Narrative News The value of villains: Here’s motivation for pursuing stories some might find off-putting We all love a good hero story: Spiderman swooping in to save the day and the girl; Batman brooding towards a better tomorrow; The Avengers joining forces to save the… November 7, 2019 Ioana Burtea The game-changing union of digital innovation and “emotional storytelling” The Financial Times is not typically linked with literary or narrative journalism. But Robin Kwong, head of digital delivery for the global news organization, is pushing to expand the approaches… October 30, 2019 Ioana Burtea Mastering the awkward art of the interview In the seven years since Max Linsky co-founded the Longform Podcast (with Evan Ratliff and Aaron Lammer), he has interviewed hundreds of storytelling luminaries: journalists, non-fiction writers and public figures.… October 25, 2019 Ioana Burtea A new “true story” award honors longform nonfiction from around the world The ceremony was held in a gilded, 115-year-old opera house in Bern, Switzerland. A giant faux bear shared the stage with a prominent news anchor, who emceed the event in… September 6, 2019 Jacqui Banaszynski Revisiting the “Ghost Ship” fire In early December, 2016, a fire broke out during a concert at “Ghost Ship,” a one-time warehouse in Oakland, California, that had been turned, mostly illegally and in fits and… September 6, 2019 Jacqui Banaszynski Gems of wisdom: Start writing, read out loud, and send handwritten notes I wasn’t sure what to expect.This would be my first time attending the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference and, as in any situation where I’m faced with the unknown, I was… August 1, 2019 Maya Jones Covering failures in the justice system with patience for facts and sensitivity to victims Notes from The Mayborn: Pamela Colloff on how to walk the careful line between journalistic revelation and dramatic exploitation July 31, 2019 David Tarrant “Righteous rage” and powerful journalism EDITOR’S NOTE: The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, now in its 15th year, has grown into one of the the premier journalistic gatherings in the United States. This year’s conference centered… July 23, 2019 Tom Huang The LA Times resurrects Column One A signature space for writers is revived and reimagined for the digital age (Creative risk encouraged. But nut graphs? Not so much) July 9, 2019 Linda Shaw A writer who cared enough to strap in; an editor who cared enough to show up EDITOR’S NOTE: It is not unusual these days to come across yet another announcement of the death of a notable journalist. Those who came into the profession during the heady… June 14, 2019 Tommy Tomlinson Previous 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 … 40 Next
