Journalism: Styles, Stories, and Techniques
Thursday, December 19
7-8 PM ET
virtual event; open to all mentees, mentors, and members
We’ll be exploring various styles of and topics in journalism, including profile writing, personal essays, cultural criticism, and more. Community studio participants will be able to learn different techniques, try out different styles, and discover how there’s a wide range of ways to be a journalist or incorporate journalism into your writing life.
This month, we’ll be teaching studio participants the components of a compelling movie or TV review, and then they’ll have the chance to start crafting a review of a recent movie they’ve watched.
To attend this event, create a Girls Write Now account and register for this event through the portal.
Meet the Studio Facilitators
Marina Fang
Marina Fang (she/her) is a senior culture reporter at HuffPost. She primarily covers film and television, examining their intersection with politics, race and gender. Some of her areas of focus include representation and inclusion—both on and off the screen—and issues surrounding Asian American identity. Previously, she was a breaking news and national politics reporter, which included managing much of HuffPost’s evening and weekend coverage of the 2016 election. She has been a fellow at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Critics Institute, a leading program for arts and culture writers, and the Poynter Institute’s Power of Diverse Voices writing program. She frequently mentors young journalists and advocates for racial and gender equity in journalism. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East, the Asian American Journalists Association, and the Television Critics Association. Raised in Pittsburgh and a graduate of the University of Chicago, Marina lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Navya Vasireddy
Navya Vasireddy, a Girls Write Now mentee of two years, loves to share her experiences as an Indian-American teenager through her work, especially given the lack of representation in the media. When she is not writing, she can likely be found reading at Barnes & Noble or outside on her daily walks with her family. At Girls Write Now, Navya hopes to further explore and experiment with different genres, escaping her comfort zone as she crafts her voice and conveys her story through her writing.
This event is open to:
all mentees, all mentors and members
