Christine Kenneally:
Freelance journalist and author who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Discover, Slate and Salon, as well as other publications. My book, The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language, was published by Viking in 2007. The paperback is due in May 2008. Before freelancing, she received a Ph.D. in linguistics from Cambridge University and a B.A. (Hons) in English and Linguistics from Melbourne University. She was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and now lives with her family in Brooklyn.
1st person in nonfiction:
1st person It is happening to the person writing the recount i.e. I went to the park. Purpose: The purpose of a recount is to retell events.The prefix re means again. So to recount is to state again. Structure: There is often an opening or setting a of a scene. E.g. I went to the park.The events in a recount are often in the order that they happen (Chronological order)
Creative writing vs. Journalism:
Journalism – journalistic skills in mainly
practical workshop sessions, including courses
in Shorthand, Media Law, Public Affairs and
Newspaper Journalism. The University of
Strathclyde has provisional accreditation for
these courses from the National Council for
Training of Journalists (NCTJ).

Creative Writing – writing genres, including
the short story, poetry and screen writing.

Journalism and Creative Writing – the
institutional, technological, sociological
and other environments within which
professional communicators work, and
theoretical issues of relevance to both
journalism and creative writing.

Three questions for each writer:
Sullivan:
1) How can you remember so well the events that happened to you so long ago?
2) What is it exactly that strikes your interest in going to all these crazy places and getting a good story?
3) How do you feel knowing that what you write today is going to affect others in the future? I mean you are writing our history.
Josh Prager:
1) Why did you decide to write a nonfiction book, when you are a journalist for a prestigious newspaper such as the Wall Street Journal?
2) Along with that, why did you decide this event? Why did this event have such a large impact on you that you wrote an entire novel about it?
3) Do you enjoy writing for such a business newspaper? Or would you prefer to have a broader range of targeted audience?
Christine Kenneally:
1) What made you want to use first person in your story? Was it to personalize it more or was it to make the reader feel like they were being told the story from someone close to them?
2) Which do you prefer creative writing or journalism? You said in bio info on your web page that you consider yourself a freelance writer, what exactly do you mean by that?
3) how do you go about your writing process? Do you have a specific way in which you try to gather all your thoughts and ideas?

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