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5(ish) Questions: Josh O'Kane and "The Ballad of Fogarty's Cove"

5(ish) Questions: Josh O’Kane and “The Ballad of Fogarty’s Cove”

The Globe and Mail reporter talks about his Nova Scotia story exploring the love of a place, and the sorrow over leaving when it cannot sustain you
May 9, 2017
5(ish) Questions: Iran’s "Blogfather" talks algorithms, hyperlinks and the lost art of communication

5(ish) Questions: Iran’s “Blogfather” talks algorithms, hyperlinks and the lost art of communication

Hossein Derakhshan spent six years in an Iranian prison cell; when he came out, the online world had changed -- for the worse, he believes
April 6, 2017
The making of binge-worthy serial narratives, from "S-Town" to "Framed"

The making of binge-worthy serial narratives, from “S-Town” to “Framed”

Podcasts and print alike are reinvigorating a form of storytelling that Dickens and Homer used to hook readers: "to be continued..."
April 4, 2017
Trying to find the dividing line between "travel writing" and "writing about place"

Trying to find the dividing line between “travel writing” and “writing about place”

Two-time Pulitzer winner Paul Salopek, now on a years-long trek that is "slow journalism" personified, and two others talk about storytelling that happens to involve travel
February 2, 2017
Annotation Tuesday! Jessica Weisberg and The Atavist's "A Family Matter"

Annotation Tuesday! Jessica Weisberg and The Atavist’s “A Family Matter”

The writer talks about immersive reporting for her story on two parents' fight to get their kids back from Child Protective Services, and her work across narrative platforms
January 3, 2017
Covering the last days of Aleppo: Even from afar, the heart breaks

Covering the last days of Aleppo: Even from afar, the heart breaks

Journalist Kareem Shaheen, reporting for the Guardian on the besieged Syrian city, talks about the power, and the limitations, of using Skype, Twitter and WhatsApp to report the story
December 22, 2016
Why's This So Good: Fidel Castro and the art of the obit

Why’s This So Good: Fidel Castro and the art of the obit

Anyone who’s worked in the obituary or foreign news section of a news outlet has a story or two to tell about the Fidel Castro obituary, otherwise known as Bane…
November 28, 2016
Shifting the Focus

Shifting the Focus

Short, powerful documentaries are on the rise as news outlets compete for hearts and minds
November 10, 2016
Learning about writing from Fred Astaire and Beyoncé, and a "Passport" to dread

Learning about writing from Fred Astaire and Beyoncé, and a “Passport” to dread

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
November 4, 2016
On covering Black Lives Matter, and the white working class

On covering Black Lives Matter, and the white working class

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
October 14, 2016