From playwriting to graphic fiction to investigative journalism, Yale offers a multitude of courses in creative writing — many of which are taught by instructors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences who combine writing experience at the highest level with a deep commitment to teaching.
This group includes Sarah Stillman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The New Yorker and a professor in the practice in the Department of English. At Yale she teaches a course on investigative journalism that guides students through the process of reporting and writing investigative projects.
In this video — the third in a series about teaching and learning how to write at Yale — Stillman and Maggie Grether, a Yale College student who took Sillman’s course, discuss their experiences in the class and the process of writing compelling pieces of non-fiction that can also make a difference.
“Journalism is this tremendous invitation to get this chance to sit across from people and listen to them, and that’s a really rare and special thing,” says Stillman.
Grether says she learned valuable tools as she begins a career in writing. “This sort of writing can have real impacts in the world,” said added.
