Author

Jacqui Banaszynski

@JacquiB

Jacqui Banaszynski retired as the endowed Knight Chair in Editing at the Missouri School of Journalism in 2017, is editor at Nieman Storyboard, and a faculty fellow at the Poynter Institute. She won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing for “AIDS in the Heartland,” a series about a gay farm couple facing AIDS, and was a finalist for the 1986 Pulitzer in international reporting for her account of the sub-Saharan famine.

Pygmy nuthatches, fountain pens, yellowed clips and time ahead

Pygmy nuthatches, fountain pens, yellowed clips and time ahead

The editor muses on the unknowable 'what's next' for her writing and teaching as she hands the Storyboard baton forward
Writing to find out what you want to write

Writing to find out what you want to write

The editor muses on the painful reality of drafting and deleting, and reminds you to consider applying to be next in the Storyboard chair
Are you the next editor of Storyboard?

Are you the next editor of Storyboard?

The part-time position calls for someone to shepherd and celebrate nonfiction narrative that is published across media platforms
Are you really listening?

Are you really listening?

The editor ponders the complexity and importance of deep and broad listening skills which tell a fuller story than the usual Q&A
The power of a note, especially one that says 'thank you'

The power of a note, especially one that says ‘thank you’

The editor offers appreciation for the notes of appreciation that have come her way, and the reminder to pay them forward
Setting up the next chapter of life's story

Setting up the next chapter of life’s story

After six-plus years, the Storyboard editor is handing the keyboard forward
The allusions and confusions of regional references

The allusions and confusions of regional references

The editor muses on how cultural references have the power to make writing more intimate and authentic, but can also leave readers out
Country music lessons

Country music lessons

The editor muses on long road trips, limited radio reception and the things she's learned from listening to clear-channel country
A writer's hack: Productive procrastination

A writer’s hack: Productive procrastination

The editor muses on the value that can be found in saved links and old clips
"Besides, there's more room ..."

“Besides, there’s more room …”

From a tribute by Mary Lou Logsdon, a spiritual advisor and writer in St. Paul, Minnesota, upon the death of a friend