Nieman Storyboard

Putting the ‘I’ in storytelling

From the editor

Putting the ‘I’ in storytelling

In reporting about psilocybin, Robert Sanchez reveals his own story. Plus: True Story Award, Roy Peter Clark, and the Liang-Zhou Nieman Fellowship

Mark Armstrong

Remembering William Langewiesche

From the editor

Remembering William Langewiesche

Plus: The Black List’s Franklin Leonard on journalism and Hollywood, and finding stories ‘in the strange minutiae’

Mark Armstrong

The Black List’s Franklin Leonard on the power of ‘Based on a true story’ in Hollywood

Podcast

The Black List’s Franklin Leonard on the power of ‘Based on a true story’ in Hollywood

The producer and founder reflects on 20 years of celebrating and supporting screenwriters, and how true stories become entertainment

Marina Leigh

Introducing the Nieman Storyboard podcast: Stories from journalists, in their own words

From the Editor

Introducing the Nieman Storyboard podcast: Stories from journalists, in their own words

Erika Hayasaki on trauma-informed reporting, plus Claire Willett on Trump upending federal grants for artists and writers.

Mark Armstrong

Nieman Storyboard’s guides on storytelling

The art of pitching: How to sell your book or story idea

Story Craft

The art of pitching: How to sell your book or story idea

Editors from The Atavist, Wired, and more share what they’re looking for in a story or book proposal.
How to craft a narrative: Everything you need to know

Story Craft

How to craft a narrative: Everything you need to know

A four-part series on the key elements of nonfiction storytelling, including scene, character and endings.

Lauren Kessler

How to interview for narrative vs. news

Story Craft

How to interview for narrative vs. news

From broad and open-ended to narrow and specific: Journalist Kim Cross’s five-part series on interviewing for narrative nonfiction.

Kim Cross

Strictly Q&A

While reporting on magic mushrooms, a journalist tries microdosing and shares his own struggles

Strictly Q&A

While reporting on magic mushrooms, a journalist tries microdosing and shares his own struggles

Robert Sanchez of 5280 magazine reports on experiments around psilocybin therapy, while also using first person to tell his own story

Mark Armstrong

The Black List's Franklin Leonard on the power of 'Based on a true story' in Hollywood

Podcast Strictly Q&A

The Black List's Franklin Leonard on the power of 'Based on a true story' in Hollywood

The producer and founder reflects on 20 years of celebrating and supporting screenwriters, and how true stories become entertainment

Marina Leigh

How journalist Kent Babb used text messages to write about a daughter struggling to connect with her football star father

Strictly Q&A

How journalist Kent Babb used text messages to write about a daughter struggling to connect with her football star father

The Washington Post reporter tells the story of Jaedan Brown, and her father Corwin Brown's mental illness potentially caused by CTE.

Trevor Pyle

Story Annotations

Behind the Scenes: Bloomberg examines a private detention center and a town 'Addicted to ICE'

Story Annotations

Behind the Scenes: Bloomberg examines a private detention center and a town 'Addicted to ICE'

Rachel Adams-Heard, Polly Mosendz, and Fola Akinnibi looked at local government agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain immigrants in New Mexico

Mark Armstrong

A profile of a newspaper press becomes a requiem for an era

Story Annotations

A profile of a newspaper press becomes a requiem for an era

Los Angeles Times veteran Thomas Curwen found professionalism and pride in the last Friday night run of the newspaper's storied presses

Trevor Pyle

Finding a quiet voice in the center of America’s screaming immigration debate

Story Annotations

Finding a quiet voice in the center of America’s screaming immigration debate

The Washington Post's Ruby Cramer profiled a small-city selectman caught in the crossfire of fear, anger and blame over asylum seekers

Trevor Pyle

How a freelancer's story instincts landed a piece in The New York Times

Story Annotations

How a freelancer's story instincts landed a piece in The New York Times

Erika Hayasaki found characters, scenes and themes in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires that she couldn't set aside despite multiple rejections

Kim Cross

Story Craft

Inside 'Snitch City': How Boston Globe reporters turned a magazine story into a podcast

Inside 'Snitch City': How Boston Globe reporters turned a magazine story into a podcast

Lindsay Shachnow

The 'wheel of pain,' and other lessons in audio storytelling from Julia Barton

The 'wheel of pain,' and other lessons in audio storytelling from Julia Barton

Ava Berger

The Nieman Storyboard guide to books on storytelling

The Nieman Storyboard guide to books on storytelling

Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Researching a legendary race: How to use newspaper archives in crafting a narrative

Researching a legendary race: How to use newspaper archives in crafting a narrative

Frank Bures

Nieman Storyboard Newsletter

Putting the ‘I’ in storytelling

From the Editor

Putting the ‘I’ in storytelling

In reporting about psilocybin, Robert Sanchez reveals his own story. Plus: True Story Award, Roy Peter Clark, and the Liang-Zhou Nieman Fellowship

Mark Armstrong

Remembering William Langewiesche

From the Editor

Remembering William Langewiesche

Plus: The Black List's Franklin Leonard on journalism and Hollywood, and finding stories ‘in the strange minutiae’

Mark Armstrong

'Random normies' bearing witness

From the Editor

'Random normies' bearing witness

Plus: Kent Babb on a daughter's struggle to connect with her father, and European Press Prize winners

Mark Armstrong

Reading the show notes for lessons on storytelling

From the Editor

Reading the show notes for lessons on storytelling

Tech reporter Drew Harwell on the Nieman Storyboard podcast, plus Paige Williams visits a historic New York City resting place

Mark Armstrong