Help from a Pro
On the Beat: Writing Obituaries by Poynter.News University.
This online obit course is led by award-winning journalist and obituarist Alana Baranick. She's also the director of the Society of Professional Obituary Writers and author of Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers.
In this course, Baranick will teach you how to pen a lasting record of a person's life with credibility and flair. It's free; it's quality; it's self-directed, so you can meander through the curriculum at your leisure; and it only takes an hour to complete.
