Story Craft Michael Paterniti: Projecting Stories Bestselling author and GQ contributor Michael Paterniti shares stories on his reporting travels in Burma and his 'workman-like' attitude toward writing October 23, 2015 Cristian Lupșa Leslie Jamison: The Possibilities of the Personal The author of The Empathy Exams on whether empathy can be taught and how personal experience and specificities can link to abstract inquiries October 21, 2015 Cristian Lupșa How to Tell Powerful Narratives on Instagram Long-form narrative writer Neil Shea finds new storytelling possibilities in short posts on Instagram September 23, 2015 Neil Shea 23 Things I’ve Learned from (Not) Being a Columnist Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich delivered the following remarks as the keynote speaker at the 2015 conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists in Indianapolis on June 26:When I… July 16, 2015 Mary Schmich Peter Slevin tackles the biography of First Lady Michelle Obama Editor’s Note: Anyone who writes about politics and politicians knows how difficult it is to bring fresh insight to familiar issues and personalities. That challenge is even greater if your… June 29, 2015 Peter Slevin Turning a Narrative Story into a Documentary More than a few journalists have dreamed of turning their stories into films. Chicago Tribune features writer Kevin Pang actually did, producing a 90-minute documentary about a troubled chef’s attempt… January 22, 2015 Kevin Pang 10 Pieces of Wisdom from Top Writers As Matt Tullis writes in his accompanying essay, more than a dozen top narrative writers agreed to speak, either by Skype or in person, to his undergraduate journalism class at… January 8, 2015 What 14 Great Writers Taught One Journalism Class I knew it was going to be a great class the second week of the semester, when Mike Sager told my 11 undergraduate journalism majors about the time he snorted… January 8, 2015 Matt Tullis Jonathan Eig searches for the characters of his new book In previous books, best-selling author Jonathan Eig profiled baseball legend Lou Gehrig and Chicago gangster Al Capone. But as he set about researching his most recent project, he faced an interesting… October 14, 2014 Jonathan Eig Barbara Mahany and the spiritual landscape Editor’s Note: Welcome to the newest installment of “Writing the Book,” an occasional Storyboard feature in which journalists turned authors discuss the challenges of creating their work. In this essay,… October 1, 2014 Barbara Mahany Previous 1 … 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 … 38 Next
