RSJ Events
| Title: | Laxalt Distinguished Writer |
| Description: | The Reynolds School of Journalism has named narrative journalist Isabel Wilkerson the 2009 Robert Laxalt Distinguished Writer. Wilkerson will discuss her craft at the Joe Crowley Student Union, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. The event is free and the public is welcome. Narrative reporting is described as the "journalism of empathy." The writing style requires the journalist to invest weeks or months researching a story to understand everyday life from an insider's perspective. The narrative journalist draws from the strengths of ethnography to understand both the cultural contexts and the private lives of those whose stories she is telling, |
| Date: | 10-07-2009 |
