(1) WRITING THE CITY:

Cities are shaped by dust, heat, glare, flooding, noise, air pollution, disappearing trees, failing infrastructure, and changing ecologies, yet these conditions are rarely explored through rigorously reported, nuanced, cross-disciplinary storytelling, particularly in the Global South.

This workshop invites participants to investigate one condition in their city and develop it into a reported piece of long-form writing. Through guided workshops, research, interviews, and one-on-one mentorship, you'll learn how to move from an observation to a compelling story grounded in evidence, lived experience, and narrative craft.

The programme is led by myself and Sonali Prasad: 2016 Google News Lab Fellow, 2021 TED Fellow, Pulitzer Traveling Fellow, and MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow, author of literary novel Glass Bottom.

Tentative Workshop Dates (in SGT/IST)

Saturday, August 1
Saturday, August 8
Saturday, August 22
Saturday, August 29

US$450 to US$600 (sliding scale)

Final timings will be decided after understanding interest across all time zones. To help us know what time zones to play for, register your interest here.

(2) YOU’RE ALSO ELIGIBLE: REIMAGINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER

Challenging the notion that environmental writing must follow a set template, this 2-part course asks: How have we been conditioned to view nature through a pre-packaged lens? What inherited assumptions are we unknowingly recycling, and how can we become engaged environmental writers from anywhere in the world? By challenging biased perspectives, we can learn to write genuinely about our environment as it undergoes a radical transformation—reflecting our true relationship with our ecosystem, no matter where we live.

Registration opens in July.

Online through Google Meet

Session 1: Sunday, September 13
Session 2: Sunday, September 20
8:30–10:00 am EDT

US$200 — Limited slots available (a few partial scholarships are available for this course to support writers who need financial assistance. Email schools@oysterriverpages.com.)

Contact for any queries.

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