{"id":18117,"date":"2026-02-27T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=18117"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:48:07","slug":"workshop-writing-for-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2026\/02\/27\/workshop-writing-for-the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop &#8211; Writing for The\u00a0Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Press Office has arranged a workshop with one of the editors at\u00a0<u><a id=\"OWAca7a5a43-d8a9-f755-dc98-d5115988743b\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/www.theconversation.com\/uk. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theconversation.com%2Fuk&amp;data=05%7C02%7Calison.brown%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C7721fe29de5b4ebcb5bc08de75d3bcaa%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C639077749429519088%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gXQHcNDcvZ%2FdKy%2BCT59dhdr6qLxHKvlq%2Fidg6qlFkaw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">The\u00a0Conversation<\/a><\/u>\u00a0on how to pitch to, and write for, The Conversation. The training will take place online via Zoom on\u00a0<b>Thursday 19 March between 2.00-4.00pm<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>This session is aimed mainly at researchers who haven\u2019t written for The\u00a0Conversation\u00a0before and will cover:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Introduction to The\u00a0Conversation<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; What makes a good article on The\u00a0Conversation<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; How to write\u00a0about your research for a general, non-specialist, non-academic audience<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; How to pitch article\u00a0ideas to The\u00a0Conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Places are limited and must be booked in advance by emailing\u00a0<u><a id=\"OWAf322523e-07a9-48c0-36c4-95b492053461\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"mailto:dawn.tudge@ncl.ac.uk\" href=\"mailto:dawn.tudge@ncl.ac.uk\" data-linkindex=\"1\">dawn.tudge@ncl.ac.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>If you need any more information, please contact\u00a0<u><a id=\"OWAc556a11f-2b69-c4e5-731e-4ffaaa672508\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"mailto:dawn.tudge@ncl.ac.uk\" href=\"mailto:dawn.tudge@ncl.ac.uk\" data-linkindex=\"2\">dawn.tudge@ncl.ac.uk<\/a><\/u>\u00a0or\u00a0<u><a id=\"OWAd7cc56b0-12ca-4470-f735-7baa37e3677e\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"mailto:lyndsay.short@ncl.ac.uk\" href=\"mailto:lyndsay.short@ncl.ac.uk\" data-linkindex=\"3\">lyndsay.short@ncl.ac.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Press Office has arranged a workshop with one of the editors at\u00a0The\u00a0Conversation\u00a0on how to pitch to, and write for, The Conversation. The training will&#8230; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2026\/02\/27\/workshop-writing-for-the-conversation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11659,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[130,1207],"class_list":["post-18117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-workshop","tag-writing-for-the-conversation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18118,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18117\/revisions\/18118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}