Author

Mark Armstrong

Mark Armstrong is the editor of Nieman Storyboard. He is a producer, writer, and singer-songwriter. Mark was previously the founder of Longreads, the National Magazine Award-winning site that was dubbed “a digital renaissance for the long form” by The New York Times. And he is the co-founder of Ursa Story Company, which produces podcasts including Ursa Short Fiction and Reckon True Stories, dedicated to celebrating great storytelling.

Different ways of seeking truth

Different ways of seeking truth

Nadia Reiman on the process behind "This American Life," and Irvin Weathersby Jr.'s deeply personal approach to confronting history.
Putting the ‘I’ in storytelling

Putting the ‘I’ in storytelling

In reporting about psilocybin, Robert Sanchez reveals his own story. Plus: True Story Award, Roy Peter Clark, and the Liang-Zhou Nieman Fellowship
While reporting on magic mushrooms, a journalist tries microdosing and shares his own struggles

While reporting on magic mushrooms, a journalist tries microdosing and shares his own struggles

Robert Sanchez of 5280 magazine reports on experiments around psilocybin therapy, while also using first person to tell his own story
Remembering William Langewiesche

Remembering William Langewiesche

Plus: The Black List's Franklin Leonard on journalism and Hollywood, and finding stories ‘in the strange minutiae’
'Random normies' bearing witness

‘Random normies’ bearing witness

Plus: Kent Babb on a daughter's struggle to connect with her father, and European Press Prize winners
Reading the show notes for lessons on storytelling

Reading the show notes for lessons on storytelling

Tech reporter Drew Harwell on the Nieman Storyboard podcast, plus Paige Williams visits a historic New York City resting place
How a love letter becomes a documentary (and vice versa)

How a love letter becomes a documentary (and vice versa)

Filmmaker Matt Wolf on the making of "Pee-wee as Himself," plus Bloomberg’s report on one city's relationship with a private ICE detention center
Behind the Scenes: Bloomberg examines a private detention center and a town 'Addicted to ICE'

Behind the Scenes: Bloomberg examines a private detention center and a town ‘Addicted to ICE’

Rachel Adams-Heard, Polly Mosendz, and Fola Akinnibi looked at local government agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain immigrants in New Mexico
'What we work on are words': Seeking clarity and humanity in language

‘What we work on are words’: Seeking clarity and humanity in language

The Marshall Project's Akiba Solomon on the language of incarceration. Plus: Roxane Gay's syllabus, podcast budgets, and finding a story hook
Ira Glass on storytelling lessons from 30 years of ‘This American Life’

Ira Glass on storytelling lessons from 30 years of ‘This American Life’

Plus: Producer Nadia Reiman tells the story of a young woman discovering that her fiancé has been taken to CECOT prison in El Salvador