Nieman Storyboard

When digital outreach fails, try pen and paper 

Story Craft

When digital outreach fails, try pen and paper 

Journalists can find value in the old-school approach of handwritten letters to gain interviews and thank sources

Mallary Tenore Tarpley

A journalist, a boy, and a surprising literary gift  A journalist, a boy, and a surprising literary gift 

Story Craft

A journalist, a boy, and a surprising literary gift 

What a New York Times editor’s father-son trip can teach us about personal essay writing

Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Passing the torch of the creative nonfiction movement Passing the torch of the creative nonfiction movement

Narrative News

Passing the torch of the creative nonfiction movement

Narrative journalism guru Lee Gutkind sunsets his seminal magazine and launches a partnership with Narratively

Kim Cross

Effective editing: “I’m in service of you, the writer” Effective editing: “I’m in service of you, the writer”

Strictly Q&A

Effective editing: “I’m in service of you, the writer”

Author Glenn Stout has built a following as a freelance editor, giving writers confidence, solutions and sometimes channeling their voice

Carly Stern

Story Annotations

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

Digital Storytelling

Video essentials, solo production and — of course — camera gear

Digital Storytelling

Video essentials, solo production and — of course — camera gear

Alexander Trowbridge

Digital Storytelling

This mobile editing challenge proves you can produce great video anywhere

 EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in our five-part video series, “Field Testing,” in which independent video producer Alexander Trowbridge retreats to a farm to learn the tools and skills necessary for anyone to make compelling visual stories when working alone in the field. Watch Episode 1 here. Watch Episode 2 here. Watch Episode […]

Alexander Trowbridge

Digital Storytelling

Everything you need (and more) to shoot great selfie video

 EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in our five-part video series, Field Testing, in which independent video producer Alexander Trowbridge retreats to a farm to learn the tools and skills necessary for anyone to make compelling visual stories when working alone in the field. Watch Episode 1 here. Watch Episode 2 here. The rest […]

Alexander Trowbridge

How to take your journalism to new heights with a drone

Digital Storytelling

How to take your journalism to new heights with a drone

Alexander Trowbridge

Strictly Q&A

Effective editing: “I’m in service of you, the writer”

Strictly Q&A

Effective editing: “I’m in service of you, the writer”

Author Glenn Stout has built a following as a freelance editor, giving writers confidence, solutions and sometimes channeling their voice

Carly Stern

Effective editing: Get on the phone to talk through ideas and problems

Strictly Q&A

Effective editing: Get on the phone to talk through ideas and problems

After a decade of editing, The Atlantic's Family Editor Julie Beck is going to apply her experience to full-time writing of her own stories

Carly Stern

How a reporter glimpsed the future of America in a crystal-ball city

Strictly Q&A

How a reporter glimpsed the future of America in a crystal-ball city

Atlantic writer George Packer takes readers to the grounded realities of America's battles over growth, race, climate change and water

Trevor Pyle