Short Takes

Newsroom Ode #1: Friday night on the city desk

Newsroom Ode #1: Friday night on the city desk

EDITOR’S NOTE: For something a bit different, we offer the Monday bonus: an eight-week series (give or take) of poems that chronicle the legacy newsroom. Each is written from first-person…
January 7, 2019
Don Nelson
An "Advent Manifesto" written in 100 short bursts becomes a study in deep writing

An “Advent Manifesto” written in 100 short bursts becomes a study in deep writing

EDITOR’S NOTE: The below note came to us from Cathy Grimes, a Nieman Fellow alum and faithful Storyboard reader. She said it was prompted by recent posts in which other…
December 24, 2018
Cathy Grimes
Large writing lessons from a small space

Large writing lessons from a small space

A morning’s hasty scroll through Facebook earlier this week showed the above photo from Traci Angel, an author, teacher and freelancer based in Kansas City and a recent Storyboard contributor.…
November 22, 2018
Jacqui Banaszynski
Don't be a turkey: Earn your flight wings

Don’t be a turkey: Earn your flight wings

Editor’s note: At Storyboard, we’re always looking for moments of inspiration, epiphany and, yes, struggle that we can all relate to or learn from. We hope to make such discoveries…
October 17, 2018
Jacqui Banaszynski
Letter from Sing Sing: Writing from inside

Letter from Sing Sing: Writing from inside

Editor’s note: Reporter and teacher Shaheen Pasha (2018 Nieman Fellow) met John J. Lennon when she interviewed him for a larger package she did on writing programs and newspapers inside America’s prisons.…
August 9, 2018
John J. Lennon
From the Storyboard vaults: Some "ghost" stories for Halloween

From the Storyboard vaults: Some “ghost” stories for Halloween

In honor of Halloween, here are a few “ghost” stories that got the Storyboard treatment in years past. All treats, no tricks.Enjoy!https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/whys-this-so-good-no-33-michael-paterniti-long-fall-of-111-heavy-thomas-curwen/https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/high-country-news-michelle-nijhuis-on-living-with-an-uneasy-ghost/https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/steve-luxenberg-interview-on-annies-ghosts-a-journey-into-a-family-secret/…
October 31, 2016
Kari Howard
Boris, Brexit and Bond (oh, and Tom Wolfe): a few of the week's favorite things

Boris, Brexit and Bond (oh, and Tom Wolfe): a few of the week’s favorite things

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
July 8, 2016
Kari Howard
Musicians who love to write, and writers who love music -- a roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure

Musicians who love to write, and writers who love music — a roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
July 1, 2016
Kari Howard
Celibates and e.e. cummings and "Creep" -- a weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure

Celibates and e.e. cummings and “Creep” — a weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
June 24, 2016
Kari Howard
Bowie and Thoreau -- now there's a pair to draw to

Bowie and Thoreau — now there’s a pair to draw to

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
June 17, 2016
Kari Howard