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Don't be a turkey: Earn your flight wings

Don’t be a turkey: Earn your flight wings

Editor’s note: At Storyboard, we’re always looking for moments of inspiration, epiphany and, yes, struggle that we can all relate to or learn from. We hope to make such discoveries…

Legendary writer John McPhee to a student: “I don’t create the writer. At all.”

What makes him such an effective teacher? He doesn't try to teach.
How a Rubik's cube helped a father understand the puzzle of his son

How a Rubik’s cube helped a father understand the puzzle of his son

New York Times sports reporter John Branch explores competitive "speedcubing," where awkward outsiders find a home
Q&A: Greg Bishop on a quarterback, a suicide and a search for answers

Q&A: Greg Bishop on a quarterback, a suicide and a search for answers

The Sports Illustrated senior writer uses intimate reporting and intricate outlining to weave personal tragedy with societal controversy
Beyond Boko Haram: Pictures from Nigeria

Beyond Boko Haram: Pictures from Nigeria

Photojournalist Rahima Gambo invited schoolgirls to collaborate with her to create images reflecting intimate moments of joy and playfulness that challenge our perceptions of victimhood and war
At the Guardian's Long Read, no rigid formula or geographic limits

At the Guardian’s Long Read, no rigid formula or geographic limits

The editor's advice: Study what's been published before. Be authoritative, fresh and "arresting." Dare to send a (good) cold pitch
Welcome to pizza, potluck and a story potlatch

Welcome to pizza, potluck and a story potlatch

I’m writing this from a mash-up of a magazine newsroom in Bucharest. The walls are smelly and stained from a recent flood in the apartment above. Desks are cluttered with…
5(ish) Questions for Michelle Mizner and Katie Worth and “The Last Generation"

5(ish) Questions for Michelle Mizner and Katie Worth and “The Last Generation”

The multimedia interactive about climate change in the Marshall Islands is compellingly told through the eyes of three children
Five immersive photographers share their experiences on gaining trust

Five immersive photographers share their experiences on gaining trust

How do they gain access to private, and often painful, lives? “Consider what you’re asking of people. Sometimes it just takes time and patience.”
Amy Padnani on The New York Times' “Overlooked” obituary series

Amy Padnani on The New York Times’ “Overlooked” obituary series

The digital editor of obituaries talks about finally giving women and people of color their due -- and how she's been "blown away" by the reaction