Story Craft 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 “I never intended to write a Starbucks story.” Starbucks employee Jannette Navarro and her son, Gavin, were the subjects of a story by New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor. (Reprinted with permission.) Few pieces of journalism — let… August 25, 2014 Louise Kiernan “Stay away from your phone” Tom HuangTom Huang, the Sunday and enterprise editor at the Dallas Morning News, offered some good ideas for sharpening storytelling skills during a writing panel at last week’s Asian American… August 19, 2014 Louise Kiernan Got 19 bucks? Take an online storytelling class with Susan Orlean. Bestselling author and New Yorker writer Susan Orlean breaks down a semester’s worth of storytelling instruction in a two-hour online video course for Skillshare.com. For $19, you get tips and insight on 14 topics, from… July 30, 2014 Paige Williams Previous 1 … 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 … 38 Next
