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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,

Tech thoughts on storytelling: Amy Webb at ONA 2010

Tech thoughts on storytelling: Amy Webb at ONA 2010

Digital innovation is providing new tools with intriguing possibilities for storytelling. At the 2010 Online News Association Conference last weekend, Webbmedia’s Amy Webb presented tech trends she thinks might find…
November 4, 2010
2010 Online News Association conference awards highlight sites and stories

2010 Online News Association conference awards highlight sites and stories

Want to know what kind of online storytelling is turning heads? Over the weekend, the Online News Association held its 2010 conference in Washington, D.C. Competing with the Rally to…
November 2, 2010
Drea Cooper on visual storytelling, &quot;California is a Place&quot; and the maker in the middle of the story

Drea Cooper on visual storytelling, "California is a Place" and the maker in the middle of the story

Drea Cooper, the early yearsDrea Cooper partners with Zackary Canepari on “California is a Place,” a series of films chosen as our latest Notable Narrative. Cooper has done documentary work…
October 29, 2010

“California is a Place” draws viewers into dizzying, disturbing intimacy with the Golden State

Our latest Notable Narrative is the collected series “California is a Place,” from filmmaker Drea Cooper and photographer Zackary Canepari. Cooper and Canepari have done commercial work and journalism around…
October 29, 2010

Lane DeGregory's 10 tips for editors at AASFE 2010

Pulitzer Prize winner and St. Petersburg Times reporter Lane DeGregory spoke at the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors Conference in Florida earlier this month. She has made a…
October 27, 2010
Anna Badkhen on her two books about war and a decade as a &quot;professional intruder&quot;

Anna Badkhen on her two books about war and a decade as a "professional intruder"

I had a chance to sit down last week with Anna Badkhen in Washington, D.C., to talk about her two books out this year, “Peace Meals” and “Waiting for the Taliban”…
October 25, 2010

Tracy Kidder in conversation with Darcy Frey, part 2: "I write as fast as I can to prevent remorse for having written badly."

Today we offer part 2 of last week’s discussion of narrative nonfiction between Tracy Kidder and Nieman Fellow Darcy Frey. (Check out the first installment, if you haven’t read it…
October 22, 2010

Tracy Kidder in conversation with Darcy Frey, part 1: "Anyone who writes for a living and doesn’t admit to being very lucky is almost certainly insane"

Last week, veteran writer Tracy Kidder offered his reflections on narrative nonfiction a public conversation with current Nieman Fellow Darcy Frey. Part of the Harvard Writers at Work series, the…
October 21, 2010
Death outside a DC nightclub: TBD uses Storify to create a breaking news narrative

Death outside a DC nightclub: TBD uses Storify to create a breaking news narrative

Can social media serve as source material for compelling news narratives? A number of innovative tools and programs have been developed that have interesting à la carte uses or make for beautiful…
October 18, 2010
&quot;Brèves de Trottoirs&quot;: Olivier Lambert and Thomas Salva create a multimedia map of Paris

"Brèves de Trottoirs": Olivier Lambert and Thomas Salva create a multimedia map of Paris

How do you map the life of a city? A Web documentary from writer Olivier Lambert and photojournalist Thomas Salva, “Brèves de Trottoirs,” (literal translation: "Sidewalk Shorts") aims to find…
October 15, 2010