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Walkabout Voices

Category: Reading and Writing

  • Theo – A Screenwriter in London

    London Film School, in Covent Garden in London, is a popular and prestigious school for anyone who is looking for a career in filmmaking or screenwriting. Theo is studying a masters in screenwriting. He talks about what you need to do in order to become a better writer. He has already made his first film,…

  • The Journalist: Part 1

    Rick Jervis is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist working for USA Today. He has worked in many countries all over the world and has a lot of experience. In this film he shares stories from some of these places and talks about what it is like to be a journalist. He also talks about his…

  • The Journalist: Part 2

    Rick tells the story of how he took the photograph of the dead body of an immigrant in Brooks County, close to the border of Mexico. You may already have seen the photograph if you watched the film Refugees in McAllen, Texas: Part 3 and heard Deb Boyce talk about the horrendous realities of people…

  • Reading and Writing: Part 1 – Becoming a Good Reader

    How do we become good readers? Dr Josune (Josie) Urbistondo teaches literature and creative writing at the College of Arts and Sciences in Miami. She speaks about how important it is to use our own life experience when we read literature. There is no right or wrong interpretation, as long as we back up our…

  • Reading and Writing: Part 2 – Becoming a Good Writer

    Dr Josune (Josie) Urbistondo teaches literature and creative writing at the College of Arts and Sciences in Miami. Her students always write multiple drafts, because writing is a process and the first draft is never top notch. Writing is hard work, but Josie makes it a little easier by sharing her experience with us. Length: 09:59.