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Death comes for comics storyteller Harvey Pekar (October 8, 1939 - July 12, 2010)

Death comes for comics storyteller Harvey Pekar (October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010)

Comic book writer and misfit Harvey Pekar spent his life bracing for the worst, and now, finally, he can relax.Pekar was a non-fiction storyteller who recorded his daily existence for…
July 13, 2010
Ernesto Priego

Short attention span theater: narrative and models of interaction

[This post is the second in a series from new media artist Peggy Nelson considering the impact of technology on narrative. Nelson's work includes a barcode narrative, a PowerPoint essay,…
July 9, 2010
Peggy Nelson

What we’re watching: in which we ponder people with scars, the making of sex dolls, a birth in Sierra Leone and the soul of Athens

videos from The Human ProjectThere has been some debate of late over just how "cinematic" documentary multimedia should be. (See the comments on this Khalid Mohtaseb post on the DSLR News…
July 8, 2010
Andrea Pitzer
Katy Butler on Greek tragedy, reader comments and how "scenes keep you close to the bone truth of things"

Katy Butler on Greek tragedy, reader comments and how "scenes keep you close to the bone truth of things"

We recently spoke with Katy Butler about her New York Times Magazine piece, “What Broke My Father’s Heart,” our latest Notable Narrative. Butler, whose work has appeared in magazines such as…
July 6, 2010
Andrea Pitzer

Katy Butler shows the bitter side of medical intervention

In our latest Notable Narrative “What Broke My Father’s Heart,” from The New York Times Magazine, the broken heart that reporter Katy Butler writes about is both emotional and literal.…
July 2, 2010
Andrea Pitzer

What we’re reading, second edition: in which we offer soccer balls, the Book of Revelation and a visit to the Khyber Pass

In our new installment of written work worth checking out, we encourage you to think about the history of the soccer ball, the awesomeness that was the 1975 Cincinnati Reds,…
June 30, 2010
Andrea Pitzer
García Marquez Foundation celebrates magic journalism in Latin America

García Marquez Foundation celebrates magic journalism in Latin America

The task of selecting the best Latin American journalism is becoming more difficult every year for the Iberoamerican Foundation for New Journalism (FNPI), founded by writer and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel…
June 28, 2010
Alejandra Matus

"There’s no app for that": Peggy Nelson talks timing, technology and story

Journalists use technology to tell stories, but technology has its own stories to tell, sometimes the very opposite of the ones we expect. In this series of articles, I’ll explore…
June 25, 2010
Peggy Nelson
Michael Hastings’ “The Runaway General” and the power of narrative

Michael Hastings’ “The Runaway General” and the power of narrative

While it may not spark a revolution in newsrooms, Michael Hastings' narrative profile of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal in this week’s Rolling Stone has already made history. “The Runaway General,”…
June 23, 2010
Andrea Pitzer

What we’re watching: in which we consider a New York City shelter, the sound of snow and Rebecca Skloot’s narrative play-by-play

from The Lazarus EffectPictures pack a punch. And so continuing in the tradition of our “What we’re reading” posts, one of the things we’ll be doing here at Nieman Storyboard…
June 21, 2010
Andrea Pitzer