Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Saturday 11 November
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Feature pieces have always been a staple of journalism; now, they’re becoming the bread and butter of freelance journalists and professional writers. Margaret Simons will show you how to grab your reader in the first paragraph, and talk you through the building blocks of the best feature writing.
New News is presented in partnership with the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne, and Monash University.
Featuring
Margaret Simons
Margaret Simons is Associate Professor in the School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University. In 2015, she won the Walkley Award for Social Equity Journalism. Her recent books include Six Square Metres, Self-Made Man: The Kerry Stokes Story, What's Next in Journalism?, Journalism at the Crossroads and Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs, co-written with former Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser. The latter won both the Book of the Year and the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2011.
In addition to her academic work, Margaret regularly writes for the Saturday Paper, the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review, the Monthly and other publications.