Search results for “5 questions” Showing 785 results Coming home from stories of war Last month, journalist, filmmaker and military veteran Zack Baddorf made a plea, in an essay for Nieman Reports, that more veterans consider careers in journalism and more newsrooms hire veterans.… December 4, 2019 Dishing up some sides of gratitude with notes Editor’s note: It’s Thanksgiving, that singular and, for many, favorite American holiday. We welcome you to hunt around for stories of the true origins of the day, rather than the… November 28, 2019 The 1619 project: Tracing steps backwards to find a way forward Four centuries ago this year, a privateer named the White Lion anchored off Point Comfort, an English colony in what is now Hampton, Virginia. In its cramped hold, it carried… November 26, 2019 Some warbly thoughts on “voice” Defining a writer’s “voice” has always stumped me. It came up again recently, when a journalism professor put me on speaker phone with her class of college freshmen, who had… November 22, 2019 A needle in time to heal pains of the past It is widely believed that storytellers can turn almost anything into a good story, which gives them a bottomless well of topics. But even the celebrated ones, like Romanian-Moldovan writer… November 22, 2019 Is it real? Or is it Instagram? The Internet of 2019 is rife with social-media influencers and articles about them. Much of the coverage is fawning and superficial: how to become one, how to make $3,000 per Instagram… November 13, 2019 These boots were made for discovery Tom Curwen’s new boots, size 17AAA, handmade by boot maker Randy MerrellThey say every good narrative is a journey.Los Angeles Times reporter Thomas Curwen starts his by looking down. Literally.… October 25, 2019 Mastering the awkward art of the interview In the seven years since Max Linsky co-founded the Longform Podcast (with Evan Ratliff and Aaron Lammer), he has interviewed hundreds of storytelling luminaries: journalists, non-fiction writers and public figures.… October 25, 2019 Lessons from biographer Robert Caro’s instructive mini-memoir “Working” If there were no Robert Caro, he could not easily be invented. Consider the job description: Commit your career to exhaustive research into the lives of two legendarily powerful men,… October 15, 2019 Stories that unfold — and pain that is measured — from the ground up You can almost smell the cedar-hewn totem poles and see them rise from the soil, so evocative is “We Didn’t Stand A Chance,” Joshua Hunt’s personal essay about opioid abuse… October 9, 2019 Previous 1 … 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 … 79 Next
