Search results for “5 questions” Showing 792 results “Why’s This So Good?” No. 103: Michael Brick and “Dusk of the Drummer” This is the second of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project], each featuring an introduction by a writer who… May 17, 2016 “Why’s This So Good?” No. 102: Michael Brick and “A Hipster Quits Williamsburg” This is the first of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project], each featuring an introduction by a writer… May 10, 2016 Annotation Tuesday! Jill Lepore and “The Prodigal Daughter” The historian and New Yorker writer on breaking her rule against writing personal essays and why journalists must use history with caution April 12, 2016 Annotation Tuesday! Jenna Pirog on Virtual Reality in “The Displaced” A good story transports its audience to the scene of the action. The classics of narrative nonfiction are memorable because they find the words that put the reader in the… January 19, 2016 “Why’s This So Good?” No. 100: Susan Dominus and “Hana” Refugee children usually appear in the news media because they’ve died in a shocking accident, or they’re seen as a threat to the social order or the security of a… January 19, 2016 Best of Storyboard: Reader Favorites for 2014 This year marked some major changes at Storyboard: new website, new editor and new narrative territory. Our most popular posts of 2014 reflect some timely– and timeless– themes. Most notable… December 18, 2014 How we reveal our character Scenes from an election week. Plus: Selling a book proposal and the value of a ‘flop’ November 7, 2025 Meet the main characters: How six writers introduce their subjects to the reader From the Nieman Storyboard archives: the descriptions, the scenes, and the internal thoughts that bring characters to life in narrative nonfiction November 7, 2025 ‘Surprise is magic in journalism’ Author Claudia Rowe on writing about the foster care system. Plus: Keeping your day job while publishing books with Erin Somers October 24, 2025 National Book Award finalist Claudia Rowe on writing about teens and the foster care system The author of ‘Wards of the State’ on preparing sources to be part of a book and covering the foster care system-to-incarceration pipeline October 23, 2025 Previous 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 … 80 Next
