From piranha fishing on the Amazon and tracking down war criminals in Beijing, to the boardrooms of Fortune 100 companies and the coral reefs of Fiji, Richard Andrews has more than 40 years’ experience in journalism, public relations, teaching and freelance writing. He has trained media professionals, not-for-profit groups, business executives and UN representatives in Australia, Canada, China, and the Pacific. An award-winning editor, he writes for newspapers, travel magazines and online outlets on three continents. A published fiction author in the U.S., he lectures in Communications at McGill University and has also taught English at CEGEP, in addition to summer writing workshops at UCLA and Shaanxi University of Science and Technology.
Richard offers a practical workshop that introduces the pitching, writing, and editing techniques required by print and online media. Workshop exercises will include the following topics:
- Choosing the right subject at the right time
- Simple, strong and succinct writing
- Writing catchy headings and leads
- Basic storytelling structures
- Show don’t tell – writing for the senses
- Pitching stories to selected media
The workshop is designed as a ‘real life’ exercise to help participants write and submit an article for possible publication.