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Top 10 Top 10 Lists — storytelling edition

Top 10 Top 10 Lists — storytelling edition

Because why not a list of lists? Ten* worth the storyteller's time:1) “130 years of must-read stories for digital journalists: five lessons from 1851-1981,” by Abraham Hyatt, editor of the…
December 20, 2013
Best of Storyboard 2013 — reader favorites

Best of Storyboard 2013 — reader favorites

We’ve configured this year’s Best of Storyboard roundup by category* this year, as opposed to ranking them by readership, though we’ll say that in terms of pageviews the Gay Talese/Elon…
December 19, 2013
'Your job is to be a storyteller' — Pamela Colloff, winner of this year's Louis M. Lyons Award

‘Your job is to be a storyteller’ — Pamela Colloff, winner of this year’s Louis M. Lyons Award

Each year, the current class of Nieman Fellows chooses a winner of the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. Winners have included reporters who’ve put their…
December 16, 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

Storytelling is magic

Editor’s note: A few weeks ago, Romania’s Decât o Revistă magazine attracted a crowd of writers, editors, photographers and designers to its third annual “Power of Storytelling” conference, in Bucharest. The conference,…
October 22, 2013
Featured Fellow: Susan Orlean

Featured Fellow: Susan Orlean

Susan OrleanNieman Class of 2004The celebrated author has been a New Yorker staff writer since 1992, and she contributed to the magazine’s Talk of the Town section for five years…
September 20, 2013
Featured Fellow: Tommy Tomlinson

Featured Fellow: Tommy Tomlinson

Tommy TomlinsonNieman Class of 2009Tomlinson spent 23 years as a local columnist at the Charlotte Observer, writing the kind of pieces that readers clipped for their scrapbooks and refrigerators. He…
September 19, 2013
Collected wisdom: Orlean, Atkinson, Powers, Corchado, Britt, Merida, Bennett and more

Collected wisdom: Orlean, Atkinson, Powers, Corchado, Britt, Merida, Bennett and more

If you missed a post or two in our weeklong recap of this year's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, here's the roundup: On Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Times' Kelley Benham and…
August 2, 2013