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Annotation Tuesday! Rachel Monroe and "Have You Ever Thought About Killing Someone?"

Annotation Tuesday! Rachel Monroe and “Have You Ever Thought About Killing Someone?”

The writer talks about her disturbing story for Matter on a man who said he wanted to be killed, the teen who took him up on it -- and her…
December 6, 2016
Katia Savchuk
The theme of the week is death, so it's time to listen to a little Al Green and feel better

The theme of the week is death, so it’s time to listen to a little Al Green and feel better

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,…
December 2, 2016
Kari Howard
BuzzFeed News' Albert Samaha and a modern-day lynching in Mississippi

BuzzFeed News’ Albert Samaha and a modern-day lynching in Mississippi

Tomorrow’s journalists exploring the masters of today Jacqui Banaszynski is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who now is an endowed Knight Chair  professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. Last semester,…
December 1, 2016
Taylor Wanbaugh
Two top New York Times editors talk about the yearlong project "Murder in the 4-0"

Two top New York Times editors talk about the yearlong project “Murder in the 4-0”

With crime at historic lows in the city, the paper decided to "delve deeply into deaths, and lives, that might otherwise be ignored" in a Bronx precinct where homicides persist.…
November 29, 2016
Kari Howard
Why's This So Good: Fidel Castro and the art of the obit

Why’s This So Good: Fidel Castro and the art of the obit

Anyone who’s worked in the obituary or foreign news section of a news outlet has a story or two to tell about the Fidel Castro obituary, otherwise known as Bane…
November 28, 2016
Kari Howard
5 Questions: Pop-Up Magazine's Doug McGray and the pleasures of live storytelling

5 Questions: Pop-Up Magazine’s Doug McGray and the pleasures of live storytelling

The editor of the ephemeral multimedia performances talks about bringing journalism to life onstage, and meeting the coolest people in the audiences
November 25, 2016
Eryn Carlson
5(ish) Questions: Bill Sanderson and the JFK assassination "Bulletins from Dallas"

5(ish) Questions: Bill Sanderson and the JFK assassination “Bulletins from Dallas”

The new biography of UPI reporter Merriman "Smitty" Smith, who won a Pulitzer for his coverage of the biggest political shocker of the 20th century, has so much journalism drama…
November 22, 2016
Kari Howard
Adventures in storytelling, from old-school noir to new-school memoir

Adventures in storytelling, from old-school noir to new-school memoir

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,…
November 18, 2016
Kari Howard
Why's This So Good? Randy Potts and "The Bible Went Down With The Birdie Jean"

Why’s This So Good? Randy Potts and “The Bible Went Down With The Birdie Jean”

I follow the journalist Randy Potts on social media, so I had known for weeks that he was planning to launch “The Bible Went Down With The Birdie Jean,” a…
November 17, 2016
Tom Haines
Old meets new: The power of a Facebook Live experiment with Kodachrome

Old meets new: The power of a Facebook Live experiment with Kodachrome

New York Times reporter Deborah Acosta follows a trail of cast-off slides, and engages with readers in real time to solve a mystery. So cool!
November 15, 2016
Allison Eck