Generative Journalism has been honed as a life-giving narrative approach to change in dozens of communities, organizations, and networks during decades of practice.
In this upcoming workshop series we’ll introduce Generative Journalism (GJ) as an art with the capacity to give birth to something new, to midwife and even create new life.
If you would like to explore the foundational principles and practices of GJ, and begin to catalyze a new narrative that cultivates life and possibility, this workshop series might be for you.
If so, we’d love for you to join us for this series of three participatory and experiential workshops on Thursdays, November, 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th from 14:00 - 16:00 BST.
In the course of this series we’ll traverse ground including:
Weaving: A Very Neat Trick
Foundational Premises of Generative Journalism
Freeing a Few Sacred Cows: Objectivity, Two Sides of Every Story, Multi-Sourcing, Institutionalized Narratives, Editors
Possibility Orientation
Narrative Inquiry and Emergence
Primacy of Direct Experience
Presence, Inquiry, Reflection, Weaving, Sensing
A Sprinkling of Relational Presencing
Power and Importance of Provocative Questions
The Art of the Open Question
Whose Story Is This? A Question of Authenticity and Ownership
Easy Ways to Start
You’ve Probably Already Started
Every conversation we have together during this series will lead to all of the others. We will sense together what is most alive in the room and follow the energy from session to session.
By the end of the series you will have inverted some of your thinking, experienced refreshing practices, begun journeys, found friends, and started unfolding a new story.
To continue practicing beyond the workshops, you will be warmly invited into our Community of Practice, which meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 15:00 - 16:30 BST.
“The practical methods and tools not only shape how I might share the stories of others, but also challenged me to reimagine how I am present during everyday conversations, to sense deeper into relationships and practice noticing. It is amazing what emerges when we really listen, to more than just what is being told... The workshops also tap into our desire for deeper relationality, with many beautiful gifts and stories emerging through conversations with other participants.” - Will Scobie, participant in the April 2026 cohort
Workshop Series Lead Peter Pula has been engaged in Generative Journalism since 1991, long before the term was coined. He and his colleagues at Axiom News coined the term and refined the practice of Generative Journalism in over thirty settings. He has a rich collection of stories reflecting the effects of Generative Journalism in peoples’ lives as well as on policy-level decision making.
Workshop Series Co-Host Jack Becher came across Generative Journalism in 2022 while searching for more relational and future-oriented ways of telling stories. Through conversations with Peter and others, they formed what has become known as the Generative Journalism Alliance, stewarding inquiries into everything from radical philanthropy to worker ownership, and from just transitions to unlearning patriarchy.
For more information and sign-up, visit this link.
We are committed to making these workshops as accessible as we can so that everybody who wants to can participate. Tickets are offered at three price points on a sliding scale:
Supporter rate: £140
Sustaining rate: £100
Supported rate: £60
If money is a barrier to access, please reach out and we’ll do our best to accommodate.
And if you can’t join this time, we invite you to follow along for updates or reach out to say hello!
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