Story Craft

From the Nieman Storyboard archives: the descriptions, the scenes, and the internal thoughts that bring characters to life in narrative nonfiction

The New Yorker staff writer shares his own dental history to tell a story about America's ailing health care system

Nieman Storyboard's archive of lessons and advice from some of the most memorable narrative nonfiction

For many authors, making big edits for a story or book doesn't mean throwing out valuable work

Line Vaaben and photographer Jacob Ehrbahn visit a palliative care unit for terminally ill patients for the Denmark-based outlet Politiken

‘The goal of art is to seek out something pure and true and to convey it.’ The author of ‘In Open Contempt’ on making sense of history and his own…

The Spotlight team looked for great characters and scenes to build their "audio-first" reporting project

The producer and former executive editor at Pushkin Industries shares insights on how to produce stories for podcasts and radio

Journalists, authors, producers, filmmakers, and Nieman Storyboard readers share more than 40 books that inspire their work.

In telling the story of a canoe race, Frank Bures had to find a way to blend firsthand accounts with archival news coverage.