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Harnessing the Power of Video Games for Journalism

Harnessing the Power of Video Games for Journalism

You’re looking at a map of New York City when a red stick figure drops on the corner of Nostrand and Atlantic in Brooklyn. “Lauren is having a heart attack!”…
January 11, 2016

Narrative Conferences and Workshops: Where to Hone Your Skills in 2016

Happy Narrative New Year! If you resolved to get better at narrative in 2016, or even just to figure out what it is, here’s a list of conferences and workshops…
January 6, 2016
In Search of the ‘Southern Voice’

In Search of the ‘Southern Voice’

When I was a child, my father would sometimes mention The Great Southern Novel he’d always wanted to write.I remember the protagonist as a poor, small-town man who’d somehow made…
December 16, 2015
Roger Lowenstein: “I don’t like the word simplify; I prefer the word explain”

Roger Lowenstein: “I don’t like the word simplify; I prefer the word explain”

Roger LowensteinRoger Lowenstein is the author of six nonfiction books, including his latest, American’s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve. A former Wall Street Journal reporter, he…
December 11, 2015
Annotation Tuesday! Boris Muñoz and "Emptying the Tower of David, the World’s Tallest Ghetto"

Annotation Tuesday! Boris Muñoz and “Emptying the Tower of David, the World’s Tallest Ghetto”

Boris MuñozBoris Muñoz has spent most of his journalistic career in Venezuela, but has lived in the U.S. both while pursuing a PhD at Rutgers and since his year as…
December 1, 2015

Amy Ellis Nutt: “Our Stories Choose Us”

Amy Ellis Nutt Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amy Ellis Nutt is the author of three non-fiction books, including the recently released “Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family.” The book…
November 12, 2015
9 Rules for Creative Work from Chris Jones, Esquire Writer and National Magazine Award-winner

9 Rules for Creative Work from Chris Jones, Esquire Writer and National Magazine Award-winner

The Power of Storytelling international conference in Bucharest just concluded its fifth edition in October, and thanks to conference founder Cristian Lupsa, editor of the nonfiction journal Decât o Revistă and a 2014 Nieman fellow, and his…
November 2, 2015
Jacqui Banaszynski: The Importance of Place

Jacqui Banaszynski: The Importance of Place

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jacqui Banaszynski on the role of place in stories
October 30, 2015
Carmen Bugan: Secret Police Records and The Language of Memory

Carmen Bugan: Secret Police Records and The Language of Memory

Romanian poet and author Carmen Bugan discusses the process of creating literary work from personal testimony
October 28, 2015
Michael Paterniti: Projecting Stories

Michael Paterniti: Projecting Stories

Bestselling author and GQ contributor Michael Paterniti shares stories on his reporting travels in Burma and his 'workman-like' attitude toward writing
October 23, 2015