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At the end of this, a year that defies easy summary, we abandon attempts to try. Instead, here are two bits of lagniappe that came our way and we pass…

— Tana French in her novel "The Searcher"

It was a year of great journalism about hard things — and fiction that soothed along the way

While all Storyboard posts offer lessons from the masters of the craft, we offer a few practical stand-outs from the past year

The list shows a range of interests in story subjects and approaches, and a strong desire to peek behind the curtains of storywork

The pop culture portrayal of reporters in movies and TV mirrors and shapes public perception of the press

Criss-cross bicycle trips through Kazakhstan by riders with palindromic names led to a story with a palindromic structure and palindromic word play

—Peter Hermann and Clarence Williams of The Washington Post, in a story about the spike in gun violence in Washington D.C.

The Pivot: Novice podcaster Isabelle Roughol on the love of journalism that "lets you enter infinite worlds"

As an Australian, I often feel that locally produced radio news and podcasts are too inward-looking. If the news doesn’t directly affect Australia, or have a strong link to this…