Notable Narratives

A doc film that gently unspools surprises

Filmmaker Eloisa Diez follows a trans man's journey to create a family of his own ~ and confronts her own storytelling stereotypes

By Line Vaaben • March 17, 2023

Alex Reyes de Anda with his partner, Fernanda, after giving birth to his daughter, Victoria

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Story Craft

The making of a (born) journalist

Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame may have been hard-wired to be a reporter but he also worked hard at his craft

By Don Nelson • March 17, 2023

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Writing without words

A watercolor workshop offers wisdom about the art and lifetime practice of storytelling in any form

By Jacqui Banaszynski • March 14, 2023

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Auschwitz stories told by those who lived them

By Andrea Pitzer
February 24, 2023

The director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland has collected hundreds of survivor testimonials, told with a rawness that no outsider could

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How a documentary filmmaker captures “lived experience”

By Kristen Chin
January 20, 2023

Omar Mullick, who made "Flight/Risk" about the Boeing 737 MAX crashes, discusses pros and cons of print vs film story work

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The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part IV: Pre-reporting possibilities

By Trevor Pyle
December 2, 2022

Mark Sherman of the Associated Press anticipates the impact of even the most unlikely Court ruling, then pre-reports and pre-writes multiple ledes

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The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part III: Analysis and meaning over scoops

By Trevor Pyle
December 1, 2022

Ian Millhiser of Vox views the Court through a political lens and draws on his law school degree to translate "demon" legal language

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The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part II: The intersection of law and politics

By Trevor Pyle
November 30, 2022

Pulitzer winner Lawrence Hurley recently moved from Reuters to NBC where he focuses on the "practical impact" of Court rulings

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The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part I: authoritative, clear and fast

By Trevor Pyle
November 29, 2022

Robert Barnes of the Washington Post strives to make his coverage accessible without losing complexity or context; legal experts help

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Peeling back bureaucracy one document, source and interview at a time

By Trevor Pyle
November 15, 2022

Immigration policy reporter Caitlin Dickerson of The Atlantic tore back the curtain on the U.S. family-separation policy

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How curiosity about cats inspired practical science stories

By Philip Kiefer
November 9, 2022

Atlantic science reporter Katherine J. Wu has made a mini-beat out of wondering about the unanswered questions to everyday life

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Print beat reporting vs documentary film drama: Pros and cons

By Kristen Chin
October 27, 2022

The Pulitzer-winning aerospace reporter for the Seattle Times became both source and star of a doc film about the Boeing 737 MAX

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How do you make the bear facts interesting?

By Elliott Almond
October 7, 2022

A member of the social media team at the National Park Service uses humor to engage an audience and keep park-goers safe

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So you want to write book? A long journey from newspaper reporter to book author

By Lisa Grace Lednicer
September 6, 2022

In "The Diary of a Misfit," Casey Parks' had to let go of some journalistic boundaries to write about being queer in the religious, rural South

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Combing through clips, records and emotions for lessons from the past

By Trevor Pyle
September 1, 2022

A Los Angeles Times reporter revisited a little-known U.S. Supreme Court abortion rights case that helped pave the way for Roe v. Wade

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