Articles

Chuck Haga and his students exchange favorite music of their generations to explore metaphor and meaning that can make writing sparkle

—From the novel "Room" buy Emma Donoghue, which is written entirely in the voice and perspective of a 5-year-old boy

By Jacqui BanaszynskiMy fingers felt heavy on the keyboard last week as I edited two special posts that were long in the making. The posts themselves explore the kind of…

John Woodrow Cox invests time, attention and empathy to profile a girl who became the public voice of the town's messy recovery from trauma

A team from The New York Times immersed itself in Uvalde, Texas, after the "media horde" left and showed the fuller horror of a mass shooting

By Jacqui BanaszynskiIt’s a common theme when a Storyboard contributor interviews a journalist about a descriptive analogy or metaphor in a written piece: How did you come up with that…

By Kristen ChinA self-described “perennial schoolboy” at heart, Omar Mullick is both romantic daydreamer and pragmatic journalist. It’s in the first few moments speaking with him that I can tell…

Jose A. Del Real delivers a range of straightforward but sensitive stories in The Washington Post series about "Masculinity in America"

A group of mid-career freelancers found inspiration, tools and fellow travelers in a weeklong nonfiction writing workshop

—From the novel "The Marriage Portrait" by Maggie O'Farrell