Nieman Storyboard

The New Yorker at 100: What we can learn about editor-writer relationships

From the Editor

The New Yorker at 100: What we can learn about editor-writer relationships

Mark Armstrong

Will Bunch writes about a child who dreamed of flying

From the Editor

Will Bunch writes about a child who dreamed of flying

Plus: The “Division Street Revisited” podcast, and stories of your first big break.

Mark Armstrong

How to lobby for time and space to tell a story

From the Editor

How to lobby for time and space to tell a story

As I officially join as Storyboard editor, a question about landing your big break.

Mark Armstrong

Mark Armstrong named editor of Nieman Storyboard

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Mark Armstrong named editor of Nieman Storyboard

The founder of Longreads joins Nieman Storyboard to explore how journalists are practicing their craft in every medium.

Nieman Storyboard’s guides on storytelling

The art of pitching: How to sell your book or story idea

Story Craft

The art of pitching: How to sell your book or story idea

Editors from The Atavist, Wired, and more share what they’re looking for in a story or book proposal.
How to craft a narrative: Everything you need to know

Story Craft

How to craft a narrative: Everything you need to know

A four-part series on the key elements of nonfiction storytelling, including scene, character and endings.

Lauren Kessler

How to interview for narrative vs. news

Story Craft

How to interview for narrative vs. news

From broad and open-ended to narrow and specific: Journalist Kim Cross’s five-part series on interviewing for narrative nonfiction.

Kim Cross

Strictly Q&A

Effective editing: “I’m in service of you, the writer”

Strictly Q&A

Effective editing: “I’m in service of you, the writer”

Author Glenn Stout has built a following as a freelance editor, giving writers confidence, solutions and sometimes channeling their voice

Carly Stern

Effective editing: Get on the phone to talk through ideas and problems

Strictly Q&A

Effective editing: Get on the phone to talk through ideas and problems

After a decade of editing, The Atlantic's Family Editor Julie Beck is going to apply her experience to full-time writing of her own stories

Carly Stern

How a reporter glimpsed the future of America in a crystal-ball city

Strictly Q&A

How a reporter glimpsed the future of America in a crystal-ball city

Atlantic writer George Packer takes readers to the grounded realities of America's battles over growth, race, climate change and water

Trevor Pyle

Story Annotations

A profile of a newspaper press becomes a requiem for an era

Story Annotations

A profile of a newspaper press becomes a requiem for an era

Los Angeles Times veteran Thomas Curwen found professionalism and pride in the last Friday night run of the newspaper's storied presses

Trevor Pyle

Finding a quiet voice in the center of America’s screaming immigration debate

Story Annotations

Finding a quiet voice in the center of America’s screaming immigration debate

The Washington Post's Ruby Cramer profiled a small-city selectman caught in the crossfire of fear, anger and blame over asylum seekers

Trevor Pyle

How a freelancer's story instincts landed a piece in The New York Times

Story Annotations

How a freelancer's story instincts landed a piece in The New York Times

Erika Hayasaki found characters, scenes and themes in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires that she couldn't set aside despite multiple rejections

Kim Cross

Reporting beyond shame and blame, secrets and stereotypes

Story Annotations

Reporting beyond shame and blame, secrets and stereotypes

Esquire's Mark Warren immersed himself in evangelical Alabama to find the pain and grace behind a beloved pastor's suicide

Kim Cross

Audio & Video Storytelling

Power of Narrative: Compelling stories delivered on tight deadline

Power of Narrative: Compelling stories delivered on tight deadline

Madeline Bodin

"Poetic explorations" in a podcast from inside and outside prison walls

"Poetic explorations" in a podcast from inside and outside prison walls

Julia Barton

A true crime podcast that is more about truth than crime

A true crime podcast that is more about truth than crime

Julia Barton

A new best-of collection of audio storytelling honors narrative podcasting

A new best-of collection of audio storytelling honors narrative podcasting

Julia Barton

Nieman Storyboard Newsletter

The New Yorker at 100: What we can learn about editor-writer relationships

From the Editor

The New Yorker at 100: What we can learn about editor-writer relationships

Plus: National Magazine Award finalists, American Mosaic Journalism Prize, and more.

Mark Armstrong

Will Bunch writes about a child who dreamed of flying 

From the Editor

Will Bunch writes about a child who dreamed of flying 

Plus: The "Division Street Revisited" podcast, and stories of your first big break.

Mark Armstrong

How to lobby for time and space to tell a story

From the Editor

How to lobby for time and space to tell a story

As I officially join as Storyboard editor, a question about landing your big break.

Mark Armstrong

'When She Runs, She Feels Like a Fire Engine' 

From the Editor

'When She Runs, She Feels Like a Fire Engine' 

In moments of breaking news, storytelling still needs time, courage, and trust.

Mark Armstrong