Articles From Mayborn: How Video Can Improve Narrative Dan Barry said a 90-word wire report from rural Iowa was the spark of what became his 2014 story “The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse.’”Thirty men with intellectual disabilities in a… July 20, 2015 Charles Scudder From Mayborn: Confronting Reportorial and Editorial Mistakes In a room full of writers, Caleb Hannan was remarkably honest and candid about his mistakes.At the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, Hannan discussed his 2014 Grantland story that sparked national… July 20, 2015 Charles Scudder The Riveter: Longform Journalism by Women, for Women The Riveter’s second issue was published in summer 2014, and its third issue is set to publish this fall.The two journalism students didn’t let their awe at meeting Esquire writer… July 20, 2015 Caroline Bauman 23 Things I’ve Learned from (Not) Being a Columnist Lessons on column writing from Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Schmich’s 23 years at the Chicago Tribune July 16, 2015 Mary Schmich Peter Slevin tackles the biography of First Lady Michelle Obama Editor’s Note: Anyone who writes about politics and politicians knows how difficult it is to bring fresh insight to familiar issues and personalities. That challenge is even greater if your… June 29, 2015 Peter Slevin Annotation Tuesday: Jeanne Marie Laskas and Guns ’R Us When Jeanne Marie Laskas set out to write about guns for GQ magazine in 2012, she knew it would be difficult but she didn’t expect it would become the story… June 9, 2015 Matt Tullis City, Regional Magazine Awards Announced If there’s anywhere that crime pays, it might be at this year’s National City and Regional Magazine Awards, where a majority of the winning stories, announced last night at the… June 2, 2015 Louise Kiernan Memorial Day Reading List It’s easy to forget, amid all the cookouts and trips to the beach, that Memorial Day was created to remember the men and women who have died in military service.… May 22, 2015 Louise Kiernan Annotation Live! The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos and Richard M. Daley If you’re read the most recent Storyboard feature for the Nieman Reports magazine — and, if you haven’t, here it is — you may know that narrative is increasingly taking to… May 15, 2015 Louise Kiernan Exploring the Rise of Live Journalism Walking tours, workshops, and other live events bring narrative reporting and writing from the page to the stage May 7, 2015 Rose Eveleth Previous 1 … 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 … 241 Next