The longest running magazine program in television, 60 Minutes, captures a storytelling technique that has lasted for decades. This workshop is for broadcast journalists and documentary filmmakers who which to refine their skills, experiment with new techniques and learn how to produce and direct high-quality, short form news magazine features for television. The class deconstructs and examines 60 Minutes segments and stories from other news feature magazines. Students study story content and ideas, writing style and structure, dramatic content and editing pace. The class explores local issues and researches stories and produces a short story in the 60 minutes format. The emphasis of the class is on story structure, interview techniques and providing clarity, impact, and depth to stories.