Short Takes

Catch up on stories from the New Yorker, Chicago Tribune and NPR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYkHere are Storyboard’s three picks for your reading, viewing and dancing pleasure this weekend:In an essay entitled “Difference Maker: The childless, the parentless, and the Central Sadness,” Meghan Daum writes in the…
September 26, 2014
Louise Kiernan
First Listen: Apple’s iTunes carries more than 250,000 podcasts. Here are a few of the best for journalists

First Listen: Apple’s iTunes carries more than 250,000 podcasts. Here are a few of the best for journalists

“Strangers”Host/Producer: Lea ThauThrough conversations about life and death, love and heartbreak, and everything in between, people share the most intimate stories about their lives.Recommended Episode: “Gay Talese: Committed Voyeur” The…
September 11, 2014
Required Reading, Session Two

Required Reading, Session Two

Welcome to the second session of our discussion with narrative instructors about the stories they’re assigning students this fall. If you missed Monday’s recommendations from Alex Kotlowitz, Doug Foster and…
September 9, 2014
Louise Kiernan
Required Reading, Session One

Required Reading, Session One

As the academic year gets underway, we decided to ask some top narrative journalism instructors what they’re assigning their students to study this semester and why. There are some tried-and-true…
September 8, 2014
Louise Kiernan

3 (Stories) for 2 (Days)

It’s time for Storyboard’s three weekend picks. Here they are:In honor of Roger Federer’s gritty performance in Thursday’s U.S. Open quarterfinal, it seems fitting to re-read David Foster Wallace’s 2006…
September 5, 2014
Louise Kiernan

3 (Stories) for 3 (Days)

In between those end-of-summer barbecues and final visits to the beach, make time for some good storytelling this Labor Day holiday. Here are Storyboard’s three weekend picks:Writing for GQ in…
August 29, 2014
Louise Kiernan
3 (stories) for 2 (days): A weekend reading list

3 (stories) for 2 (days): A weekend reading list

Pam ColloffIt’s one of the last weekends of the summer and a good time to relax on the front porch with some of the recent noteworthy stories you may have…
August 22, 2014
Louise Kiernan

What we’re watching: Scholars talking literary journalism

This year’s International Association for Literary Journalism Studies* started today in Paris, and you can follow along via #IALJS9 or watch the events live. The full conference program is here. Ten recommended panels or presentations:“Hearing Their Voices:…
May 15, 2014
Paige Williams

The Music of Narrative: Songs from great literary journalism

A story without sound lies too dead on the page. Imagine “Mrs. Kelly’s Monster,” by Jon Franklin, without the pop … pop … pop of the operating-room sensors. Or Tom…
April 17, 2014
Paige Williams
Pinned: A boxer, a triple murder, an art mystery, a writing conference and how to get organized

Pinned: A boxer, a triple murder, an art mystery, a writing conference and how to get organized

Pinned this week for your storytelling pleasure: pieces on a jailhouse boxer, an old triple homicide in Texas, a billion dollars’ worth of recovered European art, a one-day writing conference and…
March 21, 2014
Paige Williams