Search results for “nieman” Showing 1720 results Andrew Rice on narrative and Niagara Falls: "It’s hard to believe that next to this natural wonder, there’s this amazing poverty" We talked this week with Andrew Rice, whose “The Fall of Niagara Falls” is our latest Notable Narrative. Rice’s career has included stints at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New… December 10, 2010 Somewhere over the rainbow: the past and future of Niagara Falls AP Photo/McElroy SilA tourist attraction falls into decline. Grand urban renewal schemes fail to deliver. Residents talk about mafia infiltration, corruption and random arson.What might sound like a lost Raymond… December 8, 2010 Twitter as story: a work in progress Stephen Colbert mocking the national Christmas tree’s Twitter account shows that the frivolousness of the plucky social media tool is still up for debate. No doubt Twitter’s popularity offsets some… December 6, 2010 Michael Paterniti on storytelling (part 2): William Burroughs’ final months, Mitterrand’s last meal, and magical cheese Today we bring you Part 2 of a discussion on narrative nonfiction with long-form storyteller Michael Paterniti. (If you just tuned in to the conversation, you might want to check… November 30, 2010 Michael Paterniti on narrative voice, the power of rewrite, Bill Clinton, old cheese, and flying Spaniards (part 1) Veteran magazine writer Michael Paterniti visited the Nieman Foundation a couple of weeks ago for a discussion about literary journalism with Narrative Writing instructor Paige Williams’ class and other fellows.… November 29, 2010 Statistics vs. storytelling: the grudge match? Narrative journalism has been dogged for years by the idea that it is too subjective or somehow less capable of conveying hard numbers to the public than a traditional news… November 19, 2010 What we’re watching: the costs of heaven, veterans who seek shelter from war, and work from NPPA and College Photographer of the Year contests For our latest installment, we were taken with some recent contest winners, including a documentary about a group of adult men with autism and their 65-year-old caretaker, who wants to… November 16, 2010 Jay Caspian Kang on the heart of gambling narratives: "All you remember, really, is losing" We talked by phone this week with Jay Caspian Kang, author of The Morning News essay "The High Is Always the Pain, and the Pain Is Always the High," our… November 12, 2010 Losing in Vegas: Jay Caspian Kang’s “literary moment” In our latest Notable Narrative, “The High Is Always the Pain, and the Pain Is Always the High,” we meet Jay Caspian Kang, a gambler who dreams of being a… November 11, 2010 Roy Peter Clark on "the power of the parts" for storytelling Roy Peter Clark holds the post of senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, and as such is one of narrative journalism's hardest-working midwives. You may have already encountered him here on… November 9, 2010 Previous 1 … 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 … 172 Next
