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Tips For Inspired Writing: Lunch & Learn with Steve Padilla. Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute on Aug. 2 to learn tips to re-energize your writing. This event is at the National Press Club. Tickets on sale.

Tips For Inspired Writing: Lunch & Learn with writing coach and editor Steve Padilla

Re-energize how you view writing — and the way you do it — with tips from nationally sought-after writing coach Steve Padilla. Padilla, who entertained standing-room-only audiences during our Pro Tips writing workshop in 2019, is editor of Column One, the L.A. Times’ showcase for storytelling.


Padilla has once again partnered with the National Press Club Journalism Institute to guide you out of your writing ruts with sentence-level, achievable techniques to invigorate your writing.


Padilla will share his advice over lunch at the National Press Club from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET Friday, Aug. 2. Join us for lunch — and lots of learning — as we celebrate writing and ways to sharpen our approach to this important skill.

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Designed for professional nonfiction writers, Padilla’s talk will give you fresh ways to:


  • Craft descriptions
  • Construct anecdotes
  • Trim and squeeze your copy


Tickets are on sale now for this in-person only event and include a boxed lunch and drink.


Can't make this program in person? Join the Institute for the following virtual workshops:



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3 tips to monetize your newsletter from The News Reporter


“1. Approach loyal advertisers about their needs for a sponsored email, especially around a special event or milestone.


2. Consider repurposing stories from print for content verticals, like public safety notices for a community safety newsletter.


3. Set goals for integrating new emails into your regular workflow. Since this has been more challenging for us, our first goal is one per quarter, and we plan to scale up from there.”


-- Justin Smith and Rachel Smith, The News Reporter, excerpt from 4 ways The News Reporter generated new digital revenue through email newsletters (Better News)

 
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