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Full life, tight space? Consider narrative shorthand.

An interesting writing move recently caught my eye in Rosalind Bentley's Atlanta Journal-Constitution profile of poet laureate Natasha Trethewey. For lack of a better name, I’ll call it the "narrative…

“Why’s this so good?” No. 84: Woody Allen, Earl Monroe and the ballet of basketball

Woody Allen has written and directed an original film nearly every year since 1969. He has written several Broadway plays, published dozens of pieces in The New Yorker and given…
Pinned: Storyboard 75, the annotated "Frank Sinatra," football, submersion journalism, JFK, Dave Chappelle,

Pinned: Storyboard 75, the annotated “Frank Sinatra,” football, submersion journalism, JFK, Dave Chappelle,

Pinned for your storytelling pleasure, a roundup of recent great reads, vids, tips, etc.:In case you missed it, Part 1: Gay Talese and Elon Green annihilated Storyboard traffic records this…
Gay Talese explains why he wrote iconic Esquire profile "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold"

Gay Talese explains why he wrote iconic Esquire profile “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold”

Why did it strike a chord with people? Talese has no idea
Storyboard 75: The big book of narrative, devoted to excellence in journalistic storytelling

Storyboard 75: The big book of narrative, devoted to excellence in journalistic storytelling

Astute readers will notice there are more than 75 entries here. Think of it as a greatest hits album with bonus tracks.
Featured Fellow: Robert Caro

Featured Fellow: Robert Caro

Robert CaroNieman Class of 1966The bestselling biographer of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, Caro has won every major literary prize — some of them, such as the Pulitzer, twice. In 2010,…
Featured Fellow: Anne Hull

Featured Fellow: Anne Hull

Anne HullClass of 1995A longtime Washington Post reporter, Hull won the Pulitzer for Public Service in 2008, for reporting, with Dana Priest, that exposed substandard conditions at Walter Reed Army…
Featured Fellow: J. Anthony Lukas

Featured Fellow: J. Anthony Lukas

J. Anthony LukasNieman Class of 1969Lukas, a two-time Pulitzer winner, is best known for his bestselling 1985 book Common Ground, about school busing and race relations in Boston. In braided…
Featured Fellow: Kevin Cullen

Featured Fellow: Kevin Cullen

Kevin CullenNieman Class of 2003A longtime Metro columnist at the Boston Globe, Cullen shared a 2003 Pulitzer for investigative reporting on the sex abuse scandal within the Catholic Church. He…
Featured Fellow: Julia Keller

Featured Fellow: Julia Keller

Julia KellerNieman Class of 1998A former Chicago Tribune reporter and cultural critic, Keller won the 2005 Pulitzer for feature writing, for her “gripping, meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly 10-second…