Webinar: Mallary Tenore Tarpley on blending personal narrative and reporting in essays and books

What does it take to make an essay or memoir feel both personal and universal?

The answer: Plenty of old-school research and reporting.

On Tuesday, July 15, please join the Society for Features Journalism for a very special webinar with Mallary Tenore Tarpley on the theme, “How to blend personal narrative and reportage in essays and books.”

Tarpley is  an assistant professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches journalism and writing classes. Her soon-to-be-released nonfiction book, “Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery,” is equal parts memoir and journalism. Her journey toward creating this book is both fascinating and inspiring. You won’t want to miss this event!

Details:

Date and time: Tuesday, July 15. 2 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. CT / 11 a.m. PT
How to register: Click here to register for the free webinar.

More about our speaker:

Mallary Tenore Tarpley’s debut nonfiction book, "Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery," explores the under-discussed complexities of eating disorders and recovery from them. The book weaves together Tarpley’s own narrative with perspectives from clinicians, researchers and others with lived experience.

Tarpley started her career at The Poynter Institute. As managing editor of Poynter.org, she wrote and edited stories about the media industry and also taught social media and writing workshops for professional journalists. 

Tarpley’s articles and personal essays have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Tampa Bay Times, Teen Vogue and Harvard University's Nieman Storyboard, among other publications. She maintains a weekly newsletter, Write at the Edge, featuring writing tips and best practices. Learn more about Tarpley here.

Hope to see you on July 15!