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The Stanford Daily invites you to our Intro to Journalism weekend workshops! In this first course, students will be given the opportunity to learn more about The Stanford Daily, the oldest independent news outlet serving our university community. This panel-style discussion will introduce students to different types of journalism, storytelling, and media creation. Following the completion of this panel-style course, students will continue their immersion into journalism with an activity facilitated by one of our section editors. Activity sections will be hosted immediately after the panel and students can register for these sections beforehand or join them on the day of. Whether it be data, creative nonfiction, opinions, sports, news, or multimedia, these activities will give students hands-on journalism experience and more focused instruction from our editors.

Wanna learn how to express your opinions on issues you're passionate about? Wanna learn how to make your arguments persuasive and compelling? Wanna learn how to write like a Stanford Daily columnist? In this workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of opinions writing! The entire workshop will be interactive -- you will try your hand at identifying an issue of interest, developing a position and laying out arguments while collaborating with your classmates.

In recent years, it seems that Americans are disagreeing with one and another more and more about a wide range of social and political issues. Some of these disagreements have caused conflicts and unrest, threatening the health of our democracy. In this workshop, the Stanford Political Union will teach your the importance of civil discourse in addressing disagreements. You will learn how to disagree productively -- by discussing important issues with your classmate with whom you may disagree! This class will be entirely interactive. Come with an open mind and an appetite to talk!