Articles Packing a punch in a few words If you want to see some creative short-form storytelling, you can skip right past Twitter and TikTok and head straight to the news. Newspapers, news sites, TV news — any… May 16, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Stories behind bars: The power and pitfalls of “emotional truths” Author Lauren Kessler finds echoes of her work in a prisoner profile by Boston Globe reporter Evan Allen that reveals the journalist's role in the story May 13, 2022 Lauren Kessler A “story-keeping” project helps people heal In 2001, hospice nurse Dottie Kluttz started practicing “story medicine.” She’d sit with patients nearing the end of their lives, turn on an audio recorder and ask them questions about… May 12, 2022 Betsy Taylor The U.S. Supreme Court leak: Resisting the erasure of human rights A friend came to the house on a recent evening with all he needed in his grocery tote. He took over my kitchen and let me chatter as he made… May 11, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Award season 2022 continued: The Pulitzer Prizes Stand-out journalism produced last year was honored in the release of the 2022 Pulitzer Prizes, celebrating the best of the craft and affirming the importance of serious, creative journalism in… May 10, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Writing about the unthinkable pain of child suicides Author, essayist and lecturer Andrew Solomon weaves statistics and personal pain to explores the toll that depression takes on young children May 6, 2022 Mark Johnson 2022 Power of Narrative: The matrix of editor, reporter and story How a longtime contributor and a top editor at The New York Times Magazine work together to create award-winning journalism May 5, 2022 Brian Foisy 2022 Power of Narrative: Expert advice on covering drug addiction EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of five posts from the 2022 Power of Narrative conference at Boston University. Read Ellen Barry on first-person narratives, Lizzie Johnson on deadline narratives and Debbie Cenziper… April 28, 2022 Samuel Thomas 2022 Power of Narrative: Debbie Cenziper on the reporting-writing partnership Editor’s note: This is one of five posts from the 2022 Power of Narrative conference at Boston University. For other takeaways, see Ellen Barry on first-person narratives and Lizzie Johnson… April 26, 2022 Andre Salkin Book bans: An assault on knowledge During summers of my childhood, a highlight was the twice-monthly visit by the bookmobile. Our small village had no formal public library at the time — we weren’t blessed with… April 25, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Previous 1 … 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 … 245 Next
