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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,

Dissecting disaster: Chris Jones' &quot;The End of Mystery&quot;

Dissecting disaster: Chris Jones’ "The End of Mystery"

The first Notable Narrative for September takes a police procedural as its template. The article begins with the loss of a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter in March 2009 off the coast…
September 12, 2009

Esquire's Peter Griffin on editing "The End of Mystery"

Excerpts from a September 2009 interview with Peter Griffin, deputy editor of Esquire, about an August story on a helicopter crash off the coast of Newfoundland:Can you talk a little about…
September 11, 2009
Interview with Ed Kashi: Taking it beyond the media

Interview with Ed Kashi: Taking it beyond the media

We talked with photojournalist Ed Kashi about visual storytelling, advocacy journalism, and his photo series on Trans Amadi Slaughter, an abattoir on the Niger Delta. Q: At the Digest, we’ve…
September 4, 2009

Michael J. Mooney interview: Unseen lives

Excerpts from an August 2009 interview with Michael J. Mooney, reporter for Florida’s New Times, whose stories won a slot in the Best American Crime Reporting and Best American Sports…
August 31, 2009

Escape from North Korea

In our second Notable Narrative for August, North Korean defectors ride a train 2,000 miles across China in an effort to make their way to South Korea. National Geographic’s Tom…
August 21, 2009

Why Didn’t They Stop Him?

The first Notable Narrative for August recounts the history of Vernetta Cockerham, a woman whose estranged husband killed one of her children and very nearly ended her life, too.The story,…
August 8, 2009

Steve Luxenberg interview on Annie's Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret

Excerpts from a July 2009 interview with Steve Luxenberg on his memoir, which traces the discovery that his mother had an institutionalized sister whose existence she kept secret from her children for…
July 31, 2009

Playing the right way: Tom Friend on his Chauncey Billups piece for ESPN.com

Excerpts from a July 2009 interview with Tom Friend on his story “The Disposable Superstar”:How long did you take on the Chauncey Billups story?I spent a week in Denver and I…
July 24, 2009

The Disposable Superstar

After playing for six teams in five years, NBA star Chauncey Billups had a reputation as a prodigy who didn’t pan out. “The Disposable Superstar,” our latest Notable Narrative, is the story…
July 24, 2009

Thomas Curwen interview on "Waiting for death, alone and unafraid"

From a March 2009 email interview with Thomas Curwen:Q: How did you first meet Edwin Shneidman, and what made him interesting to you? A: I met Edwin Shneidman in 1999…
April 3, 2009