Join SPJ and the Arizona chapter of PEN America for a panel of Arizona-based journalists who became authors in a panel discussion titled, “Reporters Take Up the Pen: Arizona Journalists Who Became Authors,” 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Saturday, May 24, at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore, 4014 N. Goldwater Blvd. in Old Town Scottsdale.
This event is free, but RSVPs are required.
“Join us to learn how these local journalists moved to long-form writing, shifted their creative processes, and took the path to publication,” PEN America said. “The panelists will discuss the difference between the two writing forms and read excerpts from their books. How were they inspired to write their books, and how did their processes draw upon, or differ from, standard journalism techniques?”
Expected speakers include:
— Leo W. Banks, former reporter, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson; author of Double Wilde.
— Christina Estes, Emmy-award-winning reporter, KJZZ-FM (NPR), Phoenix; author of Off the Air and the upcoming The Story That Wouldn’t Die.
— Pam Hait, reporter for national, regional and Arizona publications; author of more than a dozen nonfiction books.
— John Washington, reporter at Arizona Luminaria, Tucson; author of The Case for Open Borders and The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum and the U.S.-Mexico Border and Beyond.
Again, this event is free, but RSVPs are required.
SPJ: Phoenix, Arizona Chapter 