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Work the problem: Survival tips and resources for the narrative video journalist

Work the problem: Survival tips and resources for the narrative video journalist

Editor’s note: Our Work the Problem series has covered story regret, with Esquire‘s Tom Junod; self-editing, with Pulitzer winner Amy Ellis Nutt; and prospecting for narrative, with Storycraft author Jack Hart. Today’s…
November 21, 2013
Pinned: The danger edition

Pinned: The danger edition

New to our Pinterest page of storytelling wonders: mosquitoes, BASE jumpers, war crimes, gas leaks, cadavers, white noise, a self-policing ex-NFL player and the “problem” with narrative interactivity.From Recommended Reading:In…
November 8, 2013

“Pebbles in the Pond: Touching Hearts One Story at a Time”

Editor’s note: This is the fourth and last piece covering this year’s “Power of Storytelling” conference, in Bucharest. For the setup, and to watch Esquire‘s Chris Jones talk about the intersection of storytelling and…
November 1, 2013
Finding stories within the mess

Finding stories within the mess

Editor's note: This is the third piece covering this year’s “Power of Storytelling” conference in Bucharest. For the setup, and to watch Esquire's Chris Jones talk about the intersection of storytelling…
October 31, 2013
Telling true stories: Is it worth it? (Yes.)

Telling true stories: Is it worth it? (Yes.)

Editor's note: This is the second installment covering this year's "Power of Storytelling," an annual conference in Bucharest. For the setup, and to watch the first installment, in which Esquire's Chris…
October 24, 2013
Gay Talese explains why he wrote iconic Esquire profile "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold"

Gay Talese explains why he wrote iconic Esquire profile “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold”

Why did it strike a chord with people? Talese has no idea
October 8, 2013
Featured Fellow: Anne Hull

Featured Fellow: Anne Hull

Anne HullClass of 1995A longtime Washington Post reporter, Hull won the Pulitzer for Public Service in 2008, for reporting, with Dana Priest, that exposed substandard conditions at Walter Reed Army…
September 26, 2013
Featured Fellow: J.R. Moehringer

Featured Fellow: J.R. Moehringer

J.R. MoehringerNieman Class of 2001Here’s just some of the telling hardware Moehringer has taken home for his stories: Pulitzer Prize (2000) for feature writing; Pulitzer Prize finalist (1998) for feature…
September 18, 2013
Featured Fellow: Elizabeth Leland

Featured Fellow: Elizabeth Leland

Elizabeth LelandNieman Class of 1992A Charleston, S.C., native and a longtime Charlottean, Leland has written about the Carolinas way of life for more than 25 years. Charlotte Observer readers know and…
September 11, 2013
Featured Fellow: Cynthia Tucker

Featured Fellow: Cynthia Tucker

Cynthia TuckerNieman Class of 1989Tucker spent decades as an Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., and served as the editorial page editor. In 2011, she left the newspaper, to…
August 28, 2013