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A guide to clear writing in tangled times

A guide to clear writing in tangled times

By Katharine GammonRoy Peter Clark says he never meant to write another book about writing.Clark, a senior scholar at The Poynter Institute, had already written or edited 20 books about…
March 31, 2023
How the magic of mushrooms inspired magical science writing about ecology

How the magic of mushrooms inspired magical science writing about ecology

Ferris Jabr follows a forest ecologist into the woods to listen to the conversations that happen above and below ground
February 3, 2021
Stories are read twice in readers' minds: Once for information, then for meaning

Stories are read twice in readers’ minds: Once for information, then for meaning

EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece is published in partnership with the Poynter Institute.I have come to believe that all readers read all stories twice — all the time.The first reading comes…
March 11, 2020
A tribute to the "beauty and power" of work by novelist Toni Morrison

A tribute to the “beauty and power” of work by novelist Toni Morrison

EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece was shared, with thanks and permission, by our friends at The Poynter Institute.AUTHOR’S NOTE: American author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison died August 5, 2019, at…
August 6, 2019
An "Advent Manifesto" written in 100 short bursts becomes a study in deep writing

An “Advent Manifesto” written in 100 short bursts becomes a study in deep writing

EDITOR’S NOTE: The below note came to us from Cathy Grimes, a Nieman Fellow alum and faithful Storyboard reader. She said it was prompted by recent posts in which other…
December 24, 2018

“No single gesture would do more to demonstrate continuity and stability …”

—LBJ biographer Robert A. Caro in the book “The Passage of Power.”
February 7, 2018

“Before the aurora borealis appears, the sensitive needles of compasses all over the world are restless for hours, agitating on their pins in airplanes and ships, trembling in desk drawers, in attics, in boxes on shelves.”

—Annie Dillard, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek"
November 15, 2017

“The private estate was far enough away from the explosion so that its bamboos, pines, laurel, and maples were still alive …”

—John Hersey, "Hiroshima"
October 11, 2017

“If the history of the earth’s tides should one day be written by some observer of the universe, it would no doubt be said that they reached their greatest grandeur and power in the younger days of Earth, and that they slowly grew feebler and less imposing until one day they ceased to be.”

—Rachel Carson, "The Sea Around Us"
September 13, 2017
Narrative journalism around the world: Argentina, Romania, Belgium and the Netherlands

Narrative journalism around the world: Argentina, Romania, Belgium and the Netherlands

America tends to get credit for adding narrative journalism to the literary canon. And there’s no doubt that the combination of timely reporting and timeless writing took on new and…
March 8, 2012