New York State Writers Institute's video: So You re Young and Want to Write with Jackie Orchard and Elaine Salisbury

An Albany Book Festival featured event presented by the NYS Writers Institute Jackie Orchard and Elaine Salisbury discuss career paths for someone with a liberal arts degree or who wants to be a writer or journalist, and lessons learned in their own careers. Workshop conducted as part of the virtual Albany Book Festival. Jackie Orchard is a reporter and producer at WAMC Northeast Public Radio. She previously served as an Army Officer working in the Signal Corps in Alaska. Orchard holds two bachelor’s degrees and achieved a 4.0 GPA at the University at Albany while studying journalism and serving as editor-in-chief of the Albany Student Press campus newspaper. Elaine Salisbury is a print journalist whose work has taken her abroad to the Middle East, Africa, Europe and throughout the United States. She is a lecturer in the University at Albany's Journalism program. She has worked as an editor for the Associated Press and as a reporter for Reuters. Salisbury’s two published books include The Cruelest Miles (NY: Norton, 2003) and Provenance (NY: Penguin, 2009). The Cruelest Miles is in development for a film by Walden Media. Provenance has been named an ALA Notable Book, Edgar Award Finalist, and Oprah Reading Pick. Official website: https://www.albanybookfestival.com The NYS Writers Institute continues to support independent local bookstores, and the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza is the sole bookseller for the Albany Book Festival. All featured books can be ordered directly online through this Albany indie bookstore at http://www.bhny.com