Healing for Mainstream and Niche Pubs: Have an interest in writing about yoga, feng shui, acupuncture, meditation, massage, or any other mode of holistic wellness? This class is for you.
SATURDAY
The mb One-Day Workshop: Writing (and Publishing) the Food Essay: Writing about food is an opportunity to indulge in your senses, tastes, travels, and obscure culinary and historical knowledge.
Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our 
