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Skip Hollandsworth on storytelling, listening, Hollywood, respect and the importance of getting out into the world

Skip Hollandsworth on storytelling, listening, Hollywood, respect and the importance of getting out into the world

No bullet-point tips list could compare with Skip Hollandworth’s Sunday sermonizing, which closed the 2013 Mayborn Conference. What follows is the Mayborn's video of Hollandsworth (followed by our selected excerpts)…
August 1, 2013
It's Mayborn Week at Storyboard!

It’s Mayborn Week at Storyboard!

Tomorrow through Friday we’ll feature exclusive outtakes from this month’s Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the University of North Texas. This year’s correspondents: veteran journalists Lee Hancock and Charlie Lewis,…
July 29, 2013
"Beyond the Finish Line," by Tim Rohan

“Beyond the Finish Line,” by Tim Rohan

Our latest Notable Narrative is Tim Rohan’s New York Times story on Jeff Bauman, the Boston Marathon bombing survivor made famous by the photo of him being rushed to safety…
July 15, 2013
Pamela Colloff and Tom Junod talk storytelling

Pamela Colloff and Tom Junod talk storytelling

At the recent City & Regional Magazine Association conference in Atlanta, Esquire’s Tom Junod and Texas Monthly’s Pamela Colloff interviewed each other for an audience of narrative lovers. Atlanta magazine's Tony Rehagen kindly…
June 6, 2013
Well hello there.

Well hello there.

Welcome, new readers! Our audience has grown considerably lately, so we thought this might be a good time to recap Storyboard’s goods and services, and to invite you to follow…
June 5, 2013
Professor Hersey: one student, the iconic author of 'Hiroshima,' and 6 timeless takeaways

Professor Hersey: one student, the iconic author of ‘Hiroshima,’ and 6 timeless takeaways

In good fiction, the reader absorbing a compelling narrative never notices the writer as intermediary. In nonfiction, that translator’s presence is inevitable. Since the former is the ideal relationship with…
May 30, 2013
Annotation Tuesday! Amy Wallace and one of "the most despised and feared" men in Hollywood

Annotation Tuesday! Amy Wallace and one of "the most despised and feared" men in Hollywood

When Amy Wallace profiled then-Variety editor Peter Bart for Los Angeles magazine, she took on issues of access, personality, misdirection, industry politics, journalism and retaliation. To write about a guy…
May 21, 2013
"Why's this so good?" No. 77: Danny and the carjackers

"Why’s this so good?" No. 77: Danny and the carjackers

@GlobeMoskowitzOne of the most riveting stories to emerge from the Boston Marathon bombing coverage was the Boston Globe piece, by Eric Moskowitz, about “Danny,” the young Chinese entrepreneur who spent…
May 7, 2013
Annotation Tuesday! Pamela Colloff and the innocent man, Part 2

Annotation Tuesday! Pamela Colloff and the innocent man, Part 2

Pamela Colloff's annotated “The Innocent Man” continues today, with the second and final part. (To read Part 1, go here.) The timing couldn't be better. On Monday, the American Society of Magazine…
April 2, 2013
2013 City & Regional Magazine Awards finalists (Part 1: Feature Story)

2013 City & Regional Magazine Awards finalists (Part 1: Feature Story)

The City and Regional Magazine Association and the Missouri School of Journalism this week announced finalists for the 2013 National City and Regional Magazine Awards. Los Angeles logged the most…
March 8, 2013