{"id":23818,"date":"2018-02-28T09:19:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T14:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=23818"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:54:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:54:12","slug":"well-said-coen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=23818","title":{"rendered":"Well Said: Dana Coen and Carolina\u2019s Writing for the Screen and Stage minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23819\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23819\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/02\/Chapter-Verse-Dana-Coen-by-Donn-Young.jpg\" alt=\"Dana Coen (photo by Donn Young)\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dana Coen (photo by Donn Young)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a decorated career in Hollywood writing for \u201c<em>Carol and Company<\/em>,\u201d \u201c<em>JAG<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>Bones<\/em>,\u201d Dana Coen came to Carolina to teach the next generation of television, film and stage writers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83411\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<\/div>\n<p>As the director of the Writing for the Screen and Stage minor in the communication department, Coen inspires students to find their voices and compels them to say something meaningful in everything they write. One way he does that is a production called \u201cLong Story Shorts,\u201d an annual festival of short plays written by students in the program.<\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s &#8220;Well Said&#8221; episode, UNC Communications talks about how the Writing for the Screen and Stage minor prepares Tar Heels for careers in Hollywood and preview the upcoming Oscars with Coen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/discover\/well-said-dana-coen\/\">Listen to the podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/about\/accessibility\/well-said-transcripts\/#chapter-52\">Read a transcript of this episode.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s &#8220;Well Said&#8221; episode, UNC Communications talks with director Dana Coen about how the Writing for the Screen and Stage minor prepares Tar Heels for careers in Hollywood, and Coen previews the upcoming 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