Original air date: April 3, 2025

Learn about Julianne Hill's deeply human approach to storytelling, plus hear her tips for crafting emotional impact, preparing for interviews, bringing the story to life for you readers, and more!

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“They’re making my child wear my number. They’re making my child wear my shame.”

These poignant words capture the heart of ABA Journal Legal Affairs Writer Julianne Hill‘s award-winning feature, “Parental Penalties: Collateral Consequences Reverberate through Families Long After a Sentence Has Been Served.”

Hill’s work stands out not only for its thorough investigation into the more than 40,000 statutes and regulations affecting this community but also for its deeply human approach that brought the consequences to life. Hill’s storytelling has touched many, making a significant impact and refreshing a critical topic with humanity and respect.

It is this dedication to astute reporting that earned her both the 2024 National Gold Azbee Award for the Print Feature Writing category and the Stephen Barr Award for Feature Writing — an honor given to those who exemplify an inventive approach in reporting, an insightful and balanced presentation of complex subjects, depth of investigation, and a lasting impact on readers.

We are thrilled to present an exclusive webinar with Julianne Hill, where she will share her writing  process with the ASBPE community. During this session, Hill will recount how she developed the story, how she crafted such an emotional impact into what could have been a dry recitation of statutes, and how she carved out the time necessary to produce such thoughtful and powerful work.

Learn best practices and tips for feature writing, including:

• Developing the story idea
• Getting buy-in from your superiors to work on your idea
• Planning your research to dive deeper into the issues
• Preparing for interviews, finding sources willing to speak on difficult topics, and building better questions on emotional content
• Bringing the story to life for your readers
• Plus Julianne Hill’s lessons learned and the advice she gives to others working on similar projects

Julianne Hill is an award-winning writer and producer whose work has appeared in outlets including ABA Journal, Health, NPR’s “This American Life” and “Morning Edition,” PBS, History Channel and A&E. Her stories often focus on health, mental health and the law. Hill served as a Rosalynn Carter Fellow, awarded to journalists covering mental health, and as a National Press Foundation Fellow, for reportage focusing on HIV-AIDS. Along with the Stephen Barr Award from ASBPE in 2024, her honors include five Peter Lisagor Awards from the Chicago Headline Club/Society of Professional Journalists, and she was part of a team earning a George Foster Peabody Award. Hill studied journalism at Ohio University and received a master’s in fine arts from Northwestern University. She has taught at both of her alma maters as well as Loyola University Chicago and University of Chicago.

This webinar is moderated by ASBPE Board Member and Endeavor Business Media Vice President of Content Travis Hessman.

This archived webinar is free for ASBPE members.