So you’re young and want to write.
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About this event
Workshop will be conducted on Zoom--link will be sent to workshop participants closer to the event date.
Jackie Orchard is a reporter and producer at WAMC Northeast Public Radio. She previously served as an Army Officer working in the Signal Corps in Alaska. Orchard holds two bachelor’s degrees and achieved a 4.0 GPA at the University at Albany while studying journalism and serving as editor-in-chief of the Albany Student Press campus newspaper.
Elaine Salisbury is a print journalist whose work has taken her abroad to the Middle East, Africa, Europe and throughout the United States. She is a lecturer in the University at Albany's Journalism program. She has worked as an editor for the Associated Press and as a reporter for Reuters. Salisbury’s two published books include The Cruelest Miles (NY: Norton, 2003) and Provenance (NY: Penguin, 2009). The Cruelest Miles is in development for a film by Walden Media. Provenance has been named an ALA Notable Book, Edgar Award Finalist, and Oprah Reading Pick.
Organizer New York State Writers Institute
Organizer of So you’re young and want to write.
The New York State Writers Institute, based at the University at Albany, has brought more than 2,000 acclaimed writers and filmmakers to Albany for readings, lectures, book signings, and panel discussions. The state-funded non-profit organization encourages residents in the Capital Region to attend its events and help it fulfill its mission to enhance and celebrate literature, writing, and performance, and to recognize the position of writers as a community within the larger community.
