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Epic history that inspired epic storytelling

Epic history that inspired epic storytelling

At the end of each semester, after all the discussions of craft, I remind my reporting students at the Missouri School of Journalism the why of it all: the larger…
January 4, 2022
What working on a farm taught a journalist about visual storytelling

What working on a farm taught a journalist about visual storytelling

Field Testing - Episode 1: In which our correspondent explains what he's doing in a bean field with a selfie stick
April 28, 2021
The Power of Narrative: Non-fiction narrative in challenging times

The Power of Narrative: Non-fiction narrative in challenging times

A keynote conversation from the annual conference, hosted by Boston University, which went virtual to a record crowd
March 23, 2021
The enduring power of John Hersey's "Hiroshima": the first "nonfiction novel"

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

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
Why storytelling can be more important — and sexier — than fishing and hunting

Why storytelling can be more important — and sexier — than fishing and hunting

Once upon a time, the sun and the moon — the man and the woman — had a quarrel over who was the strongest of the two, and whether one…
March 10, 2020
The game-changing union of digital innovation and "emotional storytelling"

The game-changing union of digital innovation and “emotional storytelling”

The Power of Storytelling: How the Financial Times is revolutionizing the shape of hard-facts reporting to counter mistrust and foster empathy
October 30, 2019
Learning to look up, down, sideways, backwards and beyond while storytelling

Learning to look up, down, sideways, backwards and beyond while storytelling

Storytellers in any medium can learn from those in others. Writers must know how to paint mental images through the hieroglyphics of text, apply (and break) rules of grammar to…
March 13, 2019
Altered states of storytelling at the L.A. Times Festival of Books

Altered states of storytelling at the L.A. Times Festival of Books

Possbilities are vast, but in the current media climate, it is hard to feel complacent about the technological manipulation of reality when its potential disruption is so easy to imagine
May 1, 2018
The Power of Narrative conference captures the #MeToo zeitgeist

The Power of Narrative conference captures the #MeToo zeitgeist

With writers like Roxane Gay, the Globe's Sacha Pfeiffer and The New York Times' Emily Steel, the yearly gathering focused on the uncomfortable truths of sexual abuse
March 29, 2018