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Gay Talese: the latest scorecard on the scandals

The New Journalism demigod faces controversy over a questionable source for his new book, and the writer of an epic Annotation Tuesday! of "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" comes to…
July 13, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" Michael Brick and Jingo Unchained

“Why’s This So Good?” Michael Brick and Jingo Unchained

This is the tenth of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project]. It’s also the longest by far; where all…
June 30, 2016

Annotation Tuesday: The shadowy world of “involuntary celibates”

Elliot Rodger, 22, who went on a deadly rampage near a California university, was an “involuntary celibate.” Most in the “incel” culture disavowed his actions. Writer Peter C. Baker’s recent…
June 21, 2016
Journalism and Art: Complementary and Collaborative Storytelling

Journalism and Art: Complementary and Collaborative Storytelling

As journalists use art to bring stories off the page, artists adopt reporting techniques to address social issues
March 28, 2016

Annotation Tuesday! Emily Yoffe and “The College Rape Overcorrection”

How to spark strong emotions in a story with lots of numbers and no central character
January 26, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Anthony Ronzio of the Bangor Daily News on "The Good Life"

Annotation Tuesday! Anthony Ronzio of the Bangor Daily News on “The Good Life”

Anthony Ronzio (Credit: Gabor Degre | BDN)Over the past two years the Bangor Daily News, a small-town newspaper in central Maine, has made a name for itself by publishing ambitious…
January 12, 2016
Leslie Jamison: The Possibilities of the Personal

Leslie Jamison: The Possibilities of the Personal

The author of The Empathy Exams on whether empathy can be taught and how personal experience and specificities can link to abstract inquiries
October 21, 2015
The Narrative Appeal of Documentary Theater

The Narrative Appeal of Documentary Theater

Why journalists are turning to playwriting to express the 'dramatic truth' at the heart of their stories
July 29, 2015

Billy Collins on defying convention, the reader’s indifference and making other writers jealous

Billy Collins, who served as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003, spoke today at the annual Symposium for Professional Wine Writers in Napa Valley. Tough gig, right?He may describe…
February 18, 2015

Checking out the National Magazine Award Winners

The 2015 National Magazine Awards, announced last night in New York, featured a number of first-time winners and surprise picks, as well as some expected stalwarts, giving readers some new…
February 3, 2015