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Ready, fire, aim! aka type, send, think!

Ready, fire, aim! aka type, send, think!

By Jacqui BanaszynskiA reminder about caution on the keyboard was inspired by last week’s news of the arrest of the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking Pentagon documents that contained…
What's in a name? When it comes to podcasting, it can be confusing

What’s in a name? When it comes to podcasting, it can be confusing

A Canadian radio journalist fell in love with serial narrative podcasts, and is determined to help them find their known place at the storytelling table
An annotated guide to narrative magic

An annotated guide to narrative magic

By Madeline BodinAfter reading a remarkable work of nonfiction, have you ever wished you could learn exactly how the writer created what you just read? I don’t think I’m alone…
Ruts on the road of a writing career

Ruts on the road of a writing career

By Jacqui BanaszynskiDo anything often enough and long enough and you probably, at times, fall into the occasional rut. I don’t know of any fellow journalist, no matter their age…
John Lennon, Jimmy Breslin and (deadline) narrative as the sum of its parts

John Lennon, Jimmy Breslin and (deadline) narrative as the sum of its parts

Narrative Elements 1: A narrative nonfiction writer and teacher starts a series that explores narrative journalism element by element
Getting out of your head ~ and out of the way of a true story

Getting out of your head ~ and out of the way of a true story

By Dale KeigerIf you write for a living and stay with it long enough you will accumulate a bulging folder of journeyman’s work. You don’t renounce it and you don’t…
Interviewing as the star of the show

Interviewing as the star of the show

By Jacqui BanaszynskiThe video screens on the back of airplane seats are small and often smudged. But for many years, when I flew twice a week for work, that’s where…
"...just how astonishing this particular moment really is."

“…just how astonishing this particular moment really is.”

By Jacqui BanaszynskiContext is a core to good reporting, especially when current events are informed by history, law, geopolitics, culture, economics or the many other things that complicate modern life.…
A guide to clear writing in tangled times

A guide to clear writing in tangled times

By Katharine GammonRoy Peter Clark says he never meant to write another book about writing.Clark, a senior scholar at The Poynter Institute, had already written or edited 20 books about…
How a 19th century widow stopped the presses — and pioneered deadline reporting

How a 19th century widow stopped the presses — and pioneered deadline reporting

By Lauren KesslerCan the past teach us anything? Is there a reason beyond “oh, that’s interesting/ quaint/awful/who knew?” to delve into the lives of journalists who did their work before…