Notable Narratives Stories behind bars: The power and pitfalls of “emotional truths” Author Lauren Kessler finds echoes of her work in a prisoner profile by Boston Globe reporter Evan Allen that reveals the journalist's role in the story May 13, 2022 Lauren Kessler What a modern reading of “The Canterbury Tales” can teach us A journalist's mother tuned her, and then her daughter, into the sound of written language by reading Chaucer aloud in Middle English April 15, 2022 Lisa Grace Lednicer Icy waters, lost treasures, timeless tales and the tricky route to immortality A biographer of Arctic explorers writes about the discovery of Shackleton's Endurance and why adventure narratives hold our attention through time April 6, 2022 Andrea Pitzer The pioneering narrative work of “girl stunt reporters” How Nellie Bly and a sisterhood of crusaders foreshadowed today's narrative nonfiction February 24, 2022 Kim Todd The making of Joan Didion: From fuzzy facts to peerless prose A re-read of Didion's work shows the evolution of excellence that came through years of hard work and self scrutiny January 14, 2022 Dale Keiger The bold Joan Didion story you probably never read A charter member of IRE carried lessons from Didion's probe of the 1989 Central Park jogger case throughout his career January 13, 2022 Steve Weinberg Epic history that inspired epic storytelling At the end of each semester, after all the discussions of craft, I remind my reporting students at the Missouri School of Journalism the why of it all: the larger… January 4, 2022 Tom Warhover Editing advice from the world’s best story critic: a child I had an exchange the other night with my 4 ½-year-old daughter about what qualifies as a story. Who knew one of the joys of parenthood would be to see… November 16, 2021 Jyoti Madhusoodanan A radio producer and print reporters partner on a narrative for multiple platforms EDITOR’S NOTE: Read an annotation of the prologue and first act of This American Life’s “Anatomy of Doubt.”CAUTION: The stories linked to and discussed in this package describe details of… June 2, 2021 Carly Stern Ernest Hemingway’s true and lasting writing lessons A new documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explores the complexity of the man, and the legacy of his work May 4, 2021 Dale Keiger Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 44 Next
