Search results for “power of storytelling” Showing 430 results How to become a “five-tool” storyteller Major League Baseball, that beloved summer sport, returns to a shortened season later this month. Or at least it is scheduled to, but as with all things in the time… July 14, 2020 How the personal narrative can make the difference between prison and release A veteran journalist discovers the role of story in America's prison system — and "human resilience and grace in the face of adversity" February 25, 2020 Using narrative digression to weave backstory, context and suspense into stories I’m bleary-eyed as I write this. Late last night, I finished several weeks of binge-watching “The West Wing,” all 156 episodes of the nostalgic political series which ran on television… February 5, 2020 Free writing: Releasing your inner artist Somewhere in the early pages of “Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process,” John McPhee gives a nod to daily news reporters. The author and New Yorker writer was explaining… January 23, 2020 Four hundred years of harsh history delivered in 8,000 unflinching words Nikole Hannah-Jones anchors "The 1619 Project" in the New York Times with a reported essay that weaves historical events and personal experience January 17, 2020 An investigative journalist takes a yearly “leap out of the comfort zone” into fiction Every journalist has an unfinished novel or a screenplay tucked in their desk drawer or hard drive. Of course, that’s not true in every case, but there’s no doubt a… January 15, 2020 Dishing up some sides of gratitude with notes Journalists take a moment to remember what they're thankful for: from editors to decent pay help. November 28, 2019 The 1619 project: Tracing steps backwards to find a way forward How a USA Today team helped a woman search her ancestral roots in Angola, home to the first Africans sold into slavery in what would become the U.S. November 26, 2019 Is it real? Or is it Instagram? The Internet of 2019 is rife with social-media influencers and articles about them. Much of the coverage is fawning and superficial: how to become one, how to make $3,000 per Instagram… November 13, 2019 Singular moments, timeless questions Sunday, December 28, 1986. An ordinary day, much like any other. Except in two operating rooms at Fairfax Hospital in suburban Virginia, where something extraordinary was about to happen.In one… October 22, 2019 Previous 1 … 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 … 43 Next
