Story Craft 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 The email response to my story pitch came from the senior producer. It read, more or less:We want this. But do you have a clue how to do it?The actual… 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 Editor’s note: Reporter and teacher Shaheen Pasha (2018 Nieman Fellow) met John J. Lennon when she interviewed him for a larger package she did on writing programs and newspapers inside America’s prisons.… 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 Editor’s note: This is our second edition of Shop Class, a new Story Craft feature. The goal is to break down the work that goes into creating stories, and offer prompts or… 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 Steve Almond and “Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country” In the first half of my Nieman Fellowship, a great number of class discussions revolved around analyzing the outcome of the election that brought Donald Trump to power.Why had it… May 3, 2018 Christine Mungai Five immersive photographers share their experiences on gaining trust Access is everything when it comes to documentary photography. Of all the challenges that immersion storytellers face in their work, perhaps none is more formidable.[pq]”Humanity should always come first. What… April 19, 2018 John Happel Previous 1 … 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 … 38 Next
