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URL:https://usrotary.org/events/program-steve-scher-stories-and-lessons-re
 ally-mostly-stories-from-almost-38-years-of-interviewing-february-6-2025/
SUMMARY:Program:  Steve Scher\, "Stories and Lessons (Really Mostly Stories
 ) From Almost 38 Years of Interviewing\," February 6\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:\nJoin the&nbsp\;University Sunrise Rotary Club&nbsp\;for a pro
 gram featuring journalist\, writer\, teacher and podcaster Steve Scher.\n\
 n\n\nThe&nbsp\;program will be presented in-person and on Zoom on Thursday
  morning informally beginning at 7 a.m. The formal meeting including the p
 rogram runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required\, and the prog
 ram is free.\n\n\n\nThe in-person meeting will be at the Wedgwood Communit
 y Church at 8201 30th Ave NE\, Seattle.\n\n\n\nThe meeting will also be av
 ailable via Zoom.&nbsp\;You can click here to join the Zoom meeting.\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\nSteve Scher is a journalist\, writer\, teacher and podcaster. (a
 nd gardener. Lately mostly a gardener)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOver his long journa
 lism career in public radio\, Steve Scher received accolades and awards fo
 r his incisive news coverage and his beyond-the-headlines approach to issu
 es. His in-depth interviews on his daily program\, “Weekday\,” were la
 uded in national publications for their intelligence and sensitivity.\n\n\
 n\nOver the last ten years\, Steve Scher has continued his journalism care
 er as a freelancer. He interviewed visiting authors\, artists and celebrit
 ies as Senior Correspondent of the Town Hall Seattle podcast\, “In the M
 oment.” He was a regular contributor to Seattle Magazine\, a news commen
 tator on NWCN and the “Final Words” columnist for the Mountaineers mag
 azine. He also worked with students and adults to bring diverse voices to 
 podcast audiences interested in equal justice\, cultural reconciliation an
 d political change through the local non-profits\, Project Pilgrimage and 
 Common Power.\n\n\n\nSteve Scher has taught interviewing at University of 
 Washington since 2009. He has helped students develop storytelling skills 
 grounded in creativity\, clarity\, rigorous fact-checking and empathy. He 
 has also taught Radio News writing at Bellevue College and Audio Storytell
 ing/ Podcasting at the UW.\n\n\n\nSteve left KUOW in 2014 to write fiction
 . He has three completed novels- in his desk drawer. Maybe the fourth time
  will charm some publisher.&nbsp\;\n\n\n\nSteve Scher’s first children
 ’s book\, “The Moon Bear\,” with illustrations by Sarah Waller\, was
  published in 2022.\n\n\n\nProgram Slides are here.\n\n\n\n\n
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