Articles A radio producer and print reporters partner on a narrative for multiple platforms EDITOR’S NOTE: Read an annotation of the prologue and first act of This American Life’s “Anatomy of Doubt.”CAUTION: The stories linked to and discussed in this package describe details of… June 2, 2021 Carly Stern How Memorial Day memories become today’s stories The Memorial Day weekend caught me by surprise. After 16 months of no travel, and a schedule dictated only by this weekly newsletter, I lost the daily rhythm of showing… May 31, 2021 Jacqui Banaszynski #5 rule of pitching: Make it sparkle Don't lose an interesting idea in a boring pitch May 28, 2021 Jacqui Banaszynski How lessons from past stories can inform future stories My morning NPR ritual recently brought back two major landmarks in my journalism career this past week. May 18 was both the 41st anniversary of the eruption of Mount St.… May 26, 2021 Jacqui Banaszynski “…silence so dense it became its own sound.” If you have read the novels of Dennis Lehane (among them “Gone, Baby, Gone,” “Mystic River” and “Shutter Island,” all made into movies), you know that place is a powerful… May 25, 2021 Don Nelson Embedding with EMTs to write about the first line of COVID first responders Ava Kofman of ProPublica blended contextual and records reporting with intimate narrative interviews and observation May 21, 2021 Chip Scanlan Writing: Nine parts mechanic, one part muse I spent the early years of my journalism career struggling with pretty much everything about the job, but especially with the writing. The reporting was often uncomfortable as I pushed… May 20, 2021 Jacqui Banaszynski Video essentials, solo production and — of course — camera gear EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last episode in our five-part video series, “Field Testing,” in which independent video producer Alexander Trowbridge retreats to a farm to learn the tools and… May 19, 2021 Alexander Trowbridge What a journalist mom learns from her daughter’s foray into writing the news My daughter Zara, who just turned 9, attended her first reporting interview as an infant, napping next to my chest in a snuggly baby wrap tied around my waist.Traci Angel,… May 18, 2021 Traci Angel This mobile editing challenge proves you can produce great video anywhere EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in our five-part video series, “Field Testing,” in which independent video producer Alexander Trowbridge retreats to a farm to learn the tools and skills… May 12, 2021 Alexander Trowbridge Previous 1 … 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 … 241 Next
