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Audience storytelling from "Star Wars" to "Top Secret America": interactivity across the spectrum

Audience storytelling from "Star Wars" to "Top Secret America": interactivity across the spectrum

Chewbacca and Washington Post reporters may have more in common than you think: both might get an assist from the general public on in-depth projects that are in the news…
July 19, 2010
Rebecca Skloot on narrating history: "looking for that one family, that one person, that one moment that will help hold everything together"

Rebecca Skloot on narrating history: "looking for that one family, that one person, that one moment that will help hold everything together"

We spoke this week with Rebecca Skloot, author of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” A longtime science writer with a commitment to narrative, Skloot has written for The New…
July 16, 2010

What we’re reading, third edition: In which we find the mystery in game shows, timeless art and the Dalai Lama’s Patek Philippe watch

Today we offer the latest fare from two long-form masters, as well as an oddball assortment of not-quite-narratives that still get to the heart of a story.CLASSIC NARRATIVES See how…
July 15, 2010
Death comes for comics storyteller Harvey Pekar (October 8, 1939 - July 12, 2010)

Death comes for comics storyteller Harvey Pekar (October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010)

Comic book writer and misfit Harvey Pekar spent his life bracing for the worst, and now, finally, he can relax.Pekar was a non-fiction storyteller who recorded his daily existence for…
July 13, 2010

Short attention span theater: narrative and models of interaction

[This post is the second in a series from new media artist Peggy Nelson considering the impact of technology on narrative. Nelson's work includes a barcode narrative, a PowerPoint essay,…
July 9, 2010

What we’re watching: in which we ponder people with scars, the making of sex dolls, a birth in Sierra Leone and the soul of Athens

videos from The Human ProjectThere has been some debate of late over just how "cinematic" documentary multimedia should be. (See the comments on this Khalid Mohtaseb post on the DSLR News…
July 8, 2010
Katy Butler on Greek tragedy, reader comments and how "scenes keep you close to the bone truth of things"

Katy Butler on Greek tragedy, reader comments and how "scenes keep you close to the bone truth of things"

We recently spoke with Katy Butler about her New York Times Magazine piece, “What Broke My Father’s Heart,” our latest Notable Narrative. Butler, whose work has appeared in magazines such as…
July 6, 2010

Katy Butler shows the bitter side of medical intervention

In our latest Notable Narrative “What Broke My Father’s Heart,” from The New York Times Magazine, the broken heart that reporter Katy Butler writes about is both emotional and literal.…
July 2, 2010

What we’re reading, second edition: in which we offer soccer balls, the Book of Revelation and a visit to the Khyber Pass

In our new installment of written work worth checking out, we encourage you to think about the history of the soccer ball, the awesomeness that was the 1975 Cincinnati Reds,…
June 30, 2010
García Marquez Foundation celebrates magic journalism in Latin America

García Marquez Foundation celebrates magic journalism in Latin America

The task of selecting the best Latin American journalism is becoming more difficult every year for the Iberoamerican Foundation for New Journalism (FNPI), founded by writer and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel…
June 28, 2010