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Pictory’s Laura Miner on curation and storytelling: "I don’t really believe the world is fundamentally different"

Pictory’s Laura Miner on curation and storytelling: "I don’t really believe the world is fundamentally different"

Here at Storyboard, we've written before on the question of words and captions in relation to photos, so we were intrigued by Pictory, an online photography site that assembles images…
June 4, 2010
Megan Prelinger on databases and visual narrative: “I felt smarter, like I’d really learned something about the material”

Megan Prelinger on databases and visual narrative: “I felt smarter, like I’d really learned something about the material”

When you think of using databases to plan a story—if you ever think of such a thing—do your eyes glaze over? Not if you’re Megan Prelinger. But then Prelinger tends…
June 3, 2010
Liza Faktor on Objective Reality and visual storytelling: “I have never been this excited by technology in my life”

Liza Faktor on Objective Reality and visual storytelling: “I have never been this excited by technology in my life”

What approaches are other countries taking to visual storytelling? How can storytellers thrive in places where journalism has been suppressed or simply doesn’t exist? Pondering these questions, we recently talked…
June 1, 2010

USC's Henry Jenkins on multimedia storytelling: what can journalists learn from He-Man?

When it comes to narrative multimedia, how can we reimagine storytelling from the ground up? What if templates for new models were right in front of us? In a recent…
May 28, 2010

The Miami Herald: a case study in the rise of literary journalism at newspapers

Anyone interested in narrative journalism at newspapers should see David Duwe Stanton's master's thesis "The Miami Herald and the Miller Effect: Literary Journalism in the 1980s," submitted to the University…
May 27, 2010
In the shadow of the ivory tower: what can university magazines offer narrative journalists?

In the shadow of the ivory tower: what can university magazines offer narrative journalists?

Should university magazine editors regularly challenge their publishers? That’s what Ohio State University Assistant VP for Research Communications Earle Holland suggested last week in a comment on the Knight Science…
May 25, 2010
Michael Kruse on monkey business and narrative writing: "if a story's not moving, a reader is probably stopping"

Michael Kruse on monkey business and narrative writing: "if a story’s not moving, a reader is probably stopping"

We talked by phone this week with St. Petersburg Times reporter Michael Kruse, the author of our latest Notable Narrative. An unusual profile of a monkey on the loose in…
May 20, 2010

Michael Kruse profiles Tampa Bay fugitive

These days, it can be hard for a star to keep up with his Facebook feeds and the television and newspaper stories about him, not to mention where he’s been…
May 19, 2010

Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Manga Memoirs: transcending the printed page

Last year was an important one for memoir and manga (Japanese comics) in North America. To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Canadian diplomatic relations with Japan, Canadian digital media company…
May 17, 2010
From tales of wonder to tales of horror: David Small dissects Stitches

From tales of wonder to tales of horror: David Small dissects Stitches

David Small has made a career illustrating books for children.  So it was no surprise that he should be the featured speaker on the last day of Harvard’s popular class,…
May 14, 2010