Articles

A matrix of spreadsheets and physical calendars can help a writer organize notes, track scenes and visualize a story timeline

To gather the goods for a successful narrative, a central focus of interviewing needs to track the journey of situation or event

A narrative journalist and nonfiction author shares how she pre-reports to find a viable story and a compelling central character

Nonfiction journalist, author and teacher Kim Cross explores the techiniques she uses in interviewing for narrative stories

A project annotation by Alexandra Zayas of ProPublica offers insights to how an editor sees story potential and guides reporters

For the ProPublica deputy managing editor Alexandra Zayas, emotional intelligence is as important as journalistic craft skills

The editor reflects on the need for the best of journalism in a fraught news environment — and the forces working against it

The editor reflects on the lifelong lessons learned at a special time in a special newsroom

As the Guardian Long Read marks its 10th anniversary, editor David Wolf defines the qualities and purpose of literary journalism

Nonfiction author Jay Kirk used time, openness and empathy for a New York Times Magazine profile of the Sandy Hook school shooting investigators