From the Editor

By Jacqui BanaszynskiFor five years now, I’ve been acutely aware of the arrival of Friday mornings. Not because my datebook tells me so. Not because the weekend is ahead. But…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiThe recent issues I could write about for Storyboard are many: the pros and cons of using a thesaurus; how we both hunger for and dread feedback on…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiLast week life brought me one of those full-circle gifts. I’m hosting my friend Cristian Lupsa for a few days in Seattle and at the mountain cabin. I…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiI still remember, with a wince and a laugh, the time I was fretting over a conference keynote. I had X amount of time, X-plus amount of material…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiFor four decades now, I’ve laid down a motivational challenge for myself: Can I be involved in at least one journalism project each year that wins a significant…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiOne of the tragic realities and outrages of life in America has become the steady drumbeat of gun deaths. The news takes on a Gatling-gun pace — and…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiA reminder about caution on the keyboard was inspired by last week’s news of the arrest of the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking Pentagon documents that contained…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiDo anything often enough and long enough and you probably, at times, fall into the occasional rut. I don’t know of any fellow journalist, no matter their age…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiThe video screens on the back of airplane seats are small and often smudged. But for many years, when I flew twice a week for work, that’s where…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiConsider the tease of the writer’s muse. We wait and wait and wait for her to show up, and get more anxious about her absence as deadline nears.…