NMED StudioLab Journalism Workshop Application Form

E-mail your responses to the following application with writing sample to: Rita Charon (rac5@columbia.edu)  & Stephen Fried (stephenfried@comcast.net). Call 917-748-7812 for questions.

Name:

Affiliation:

Email and phone:

Please answer the following questions in up to 200 words per answer:
What is your past experience with writing nonfiction, writing training, and/or reporting training, either as a student, professional, or personally? If you do not have past experience, tell us about your interest/expertise in writing.

In our workshop, we build general writing and reporting skills, with the goal of producing a work that will be pitched to (and hopefully published in) a major magazine. What are the particular topics or issues you think you’d want to write about? Feel free to discuss brief, general ideas, but include at least one specific topic you might explore in a piece you might want to work on in the workshop.

What non-medical publications do you read for news and features on medical issues? 

What medical journalist or physician/writers’ work interests you, in publications or books?

What are your goals for your future work as a nonfiction writer? What types of stories do you envision yourself writing and where do you see your work getting published?

To glean the most out of this workshop, you can expect to devote 2-4 hours per week on assignments, reporting or personal writing. We recognize that for some of you, this may be a difficult ask, but we are confident that this significant investment in time will have a tremendous impact on your skills as a writer and on your success in publishing. You will also come out of this workshop with membership into a dedicated writing community that will support your writing process going forward. Please let us know that you have considered this time commitment and have a plan on how to include this learning opportunity into your work life. 

Please attach or copy and paste a writing sample. If you have been published in the general media, include that. If you have not (which is perfectly fine) try to include something written to engage a general audience. (For example, something reported and explanatory, or something describing your medical training or work.)