Articles Teaching (or learning) story craft? Storyboard is here to help We interrupt your syllabus prep with this important message:Consider Nieman Storyboard as a resource – and even publication destination – in your reporting, writing and journalism ethics courses.Storyboard is a… September 2, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Combing through clips, records and emotions for lessons from the past As abortion rights in the United States grew more and more tenuous this summer, Los Angeles Times reporter Brittny Mejia grew curious about the history of those rights. That led… September 1, 2022 Trevor Pyle Cutting through compassion fatigue with sensory writing War can become an abstraction unless, of course, you’re in the middle of it. We can read about it or see images, which often are more powerful than words in… August 29, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Hacking and whacking the way to writing clarity — and pie An author and freelancer contemplates story craft as she tames and harvests the blackberry brambles on her land August 25, 2022 Lauren Kessler Storytelling that reaches through your feet to your soul It’s probably a good thing I missed the memo about suggested attire to the Chicks concert earlier this month. I don’t have a straw cowboy hat. My days of strappy… August 23, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski The Pitch: Landing a “definitive narrative” in The Atavist Magazine Editor Seyward Darby: "I definitely want people who are willing to strip a story down to its basics and figure out how to build it back up." August 18, 2022 Carly Stern Four years of reporting follows new threads in a previously reported crime story Katia Savchuk spent a year pre-reporting before she pitched The Atavist on a nuanced story of crime and mental illness August 17, 2022 Carly Stern J-school everywhere, everyday The start of a new school year is upon us. That may have some feeling excited — days spent with old and new friends, new adventures in learning and all… August 16, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Not just SayWhat, but SezWho? For a time in the early 1990s, I wrote narrative journalism for a business magazine. One of my better efforts recounted the fight for control of an investment bank. Someone… August 12, 2022 Dale Keiger Unlearning old-school lessons from a J-school education Two months into my just-the-facts-ma’am, inverted pyramid life as a novice reporter assigned to cover every commission had that ever been formed anywhere in any municipality on Earth at any… August 11, 2022 Lauren Kessler Previous 1 … 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 … 246 Next
