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Kari Howard

@karihow

I'm the woman who left a dream job as Column One editor at the Los Angeles Times because I wanted to move to Maine. Go figure how happiness works. Former editor of Nieman Storyboard. I love music almost as much as (and sometimes more than) beautiful storytelling, so expect to see that here too.

Annotation Tuesday! Brian Kevin and "The Belfast Operation"

Annotation Tuesday! Brian Kevin and “The Belfast Operation”

Like a lot of people “from away” with a stake in Maine, I’ve been reading Down East magazine for several years now. It was a comfort read, something that connected…
October 4, 2016
Kerouac, Kristofferson and a new generation of journalists who love narrative

Kerouac, Kristofferson and a new generation of journalists who love narrative

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
September 30, 2016
Digital innovations and storytelling: It's a chaotic world, but you can take advantage of the chaos

Digital innovations and storytelling: It’s a chaotic world, but you can take advantage of the chaos

We all know that journalism — and narrative journalism in particular — is in a profound moment of transition. But the million-dollar question is: How do we take advantage of…
September 26, 2016
Pairing Robert Caro and Public Enemy: Does it get any better than that?

Pairing Robert Caro and Public Enemy: Does it get any better than that?

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
September 23, 2016
The poetics of documentary at the Camden International Film Festival

The poetics of documentary at the Camden International Film Festival

It’s hard to beat a sunny September afternoon like this: You take a back road past trees whose leaves are showing the first colors of fall. You drive by a…
September 22, 2016

A “live” annotation of a Pulitzer-winning lede: Madeleine Blais and “Zepp’s Last Stand”

The Nieman Foundation hosted a fabulous event celebrating the Pulitzer’s Centennial. The theater was gorgeous, the stars  A-list (Robert Caro, Laura Poitras and Bob Woodward, to name a few), the…
September 20, 2016

Robert Caro and the lightbulb moment he had writing his first book, “The Power Broker”

When the historian Robert Caro spoke at the recent Pulitzer Centennial event hosted by the Nieman Foundation, one emotion was palpable: outrage.Fifty years after he wrote about the Roth family…
September 19, 2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda gives some really cool tips on how to become a great storyteller

Lin-Manuel Miranda gives some really cool tips on how to become a great storyteller

You don’t have to be a “Hamilton” groupie to love this wonderful interview that Nieman Foundation Curator Ann Marie Lipinski did recently with the blockbuster play’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda. (But…
September 16, 2016
Rashomon (the ice cream truck version), and a headline-happy dame called Florabel Muir

Rashomon (the ice cream truck version), and a headline-happy dame called Florabel Muir

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
September 9, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! David Wolman + Julian Smith and "The Cold War"

Annotation Tuesday! David Wolman + Julian Smith and “The Cold War”

When you read a lot of longform stories, you can’t help noticing something: They tend to be very, very serious.Think fast: How many made you laugh?Epic magazine’s “The Cold War,”…
September 6, 2016