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Embracing the lost art of people-watching

Embracing the lost art of people-watching

Plus: Submit your application for the Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism
Remembering The New Yorker's Mark Singer

Remembering The New Yorker’s Mark Singer

Plus: What makes an ideal Talk of the Town story? And pitching an editor instead of a publication
A Juneteenth reading list

A Juneteenth reading list

Plus: A high school girls’ water polo team fights for gender equity, and breakable rules for writers
Inside an award-winning book proposal

Inside an award-winning book proposal

Plus: Lessons from an author after the book comes out, and tell us your favorite stories in song
Summer inspiration for journalists and writers

Summer inspiration for journalists and writers

Plus: Season Two of Nieman Storyboard’s podcast is coming soon, and is an MFA worth it?
A closer look at a Pulitzer finalist story about mental illness and recovery

A closer look at a Pulitzer finalist story about mental illness and recovery

Rachel Aviv's annotations on a woman's schizophrenia diagnosis. Plus: Asking editors the right questions
Scenes from National Magazine Award winners

Scenes from National Magazine Award winners

Plus: More AI cautionary tales, how to create a book X-ray, and a Nieman Fellow's new book on writing
Your next story is outside

Your next story is outside

Plus: Tell us your favorite graduation speech, ProPublica's new podcast, and a rejoinder to AI slop
Behind the scenes as a Pulitzer juror

Behind the scenes as a Pulitzer juror

And Aaron Parsley dedicates the Feature Writing honor to his nephew. Plus: 2027 Nieman Fellows, and IRE Award winners
Tell us your best advice for journalists in the current moment

Tell us your best advice for journalists in the current moment

Plus: Poynter and Headliner awards, a guide to reported and braided essays, and a history of The New Yorker's short stories