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Look at clouds from all sides now — before they're gone

Look at clouds from all sides now — before they’re gone

A Reuters narrative project takes readers to a weekend with cloudspotters on a wild British island to see climate change with new eyes
November 1, 2019
Julia Shipley
Three core story principles, along with tea, baked goods and endless enthusiasm

Three core story principles, along with tea, baked goods and endless enthusiasm

Venerable breaking news site Reuters ventures into narrative journalism with former L.A. Times and Storyboard editor Kari Howard at the helm
November 1, 2019
Julia Shipley
The game-changing union of digital innovation and "emotional storytelling"

The game-changing union of digital innovation and “emotional storytelling”

The Power of Storytelling: How the Financial Times is revolutionizing the shape of hard-facts reporting to counter mistrust and foster empathy
October 30, 2019
Ioana Burtea
These boots were made for discovery

These boots were made for discovery

Tom Curwen’s new boots, size 17AAA, handmade by boot maker Randy MerrellThey say every good narrative is a journey.Los Angeles Times reporter Thomas Curwen starts his by looking down. Literally.…
October 25, 2019
Jacqui Banaszynski
Mastering the awkward art of the interview

Mastering the awkward art of the interview

In the seven years since Max Linsky co-founded the Longform Podcast (with Evan Ratliff and Aaron Lammer), he has interviewed hundreds of storytelling luminaries: journalists, non-fiction writers and public figures.…
October 25, 2019
Ioana Burtea
Singular moments, timeless questions

Singular moments, timeless questions

Sunday, December 28, 1986. An ordinary day, much like any other. Except in two operating rooms at Fairfax Hospital in suburban Virginia, where something extraordinary was about to happen.In one…
October 22, 2019
Chip Scanlan
From five minutes to finished

From five minutes to finished

Hang out at a journalism workshop, anywhere in the world, and inevitably the subject comes up: We’re being asked to produce more and more, in less and less time.It was…
October 18, 2019
Jacqui Banaszynski
Ditching "monkey mind" to find joy while writing

Ditching “monkey mind” to find joy while writing

Two days to deadline. You haven’t written a word — just scribbles and a few sad-faced glyphs in the margins of a skeletal outline. You’re surrounded by great raw material…
October 16, 2019
Hope McLeod
Lessons from biographer Robert Caro's instructive mini-memoir "Working"

Lessons from biographer Robert Caro’s instructive mini-memoir “Working”

If there were no Robert Caro, he could not easily be invented. Consider the job description: Commit your career to exhaustive research into the lives of two legendarily powerful men,…
October 15, 2019
Don Nelson
"The third is when you can make a basket without worrying about whether it is good enough."

“The third is when you can make a basket without worrying about whether it is good enough.”

—From "Deep River," a novel by Karl Marlantes
October 11, 2019
Jacqui Banaszynski