Search results for “nieman” Showing 1720 results What we’re reading: one-eyed bullfighters, Boo, drug wars, breasts, death in the Yukon and swimming-pool salesmen There’s a lot of great work out there right now, people! Here are some of the stories and storytellers who’ve caught our attention lately — and why. Highlights: a Mexican cemetery… October 11, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 62: Ian Parker profiles Alec Baldwin As far as I can tell, the New Yorker staff writer Ian Parker has no Twitter feed, no website, no LinkedIn page and no TED profile. Even for that magazine, he's pretty… October 9, 2012 David Finkel on winning the MacArthur "genius" grant David FinkelDavid Finkel of The Washington Post won a MacArthur “genius” grant this week for his body of long-form narrative journalism, particularly his coverage of the war in Iraq. In… October 5, 2012 Audio danger: Going live One morning this summer, I got on the elevator with a colleague at WNYC, where I’m working as an interim producer for national programs. My elevator pal had just gotten… October 4, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 61: John McPhee and the archdruid The New Journalism of the 1960s and 1970s – by Tom Wolfe, Hunter Thompson, and others – made the biggest collective splash in recent American nonfiction, and certainly enlarged our… October 2, 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 Building blocks: Scene, detail, character From the Storyboard archives: tips on three of the fundamentals of narrative, from a trio of accomplished writers and editors. Click through to their full essays, and in the meantime… September 27, 2012 "Why’s this so good?" No. 60: Jeanne Marie Laskas and the empire of ice For the past few years, GQ correspondent Jeanne Marie Laskas has explored the myriad behind-the-scenes lives that help make our first-world reality what it is today. To borrow a couple… September 25, 2012 Viewfinder: We need to talk Let’s talk about why we’re not talking, shall we?I’ve noticed a recent video journalism trend against treating the audience to a bit of narration. Yes, I said narration: the stuff… September 21, 2012 “What’s on your syllabus?” Narrative professors on what stories and books they assign Every narrative journalist can point to a story or a book, or two, that changed their lives, and that made them want to tell true stories. What story does it for… September 20, 2012 Previous 1 … 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 … 172 Next
