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A "final" phone call from the wildfires inspires an unusual, intimate story written under the fire of deadline

A “final” phone call from the wildfires inspires an unusual, intimate story written under the fire of deadline

A conversation with Corina Knoll of The Los Angeles Times: She broke with convention and just wrote it "how I felt it should be told"
How to crack the code of live storytelling with Pop-Up Magazine

How to crack the code of live storytelling with Pop-Up Magazine

"Ephemeral" true stories that inform, surprise and delight
How film class led to fighting wildfires which led to finding a home which led to a memoir

How film class led to fighting wildfires which led to finding a home which led to a memoir

In a full-circle illustration of the way life sometimes imitates art, screenwriting led Sarah Berns to smokejumping. Then smokejumping led to a cinematic memoir, written with a director’s eye and…
When syncopation rocks a nation: "Hamilton" enthralls fifth-graders (and parents) with a rockin' story of history

When syncopation rocks a nation: “Hamilton” enthralls fifth-graders (and parents) with a rockin’ story of history

Shop class: What the hit musical teaches about the art and reach of narrative
Eulogy for Paradise: A breaking news story framed as the profile and history of a town

Eulogy for Paradise: A breaking news story framed as the profile and history of a town

The Facebook post was conversational and almost light-hearted:And on Day Two of Camp Fire coverage, I spilled water all over my notebook and laptop (tips?!). Seems fitting that the only…
Serendipity brings two men together on the football field, and in the rest of life

Serendipity brings two men together on the football field, and in the rest of life

A story that garners wide acclaim, gets multiple plays across ESPN and draws tweets from Reese Witherspoon is not your everyday deadline fare. For most writers, it will never happen.…
A brother's death, written by a sister, channeling their mother's voice

A brother’s death, written by a sister, channeling their mother’s voice

Sometimes I push writing students to look for new ways to tell stories.Should you start with the “small” things? Is there a story in the way a character dresses? How…

The Power (and challenge) of Storytelling: “Seeing more of the truth”

NewsMaven founder Zuzanna Ziomecka on biases embedded in the news and learning to notice what we don't see
Telling the video story: Scatter visual breadcrumbs, keep the camera steady and shoot from the heart

Telling the video story: Scatter visual breadcrumbs, keep the camera steady and shoot from the heart

Eric Seals on the secret to successful video: It's about the story, not the gear
Finding a narrative in "our most urgent national conversation": the one about guns

Finding a narrative in “our most urgent national conversation”: the one about guns

How three reporters, a national news chain and 21 strangers who met to talk became a 5,000-word tale with character, intimacy, structure and drama