Search results for “nieman” Showing 1727 results Rewriting the “hero’s journey” to fit a feminine narrative A writer on a hunt to understand classic story structure ponders politics, movies and her grandmother's life, and searches for a journey of their own August 19, 2020 Two veteran newswomen learn podcasting to retell the story of women’s suffrage Award-winning journalists Ellen Goodman and Lynn Sherr take a deep and intimate dive into the history of the 19th Amendment in "She Votes!" August 18, 2020 Bearing witness inside a funeral home at the pitch of the COVID pandemic Josh Sanburn went deep into a place of death — and found a story that teems with life.In “The Last of the First Responders,” published in June in Vanity Fair, … August 14, 2020 Writing rituals: Superstition or productivity? A book captures the obsessive habits of great authors — quirks that writing coach Chip Scanlan says help writers focus and summon the Muse August 12, 2020 Extraordinary access: A reporter follows a police officer on a mental health call Hannah Dreier of the Washington Post reveals the complexity of policing in her narrative of an officer, a troubled woman, a gun, and cell phone cameras August 11, 2020 The enduring power of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima”: the first “nonfiction novel” On the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb, Hersey's taut, unflinching story remains a masterpiece of narrative reporting August 6, 2020 How the “Beyonce of earthquakes” uses storytelling to explain science Call her the “Beyonce of earthquakes” or simply “the Earthquake Lady.” But when the foundations get shaky — whether it’s during a temblor or, now, a pandemic — Lucy Jones… August 4, 2020 When the bounds of conventional journalism are too tight I’ll go great lengths not to affect a story during the reporting process. Journalists are supposed to be the observer, not the actor, right? Our job is to witness and… July 31, 2020 How protest songs echo — and sometimes lead — the stories of our times On a warm spring night in 1974, I was an Ohio University student reporter amid a riot. Not a riot against repression or inequality or injustice or the Vietnam War,… July 29, 2020 What happens when a superstar novelist is asked to profile a superstar actress? Ann Patchett writes about Reese Witherspoon: No celebrity dirt, a storytelling structure, lots of dialog about books and houses and feminism July 28, 2020 Previous 1 … 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 … 173 Next
