Articles Newsroom Ode #2: Making story hay whether the sun shines or not EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a series of odes that chronicle the legacy newsroom. Each is written from different first-person perspective. Together they create the mumbled narrative of a… January 14, 2019 Don Nelson The Sixth Cactus: When green becomes so much more than green Editor’s note: This is another in our Shop Class series. The goal is to break down the work that goes into creating stories, and offer prompts, suggestions or exercises to help you… January 9, 2019 Madeline Bodin Five life hacks for beating writer’s block Every writer procrastinates. Even John McPhee, one of the most prolific writers of our time. “I’ll go hours before I’m able to write a word,” he has said. “I’ll make tea. I… January 8, 2019 Kim Cross Newsroom Ode #1: Friday night on the city desk EDITOR’S NOTE: For something a bit different, we offer the Monday bonus: an eight-week series (give or take) of poems that chronicle the legacy newsroom. Each is written from first-person… January 7, 2019 Don Nelson A writer Instagrams his way back to love … or something close to it Conversation with Tyrone Beason: How a Seattle Times reporter chronicled his relationship with the streets, and learned to tell a story with his phone January 4, 2019 Elie Gardner “Everyone likes to reminisce, but no one wants to listen, and everyone feels annoyed when someone else tells a story.” —From "The Three-Body Problem" by Cixin Liu January 1, 2019 Jacqui Banaszynski Yes, everyone, there is a reason to believe … From one crusty newspaperman in 19th century to another in the 21st, the "Yes, Virginia" letter endures, transcending time and cynicism December 25, 2018 Tom Warhover An “Advent Manifesto” written in 100 short bursts becomes a study in deep writing EDITOR’S NOTE: The below note came to us from Cathy Grimes, a Nieman Fellow alum and faithful Storyboard reader. She said it was prompted by recent posts in which other… December 24, 2018 Cathy Grimes Roy Peter Clark: A red-nosed reindeer lights the way to better writing Roy Peter ClarkEDITOR’S NOTE: In the spirit of the giving season, the Poynter Institute gave us permission to use this piece (first published by Poynter Dec. 10) in which Roy Peter Clark teaches… December 21, 2018 Roy Peter Clark A “final” phone call from the wildfires inspires an unusual, intimate story written under the fire of deadline A conversation with Corina Knoll of The Los Angeles Times: She broke with convention and just wrote it "how I felt it should be told" December 19, 2018 Julia Shipley Previous 1 … 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 … 243 Next
