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Annotation Tuesday! Brian Kevin and "The Belfast Operation"

Annotation Tuesday! Brian Kevin and “The Belfast Operation”

The Down East writer talks about "omni-multitasking" at a regional magazine, and what it's like reporting in the small towns of Maine
October 4, 2016
Kari Howard
Kerouac, Kristofferson and a new generation of journalists who love narrative

Kerouac, Kristofferson and a new generation of journalists who love narrative

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
September 30, 2016
Kari Howard
5 Questions: Robert Sanchez and "Colorado Springs' Identity Crisis"

5 Questions: Robert Sanchez and “Colorado Springs’ Identity Crisis”

The 5280 magazine writer talks about avoiding caricature in an extreme city and capturing a "sense of place in an authentic way"
September 29, 2016
Paul Albani-Burgio

Annotation Tuesday! Jeff Maysh and “The rise and fall of the Bombshell Bandit”

The writer talks about dealing with unreliable narrators and being drawn to people who live double lives -- including for this piece for BBC News
September 27, 2016
Davis Harper
Digital innovations and storytelling: It's a chaotic world, but you can take advantage of the chaos

Digital innovations and storytelling: It’s a chaotic world, but you can take advantage of the chaos

At the Seoul Digital Forum, journalists talked about the perils and opportunities for narrative writing that come with today's technology
September 26, 2016
Kari Howard
Pairing Robert Caro and Public Enemy: Does it get any better than that?

Pairing Robert Caro and Public Enemy: Does it get any better than that?

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
September 23, 2016
Kari Howard
The poetics of documentary at the Camden International Film Festival

The poetics of documentary at the Camden International Film Festival

It’s hard to beat a sunny September afternoon like this: You take a back road past trees whose leaves are showing the first colors of fall. You drive by a…
September 22, 2016
Kari Howard

A “live” annotation of a Pulitzer-winning lede: Madeleine Blais and “Zepp’s Last Stand”

The writer, who won the 1980 feature writing award, talks about trying make her literary stories both beautiful and powerful
September 20, 2016
Kari Howard

Robert Caro and the lightbulb moment he had writing his first book, “The Power Broker”

The superstar historian talks about deciding that to show power, he must show what it does to the powerless
September 19, 2016
Kari Howard

Lin-Manuel Miranda gives some really cool tips on how to become a great storyteller

The "Hamilton" creator talks to the Nieman Foundation's Ann Marie Lipinski about finding your voice and choosing "the story that moves you and changes you"
September 16, 2016
Kari Howard