Author A writer Instagrams his way back to love … or something close to it Conversation with Tyrone Beason: How a Seattle Times reporter chronicled his relationship with the streets, and learned to tell a story with his phone January 4, 2019 “Everyone likes to reminisce, but no one wants to listen, and everyone feels annoyed when someone else tells a story.” There is much to consider in “The Three-Body Problem,” the first in a trilogy by Chinese science fiction novelist Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu). Much of it – physics,… January 1, 2019 Yes, everyone, there is a reason to believe … From one crusty newspaperman in 19th century to another in the 21st, the "Yes, Virginia" letter endures, transcending time and cynicism December 25, 2018 An “Advent Manifesto” written in 100 short bursts becomes a study in deep writing EDITOR’S NOTE: The below note came to us from Cathy Grimes, a Nieman Fellow alum and faithful Storyboard reader. She said it was prompted by recent posts in which other… December 24, 2018 Roy Peter Clark: A red-nosed reindeer lights the way to better writing Roy Peter ClarkEDITOR’S NOTE: In the spirit of the giving season, the Poynter Institute gave us permission to use this piece (first published by Poynter Dec. 10) in which Roy Peter Clark teaches… December 21, 2018 A “final” phone call from the wildfires inspires an unusual, intimate story written under the fire of deadline A conversation with Corina Knoll of The Los Angeles Times: She broke with convention and just wrote it "how I felt it should be told" December 19, 2018 How to crack the code of live storytelling with Pop-Up Magazine "Ephemeral" true stories that inform, surprise and delight December 18, 2018 Want to make your headlines sing? Try writing to the beats of “Hamilton” As a newish multiplatform editor at The Washington Post, I’m always looking for help writing great headlines. My mind isn’t naturally filled with puns, I haven’t read reams of poetry… December 13, 2018 How film class led to fighting wildfires which led to finding a home which led to a memoir In a full-circle illustration of the way life sometimes imitates art, screenwriting led Sarah Berns to smokejumping. Then smokejumping led to a cinematic memoir, written with a director’s eye and… December 11, 2018 Braving the Drake Passage, swimming with leopard seals and interviewing a non-talker From the archives: National Geographic writer Craig Welch turns silent subjects into the compelling voices of climate change December 5, 2018 Previous 1 … 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 … 245 Next
