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May 17: Building a Career in Writing that’s Not Fiction: Writing Content for the News, Web, and Public Relations

May 13, 2023 By Jeremy Madsen

A discussion with Dr. Natalie Barfuss

May 17, 2023, 12:00–1:00 pm Mountain Time

This session focuses on ideas for publishing nonfiction writing, with a quick introduction to the inverted pyramid writing style often used for news writing, press releases, and web content.

Natalie Barfuss teaches in the School of Business at Lethbridge College in Alberta, Canada. She has a bachelor’s in journalism, a master’s in business administration, and a PhD in communication, with an emphasis in integrated marketing communication. She’s built her career writing for the news, other media, public relations, online, and promotional materials. She will tell you more about her publications in her presentation, which will include a little Journalism 101.

Natalie enjoys working with businesses, especially nonprofits, to help them build their organizations. She’s also a member of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce and volunteers with the Windy Slopes Health Foundation. She’s also a mother of four.

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