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Story Craft
The Nieman Storyboard guide to books on storytelling
Journalists, authors, producers, filmmakers, and Nieman Storyboard readers share 40 books that inspire their work.
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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.
Strictly Q&A

Podcast Strictly Q&A
Podcast: Wired's Makena Kelly on Elon Musk, DOGE, and breaking news narratives
The journalist talks about reporting for breaking news stories vs. longer narratives, protecting sources, and finding her path in tech reporting.
Story Annotations

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

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
Story Craft
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From the Editor
The artifacts preserving history: group chats, newspaper archives, handwritten notes
Wired's Makena Kelly on communicating with sources, Frank Bures on newspaper archives, and Mark Harris on notes from the AIDS epidemic