Converting Academic Research into Books & Articles for Popular Readerships

    Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

    Description of Activity

    In this workshop, Tom Sykes revealed how to use your academic research as a springboard for writing newsworthy and impactful feature articles, op-eds, reviews, reportage and popular non-fiction books. Using specially designed writing exercises, Tom discussed structure, style, drafting, editing, the all-important journalistic 'angle' and how to devise an eye-catching proposal sure to grab the attention of editors, agents and publishers.
    Period24 Feb 2021
    Degree of RecognitionLocal

    Keywords

    • impact
    • practice-as-research
    • Engagement
    • Academic writing
    • public engagement
    • journalism
    • nonfiction

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