# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Reporters Take Up The Pen: Arizona Journalists Who Became Authors
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 May, 2025 at 05:00 pm – Sat, 24 May, 2025 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join Arizona journalists to hear about their journeys from reporting the news to writing books!About this EventThe Arizona chapter of PEN America is excited to partner with the Society of Professional Journalists to co-host a panel of Arizona-based journalists who became authors.Join us to learn how these local journalists moved to long-form writing, shifted their creative processes, and took the path to publication. The panelists will discuss the difference between the two writing forms and read excerpts from their books. How were they inspired to write their books, and how did their processes draw upon, or differ from, standard journalism techniques? Event entry is free.How were they inspired to write their books, and how did their processes draw upon or differ from standard journalism techniques?Featuring:Leo W. BanksFormer Arizona Star reporterAuthor of Double Wide, and a sequel, the blockbuster Western Writers of America double Spur award winner for Best First Novel and Best Contemporary Western and True West Magazine’s Best Western Crime Novel of the Year.Christina EstesEmmy-award-winning reporter at NPR, KJZZ, etc.Author of Off the Air and The Story That Wouldn’t DiePam HaitReporter for national, regional and local Arizona publicationsAuthor of more than a dozen nonfiction booksJohn WashingtonReporter at Arizona LuminariaAuthor of The Case for Open Borders, and The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum and the US-Mexican Border and BeyondSteve KrafftFormer Fox 10 reporterAuthor of Won’t Somebody Play With Annabelle Kay?
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/scottsdale/reporters-take-up-the-pen-arizona-journalists-who-became-authors/100001323637307819
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Scottsdale
- **state**: AZ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
- **lat**: 33.4938594
- **long**: -111.9306686
- **full address**: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, 4014 North Goldwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Reporters Take Up The Pen: Arizona Journalists Who Became Authors being held?
  - **A:** Reporters Take Up The Pen: Arizona Journalists Who Became Authors takes place on Sat, 24 May, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Sat, 24 May, 2025 at 06:30 pm at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, 4014 North Goldwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Reporters Take Up The Pen: Arizona Journalists Who Became Authors?
  - **A:** Reporters Take Up The Pen: Arizona Journalists Who Became Authors is organized by PEN America.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Reporters Take Up The Pen: Arizona Journalists Who Became Authors is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Scottsdale, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Reporters Take Up The Pen: Arizona Journalists Who Became Authors sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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