As of 5pm November 29, 2000, we will not accept online registrations. But, we still have room in each session. Stragglers can come, check in, and pay with checks in the lobby of the College of General Studies (871 Commonwealth Ave.). Make them out to Aboard The Narrative Train III. Regular admission costs $80. Full-time BU student admission costs $50. Call (617)353-7738 or email story@bu.edu with any questions. 11:45 - 12:45 pm Saturday breakout sessions Fadiman: putting together spirit;reporting on cross cultural matters Merida: effective political reporting: empathy is mightier than the hatchet Isay: radio stories Harrington,Britt,McElwee: emotional tugs: including personal tales in larger stories R. Atwan, Scanlan: the editors: what's so good about the best Tracy Kidder: wrestling field notes 2:45 - 3:45 pm Saturday breakout sessions Kidder, Hochschild:travel writing LeBlanc: blundering toward clarity Britt: a columnist's balancing act: finding an intimate voice for national issues Winburn, Scanlan, Hull: the narrative-friendly newsroom Holmes: using narrative to cover major issues: The New York Times race series Zuckoff, H. Atwan, Merida: keeping it fair with your readers, subjects and publishers 4:30 - 5:30 pm Saturday breakout sessions Hull: getting in and staying with it - building a narrative for long timeline stories H. Atwan: turning journalism into books and books into journalism Kramer: reporting for human presence Hochschild: Reconstructing the human dimension of history Scanlan: refining your topic until it's the writing only you can do Tingle: funny, telling stories 10:45 - 11:45 am Sunday breakout sessions Harrington: intimate jouranlism: the art and craft R. Atwan: essays: finding your niche in the publishing landscape Winburn: shaping ideas for short features Orlean: engineering beautiful writing Kramer, LeBlanc: narrative profiles 1:00 - 2:30 pm Sunday breakout sessions French: story mechanics: strategies for driving the narrative Hochschild,Fadiman: alchemy: turning social science into literature Zuckoff: battling the system: the fight for narrative McElwee: homemade movies Isay, Tingle, Holmes: social change

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