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Barry Bearak on vigilante murder: "I had to find out why this man was killed"

Barry Bearak on vigilante murder: "I had to find out why this man was killed"

Our latest Editors’ Roundtable looks at Barry Bearak's story “Watching the Murder of an Innocent Man,” from the New York Times. Bearak won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2001 coverage of…
July 22, 2011
Lane DeGregory on diving into Florida dreams

Lane DeGregory on diving into Florida dreams

Our first Editors’ Roundtable of the month looked at “Diving Headlong into a Sunny Paradise,” by Lane DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times, in which a young couple arrives in Florida…
July 6, 2011

"Why's this so good?" – a collaboration on the magic of long-form stories

We’re excited to announce a new feature that we’ll be rolling out next week on Nieman Storyboard. “Why’s This So Good?” will explore what makes classic narrative nonfiction stories worth…
June 24, 2011
Jerry Brewer on change-up pitches, round characters and how to ruin a perfectly good column

Jerry Brewer on change-up pitches, round characters and how to ruin a perfectly good column

In our last post, the Editors’ Roundtable looked at a Seattle Times column about a record-setting Girl Scout cookie-seller who got to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Seattle…
June 16, 2011

Stephanie McCrummen on bare-bones writing, "working backwards" and editors' good ideas

Yesterday, our Editors’ Roundtable dissected “Ala. tornado twists two families together” by Stephanie McCrummen, which follows the development of an unlikely connection in the aftermath of a tornado. Late last…
June 7, 2011

What we’re reading: a roundup of tornado stories

The next Editors’ Roundtable, which will run on Monday, looks at a story on the tornado that hit Rainsville, Ala., earlier this month. Unfortunately, tragedy has struck again, and journalists…
May 31, 2011
Ben Montgomery explores a mystery: "This is a story about grief"

Ben Montgomery explores a mystery: "This is a story about grief"

Yesterday our Editors’ Roundtable looked at “When a diver goes missing, a deep cave is scene of a deeper mystery,” by Ben Montgomery. An enterprise reporter at the St. Petersburg Times,…
May 5, 2011
Michael Paterniti on the legacy of Gitmo: “I didn’t want to turn it into some neat parable”

Michael Paterniti on the legacy of Gitmo: “I didn’t want to turn it into some neat parable”

We recently posted our latest Editors’ Roundtable, which dissected “The Boy from Gitmo” by Mike Paterniti. A National Magazine Award winner (and a seven-time finalist), Paterniti writes for GQ and…
April 7, 2011
Mac McClelland on scenes, narrative and sexual assault in post-quake Haiti

Mac McClelland on scenes, narrative and sexual assault in post-quake Haiti

Earlier today, we posted our second Editors’ Roundtable, in which our group of veterans examined a piece of narrative nonfiction. The story for the second outing is “Welcome to Haiti's Reconstruction…
March 3, 2011

Time's David Von Drehle on narrating tragedy and the evolution of his Tucson story

Yesterday, we posted our first Editors’ Roundtable, in which a group of word wizards did their magic on a piece of narrative nonfiction. Our debut story for consideration was “The Real…
February 2, 2011