podcasting • filmmaking • fiction writing • photography • journalism
overview
Storytelling skills are among the most effective and sought-after tools for getting ahead in the twenty-first century. With every swipe or scroll, media users are transported into immersive, interactive, and collaborative stories that redefine the experience of commercial, political, and social life – and with each new story comes new opportunities.
The Storytelling Lab is designed to help you identify and master new applications and techniques for storytelling across industries. In addition to four certificates (in Storytelling: Narrative Tools and Applications, Journalism and News Writing, Television and Screenwriting, and Effective Business Writing), we offer a wide range of courses to help you to finish your novel, write that screenplay, or modernize your professional skillset. Whatever your writing needs, the Storytelling Lab is a place for you to grow and adapt to a changing professional landscape.
explore
Discover and then build upon storytelling skills that will help you to gain a competitive edge across industries. Start with storytelling fundamentals, like character and plotting, and then use technology and deep dives to explore new storytelling avenues.
Find resources for storytelling across industries, including applications for storytelling in marketing, politics, design, and finance, and explore writing and storytelling tips in podcasts, posts, webinars, video shorts, and more.
Explore student work and resources relating to our semesterly “Call to Action” theme, and see how multi-media, multi-modal, and collaborative storytelling can innovate civic engagement and social justice activism.