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Annotation Tuesday! Leah Sottile and "The Man Who Created Bigfoot"

Annotation Tuesday! Leah Sottile and “The Man Who Created Bigfoot”

The writer talks about her Outside magazine story on the cowboy behind the "Zapruder film" for the cryptozoological set -- and why she thinks it's good to be outside the…
October 11, 2016
Kerouac, Kristofferson and a new generation of journalists who love narrative

Kerouac, Kristofferson and a new generation of journalists who love narrative

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
September 30, 2016
The Pulitzer at 100: Taro Yamasaki and life inside Jackson State Prison

The Pulitzer at 100: Taro Yamasaki and life inside Jackson State Prison

The photojournalist talks about how he got unprecedented access — and images — inside the world's largest walled prison
August 30, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Jon Mooallem’s “The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community”

Annotation Tuesday! Jon Mooallem’s “The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community”

The writer talks about creating moments of beauty, and the one thing you want to tell people about the story even if it has nothing to do with everything else.
August 23, 2016
A Pulitzer winner gone far too soon and the "other" Elizabeth Taylor

A Pulitzer winner gone far too soon and the “other” Elizabeth Taylor

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
August 12, 2016

Annotation Tuesday! Davy Rothbart and The California Sunday Magazine’s “Crowd Source”

The writer leaps into the abyss of pay-for-protest audiences, faux cheerleaders and pretend paparazzi -- and embraces the chaos
August 2, 2016
Notable Narrative: Shane Bauer and “My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard”

Notable Narrative: Shane Bauer and “My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard”

The Mother Jones reporter on the risks, rewards and lessons learned after going undercover inside America’s private prison system
July 21, 2016

Kate Christensen: “It is crucial to avoid grinding axes, settling scores and pointing fingers in your memoir”

The PEN/Faulkner winner talks about the differences in creating characters in memoir vs. fiction, plus finding happiness in Maine
July 19, 2016
Musicians who love to write, and writers who love music -- a roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure

Musicians who love to write, and writers who love music — a roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
July 1, 2016
"Why's This So Good?" Michael Brick and Jingo Unchained

“Why’s This So Good?” Michael Brick and Jingo Unchained

This is the tenth of ten stories Storyboard will post from a new collection honoring Michael Brick [see our 5 Questions on the project]. It’s also the longest by far; where all…
June 30, 2016