Story Craft The Nieman Storyboard guide to books on storytelling Journalists, authors, producers, filmmakers, and Nieman Storyboard readers share more than 40 books that inspire their work. April 17, 2025 Mallary Tenore Tarpley Researching a legendary race: How to use newspaper archives in crafting a narrative In telling the story of a canoe race, Frank Bures had to find a way to blend firsthand accounts with archival news coverage. April 9, 2025 Frank Bures We need fact-checkers more than ever. Here’s how to work with one. Journalist and author Kim Cross on organizing your reporting and preparing for the process. March 14, 2025 Kim Cross An editor learns a new narrative form: writing musicals After years working in newsrooms, Kara Cutruzzula uses her journalism skills to tell stories for the stage. March 6, 2025 Kara Cutruzzula The craft of memoir: queer joy, turtles, and caring for the reader in Edgar Gomez’s ‘Alligator Tears’ "You can take the reader out of that present moment and plop them somewhere else, and it can be meaningful, it can be strategic." February 27, 2025 Minda Honey Inside the acknowledgments: The making of Wright Thompson’s ‘The Barn’ You can learn a lot from a work of nonfiction by seeing whom the author thanks. February 20, 2025 Elon Green When digital outreach fails, try pen and paper Journalists can find value in the old-school approach of handwritten letters to gain interviews and thank sources December 19, 2024 Mallary Tenore Tarpley A journalist, a boy, and a surprising literary gift What a New York Times editor’s father-son trip can teach us about personal essay writing December 13, 2024 Mallary Tenore Tarpley 13 ways to consider an interview A magazine writer and editor shares real-life lessons from 50 years of interviewing: It's not a conversation and you are not a supplicant October 10, 2024 Dale Keiger 5 shared lessons from some masters of narrative nonfiction A journalist starting her career turned to the older generation of "new journalists" to learn the skills and ethics of narrative September 20, 2024 Grace Kenyon Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 40 Next
