Author

Andrea Pitzer

@andreapitzer

<a href="https://andreapitzer.com/bio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Andrea Pitzer</strong></a> is the author of three books of narrative nonfiction that explore untold histories. She was the editor of Nieman Storyboard from 2009-2012,

Somewhere over the rainbow: the past and future of Niagara Falls

Somewhere over the rainbow: the past and future of Niagara Falls

AP Photo/McElroy SilA tourist attraction falls into decline. Grand urban renewal schemes fail to deliver. Residents talk about mafia infiltration, corruption and random arson.What might sound like a lost Raymond…
December 8, 2010

Twitter as story: a work in progress

Stephen Colbert mocking the national Christmas tree’s Twitter account shows that the frivolousness of the plucky social media tool is still up for debate. No doubt Twitter’s popularity offsets some…
December 6, 2010

What we're reading: gay culture in the Middle East, stories for a body held hostage, and an athlete dying young

Our latest “what we’re reading” draws on the stalwart print newspapers and magazines that have carried the banner of long-form narrative for so long. From a 5-part investigation of a…
December 2, 2010

Art or abuse? A portrait of Larry Rivers

Was artist Larry Rivers a sexual swashbuckler, breaking taboos and changing the way we think of the human body, or did some of his work have truly disturbing elements? Our…
November 23, 2010

Statistics vs. storytelling: the grudge match?

Narrative journalism has been dogged for years by the idea that it is too subjective or somehow less capable of conveying hard numbers to the public than a traditional news…
November 19, 2010

What we’re watching: the costs of heaven, veterans who seek shelter from war, and work from NPPA and College Photographer of the Year contests

For our latest installment, we were taken with some recent contest winners, including a documentary about a group of adult men with autism and their 65-year-old caretaker, who wants to…
November 16, 2010
Jay Caspian Kang on the heart of gambling narratives: &quot;All you remember, really, is losing&quot;

Jay Caspian Kang on the heart of gambling narratives: "All you remember, really, is losing"

We talked by phone this week with Jay Caspian Kang, author of The Morning News essay "The High Is Always the Pain, and the Pain Is Always the High," our…
November 12, 2010
Losing in Vegas: Jay Caspian Kang's “literary moment”

Losing in Vegas: Jay Caspian Kang’s “literary moment”

In our latest Notable Narrative, “The High Is Always the Pain, and the Pain Is Always the High,” we meet Jay Caspian Kang, a gambler who dreams of being a…
November 11, 2010
Roy Peter Clark on &quot;the power of the parts&quot; for storytelling

Roy Peter Clark on "the power of the parts" for storytelling

Roy Peter Clark holds the post of senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, and as such is one of narrative journalism's hardest-working midwives. You may have already encountered him here on…
November 9, 2010

What we’re reading: novelists do nonfiction, a witness recants, and two friends jump into the Charles River

Today, we set aside election reporting (which we’ll return to soon) in order to gin up some reading for your Thursday anxieties: dubious conviction and cultural claustrophobia, not to mention…
November 5, 2010