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David Grann on murder, madness and writing for The New Yorker

David Grann on murder, madness and writing for The New Yorker

After years spent thinking he would become a novelist, David Grann turned to nonfiction, realizing that if he found intriguing characters and situations in real life, he “simply had to excavate…
April 5, 2010

Sports Illustrated's Alexander Wolff on writing and the future of narrative: “I’m not sure I’m going to be on that train”

Yesterday, we highlighted a Sports Illustrated story about the lone goal from a U.S.-England World Cup match in 1950 and the tragic disappearance of the man who scored it. Today, we hear…
April 1, 2010
“Bottoming Out” from the Las Vegas Sun: citizen journalism folded into multimedia storytelling

“Bottoming Out” from the Las Vegas Sun: citizen journalism folded into multimedia storytelling

When Las Vegas Sun staffer Scott Den Herder saw Tony McDew at an area nightclub last year, he could tell by McDew’s “outrageous” 1980s outfit and high-top fade haircut that…
March 22, 2010
Duckrabbit's Benjamin Chesterton on the Blindfolded Photographer

Duckrabbit’s Benjamin Chesterton on the Blindfolded Photographer

[We recently met Benjamin Chesterton at the Frontline/ICP symposium, where he participated in a discussion on the future of visual narrative. He had some strong opinions about photojournalists and storytelling, and we thought our…
March 18, 2010

Walk on the wild side: animal stories that don’t stand up

When it comes to wildlife narratives, writer Bryan Christy wants more accountability from reporters.Christy wrote us in response to our Friday issue of the Narrative Digest, which featured coverage of a zoo, a…
March 8, 2010
Interview: Studio 360's Lu Olkowski on multimedia, poetry and the working poor

Interview: Studio 360’s Lu Olkowski on multimedia, poetry and the working poor

We talked by phone last week with Lu Olkowski, a contributing producer with public radio's Studio 360 and co-creator of our latest Notable Narrative, “Women of Troy.” Here, Olkowski describes how the…
January 21, 2010

Poetry as narrative journalism? You’d be surprised.

When people talk about journalism tottering off into quaint irrelevance, there is a tendency to compare journalism to poetry. In a post this week at PBS Idea Lab, Spot.Us founder David Cohn…
January 21, 2010
Mother Jones' Dave Gilson: There's a riot goin' on

Mother Jones’ Dave Gilson: There’s a riot goin’ on

Dave GilsonA scene from the opening of a prime-time cable series? Nope—it's the lead from a story in last month’s Mother Jones. Dave Gilson’s piece narrates a mock riot in…
December 14, 2009