Story Craft Want to make your headlines sing? Try writing to the beats of “Hamilton” As a newish multiplatform editor at The Washington Post, I’m always looking for help writing great headlines. My mind isn’t naturally filled with puns, I haven’t read reams of poetry… December 13, 2018 Lisa Grace Lednicer Thoughts on voice: What it is (and isn’t). And how to find yours Growing up in a family of Chinese immigrant mathematicians and scientists, then ditching my PhD in biology for a career in journalism makes me somewhat of a maverick. But that… November 6, 2018 Esther Wei-Yun Landhuis Telling the video story: Scatter visual breadcrumbs, keep the camera steady and shoot from the heart Early in his career, Eric Seals adopted a straightforward mission statement from a former colleague: “If you learn to shoot with your heart you will move people’s souls.” That has… October 26, 2018 Mary Ann Colihan Mic drop? A veteran longform writer trades notebook for headphones, text for sound Cynthia Gorney fumbled with gear and interviews to report her first podcast October 18, 2018 Cynthia Gorney Divining the true source of stories The tap water in Flint, Michigan, went bad more than four years ago, when the budget-strapped city stopped drawing its water from Lake Huron and the Detroit River and switched… October 11, 2018 Madeline Bodin The craft (and art) of the interview, from thoughtful homework to whatever happens Outline of interviewing processThe panel was promoted as “The Art of the Interview.” And based on the range of advice from four Seattle-based journalists, effective interviewing – arguably every reporter’s… October 4, 2018 Sally James Letter from Sing Sing: Writing from inside A convicted murderer shares what he learned about writing, and what writing taught him about himself and about the power of true stories August 9, 2018 John J. Lennon Learning to read: The daily news as information and inspiration Editor’s note: Our third Shop Class – part of our Story Craft posts – grew out of breaking news stories and blogs that offer rich lessons on how to do the… July 27, 2018 Jacqui Banaszynski Learning to see: A landscape of ice, a blind boy’s eyes, a grizzly bear and a wall stain How writers use color to develop metaphor, meaning and emotion July 25, 2018 Jacqui Banaszynski Learning to see beyond first sight Editor’s note: We are trying out a new feature. Call it writing practice (with a nod to Natalie Goldberg’s “Writing Down the Bones,” where I first encountered the term). Or… June 28, 2018 Jacqui Banaszynski Previous 1 … 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 … 38 Next
