Author The Best of ‘Draft’ — control the narrative, keep it short & other advice on writing Recommended reading from the New York Times’ Opinionator series “Draft,” on writing: “Keep It Short,” by columnist and author Danny Heitman: To shorten my articles, I often worked through several versions, and… June 13, 2014 Watch a story ‘come to life:’ The Big Roundtable’s new Open Rehearsal project Editor’s note: The Big Roundtable, a New York-based digital publisher of nonfiction, just launched the Open Rehearsal Project, which allows readers to “watch a story come to life.” The inaugural piece… June 12, 2014 “My Travels with the Curse of Maracaña” If Amy O’Leary describes a piece as “crazy fantastic digital storytelling” —— you can bet it’s true. And so it is, with “My Travels with the Curse of Maracaña,” a 2014 “World Cup… June 6, 2014 “Why’s this so good?” No. 93: Ta-Nehisi Coates and the case for reparations It’s hard to know where to begin when attempting to grapple with the sprawling legacy of racial discrimination and oppression in America. But Ta-Nehisi Coates knows there to start. “The Case For… June 3, 2014 Five great weekend reads: 2014 CRMA winners The City & Regional Magazine Association announced its latest winners this week. The annual prizes are administered by the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. Five great stories for… May 23, 2014 “Why’s this so good?” No. 92: David Foster Wallace and the view from the Midwest David Foster Wallace grew up in the Midwest but it was not really his home. Yet in September 2001, he was teaching at Illinois State University and living in Bloomington.… May 20, 2014 Two writers, one tough subject Two notable narratives for your consideration this week, both on the loss of a loved one, to cancer:In “The Day I Started Lying to Ruth,” a long reported essay in New… May 16, 2014 What we’re watching: Scholars talking literary journalism This year’s International Association for Literary Journalism Studies* started today in Paris, and you can follow along via #IALJS9 or watch the events live. The full conference program is here. Ten recommended panels or presentations:“Hearing Their Voices:… May 15, 2014 Annotation Tuesday! Tom Wolfe and radical chic Tom Wolfe and I met twice, in his Upper East Side home, and to answer the inevitable question, no: He never wore a white suit. Dark blazer, dark pants, no hat.… May 13, 2014 #crowdsourced: great examples of the write-around Last week, a student asked for notable examples of the write-around, that subgenre in which the journalist had limited to no access with the story subject. The most famous examples… May 9, 2014 Previous 1 … 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 … 240 Next
