Nieman Storyboard

We need fact-checkers more than ever. Here’s how to work with one.

Story Craft

We need fact-checkers more than ever. Here’s how to work with one.

Journalist and author Kim Cross on organizing your reporting and preparing for the process.

Kim Cross

The facts bear repeating

From the Editor

The facts bear repeating

Plus: visual storytelling from ProPublica and The New York Times.

Mark Armstrong

Tell us your favorite books on storytelling

From the Editor

Tell us your favorite books on storytelling

Plus: Robert Caro digs into his personal archives, and The Guardian’s Jessica Reed shares what she’s looking for in story pitches.

Mark Armstrong

An editor learns a new narrative form: writing musicals

Story Craft

An editor learns a new narrative form: writing musicals

After years working in newsrooms, Kara Cutruzzula uses her journalism skills to tell stories for the stage.

Kara Cutruzzula

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

The craft of memoir: queer joy, turtles, and caring for the reader in Edgar Gomez's 'Alligator Tears'

Story Craft Strictly Q&A

The craft of memoir: queer joy, turtles, and caring for the reader in Edgar Gomez's 'Alligator Tears'

"You can take the reader out of that present moment and plop them somewhere else, and it can be meaningful, it can be strategic."

Minda Honey

Inside the acknowledgments: The making of Wright Thompson’s 'The Barn'

Story Craft Strictly Q&A

Inside the acknowledgments: The making of Wright Thompson’s 'The Barn'

You can learn a lot from a work of nonfiction by seeing whom the author thanks.

Elon Green

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

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

The facts bear repeating

The facts bear repeating

Mark Armstrong

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

Nieman Storyboard Newsletter

The facts bear repeating

Digital Storytelling From the Editor

The facts bear repeating

Plus: visual storytelling from ProPublica and The New York Times.

Mark Armstrong

Tell us your favorite books on storytelling

From the Editor

Tell us your favorite books on storytelling

Plus: Robert Caro digs into his personal archives, and The Guardian's Jessica Reed shares what she's looking for in story pitches.

Mark Armstrong

Minda Honey's lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice

From the Editor

Minda Honey's lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice

The author of "The Heartbreak Years" embraced being "shameless" in telling her own story.

Mark Armstrong

'Journalism is the privilege to learn as you go'

From the Editor

'Journalism is the privilege to learn as you go'

Elon Green on Wright Thompson's "The Barn," how a New York magazine writer organizes his sources, and more.

Mark Armstrong