Teaching
As an affiliated faculty member at Emerson College since 2019, I have developed and taught these courses:
Feature Writing
Students learn the literary and narrative techniques that underlie compelling feature stories. They study the work of masters and award winners, and get to interview them during several guest speaker appearances. They practice the skills of storytelling, description, and explanation, writing several small features. And throughout the semester students work on a major longform story, a project that encourages them to dig deep as reporters and spread their wings as writers.
Health Care Journalism
This course prepares students to cover the health care stories they will inevitably encounter as reporters. They learn to write responsibly about medical research, to understand the role of social determinants of health, and to recognize and combat misinformation. Students get an overview of institutions and professions but most importantly they learn what questions to ask and where to go for answers when covering the complexities of health care in America.