Author Buzz Bissinger on heart, luck, honesty, critics and the importance of switching things up When Buzz Bissinger visited the Nieman Foundation last week, in some ways he was coming home. Twenty-six years ago, he finished his Nieman year inspired to do new and different… May 25, 2012 Father's Day, by Buzz Bissinger: an excerpt Narrative legend Buzz Bissinger, whose books include A Prayer for the City and the No. 1 New York Times best-seller Friday Night Lights, visited his alma mater the Nieman Foundation last week… May 24, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 43: "Radio Diaries" on teenage drama Boxing stories leave me cold. Like many sports stories, they seem to assume an audience of fans who will be thrilled − rather than sickened − by a narrative built on grueling workouts, bloodied… May 22, 2012 The best of Storyboard: essays on craft If you’ve ever spent some time nosing around Storyboard you know we archive everything from interactive narratives to original essays on craft, in which masters such as Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Rick Meyer and… May 18, 2012 What we're following: truthiness in narrative It’s been a volatile few months for ethics in storytelling, what with the unprecedented “This American Life” retraction of monologist Mike Daisey’s Apple story, and with the unfurled furor over… May 17, 2012 "Why's this so good?" No. 42: Tom Hallman and timeless forgiveness Years ago, the wonderful Walt Harrington came to our newsroom and fired us up. We were at the start of a storytelling revival, trying to find our way back to craft, and… May 15, 2012 Wright Thompson on identity, clarity, editing, voodoo and the deadline virtues of Lionel Ritchie We chose Wright Thompson’s ESPN.com piece “The Kid Who Wasn't There” as our latest Notable Narrative because the story added a chilling layer to the odd life story of Guerdwich… May 11, 2012 Wright Thompson and the lingering saga of a lone star Our new “Notable Narrative,” “The Kid Who Wasn’t There,” by Wright Thompson of ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, unearths the other half of the strange tale of Guerdwich Montimere, a… May 10, 2012 “Why’s this so good?” No. 41: Skip Hollandsworth and sacrifice It was the altitude, officially. If the flight attendant was concerned about my tears, or if the little girl in the pink hoodie across the aisle was curious: Reading at… May 8, 2012 Work we love: a multimedia look at secret slavery, a portrait of fantasy baseball’s founder and dueling Robert Caro profiles Our bookmarks have been busy lately what with all the good stuff to read and watch and hear. Some of our recent favorites hail from CNN.com, Grantland, the New York… May 4, 2012 Previous 1 … 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 … 245 Next
