Search results for “citizen journalism” Showing 119 results Viewfinder: Video storytelling — yes, you can Until about the past decade, making films or videos required thousands of dollars of equipment, years of experience and an outlet, be it a theater or a TV station. Now… November 16, 2012 Politics & storytelling, a sampler: Thompson, McGinniss, Sullivan, Lepore, Bowden, Bellow Why hasn’t anybody Hunter S. Thompsonized this election? Or have they, and we missed it? Esquire’s Charlie Pierce approacheth –In the interest of keeping you abreast of news that hasn't… November 6, 2012 Notable narrative: "Fear of a Black President," by Ta-Nehisi Coates Guest-curating our latest Notable Narrative is Tom Levenson, professor of science writing at MIT and the author of four books, most recently Newton and the Counterfeiter. He chose Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Fear… September 28, 2012 New Niemans and their stories: Meet the Class of 2013 The first week of fall term ends today at Harvard, and the Nieman Foundation's newest class of fellows is settling in. The Nieman fellowship, which next year will celebrate its… September 7, 2012 "I wanted people who were beautifully imperfect" — Isabel Wilkerson on finding characters (Mayborn 2012, vol. 3) Isabel Wilkerson closed out the Mayborn by describing the 15 years she spent reporting and writing her book, The Warmth of Other Suns. The book chronicles the migration of 6… August 3, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 47: Calvin Trillin and classic Edna Buchanan Where is Edna Buchanan when we need her? Admittedly, the lede on this recent Associated Press story wasn’t half bad:MIAMI — A witness says a naked man chewing on the face of… June 19, 2012 Jeanne Marie Laskas on hidden lives, the search for the perfect protagonist, and the joys of long-form Our November Editors’ Roundtable looked at “Hecho en América,” a story by GQ correspondent Jeanne Marie Laskas about migrant blueberry pickers in Maine. Laskas’ work has been featured previously on this… November 18, 2011 “Why’s this so good?" No. 16: David Foster Wallace on the vagaries of cruising For seven days and seven nights in mid-March of 1995, David Foster Wallace took a cruise. He did not have a very good time. The results of the voyage are… October 18, 2011 Eli Saslow on writing news narratives, creating empathy and characters’ defining moments Our latest Notable Narrative comes from The Washington Post’s Eli Saslow, who wrote about a Wisconsin man’s attempt to understand what the federal budget debate means for his family. In… April 29, 2011 Nonny de la Peña on "Gone Gitmo," Stroome and the future of interactive storytelling I recently talked about journalism and storytelling with Nonny de la Peña, who is a senior research fellow in immersive journalism at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communications… January 3, 2011 Previous 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 Next
