Faculty workshops on writing for The Conversation Feb. 20 and 21

Are you interested in sharing your expertise on important and interesting topics? Wake Forest University has joined The Conversation, an independent source for news articles and informed analysis written by members of the academic community for the general public.

Articles on The Conversation’s website are authored by scholars who write on their area of expertise, working with professional editors to ensure that their knowledge is conveyed in language accessible to a wide audience. The Wake Forest news team and the provost’s office have partnered with The Conversation to help faculty develop and successfully pitch article ideas.

Faculty are invited to participate in “How to Write for The Conversation” sessions led by editors from The Conversation on Feb. 20 and 21 to learn more and get started.

Sign up here for any of the scheduled sessions:

Tuesday, Feb. 20 (Benson 409)

• The Conversation – An Introduction and Q&A: 10 to 11 a.m.
• Writing about Arts and Culture: 2:15 to 3 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 21 (Benson 410)

• Writing about the Environment: 10 to 10:45 a.m.
• Writing about Economics and Business: 11 to 11:45 a.m

All articles published on The Conversation site are free to republish under a Creative Commons license and are often republished by large national outlets, such as Discover magazine, Scientific American, Newsweek, Fast Company, Yahoo! MSN and others. In a recent survey of authors, more than half reported requests for media interviews and 40 + % were approached for other academic collaborations.

Wake Forest faculty have written articles on a wide range of topics including plastic pollution, intellectual humility and creating a new generation of classical music fans with video game music.

Questions? Email Cheryl Walker, Executive Director of Strategic Communications, at walkercv@wfu.edu.