Search results for “Nieman conference on narrative journalism” Showing 239 results Reporting through privacy and pain to expose the scandal of Black amputations National Magazine Award winner Lizzie Presser documents the discrimination that leaves Black diabetes patients without easy and affordable care September 15, 2021 3 rejections before a successful pitch to ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network How freelancer Max Blau persisted to land an investigative project fellowship, then a staff reporting position August 18, 2021 Industry news that honors the craft and reflects the times Even the most dramatic news about the journalism is seldom a surprise. Budgets are cut. Awards are given. Veterans retire or are bought out. Book contracts are signed.But collecting a… July 1, 2021 Two anti-racist scholars and writers take on the cultural limits of “objectivity” In a final conversation at The Power of Narrative conference, Jelani Cobb and Ibram X. Kendi argue that narrative should be used to convey fuller truths April 7, 2021 The power and purpose of a writer’s voice Are you wondering how you can break out of writing brief news items into writing longer, more engaging narrative articles? Mark Kramer, the founding director of the Power of Narrative… March 30, 2021 Reconstructing the tragedy of COVID from the epicenter of New York City’s outbreak One of the most heartbreaking realities of the coronavirus pandemic is particularly harsh: Patients usually die alone, separated from their loved ones with only a cellphone or iPad to say… January 7, 2021 The struggle to define cinematic writing I’ve been struggling to find the right term for the nonfiction writing I most admire. Whether written by Joan Didion, David Grann, Susan Orlean, Héctor Tobar, Isabel Wilkerson, or Gene… October 6, 2020 Economic Hardship Reporting Project seeks story pitches that personalize poverty The Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) was born from a situation of precisely that: financial insecurity. Barbara Ehrenreich, author of the seminal 1996 work, “Nickel and Dimed,” co-founded the journalism… September 2, 2020 Writing rituals: Superstition or productivity? I’d heard the story many times before, but I still couldn’t believe it:Gay Talese pinned his manuscript pages to the wall of his office. He then walked across the room to… August 12, 2020 If no one reads the news, did it happen? The self-checkout line at my funky neighborhood grocery was wide open, but I waited for the old-fashioned line, with a checker and a bagger. I don’t like to weigh my… July 22, 2020 Previous 1 … 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 … 24 Next