Are you interested in writing for a public audience?  In this workshop, sponsored by the Cooperative for the Humanities and Social Sciences,  we will discuss the best practices in writing opinion pieces, blog posts, and other short pieces to communicate research and policy ideas to a broad public audience. The four panelists are Jennifer Allen, Director of Communications and Creative Services at the HIVE; Linda Blackford, Lead Opinions Columnist at the Lexington Herald Leader; UK Spokesperson Jay Blanton; and Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Jeff Peters.