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Annotation Tuesday! (Back-to-School Edition) Josh Roiland and His ‘Literary Journalism in America’ Syllabus

Below is an annotated version of my syllabus for the class “Literary Journalism in America.” I’ve taught this class eight times: five as part of the SAGES program at Case…
August 25, 2015

E.L. Doctorow: “There is only narrative”

E.L. Doctorow’s short-lived reporting career started (and ended) with a journalism course in high school, when one of his assignments was about to run in the school paper.A lively, detailed…
August 7, 2015
The Narrative Appeal of Documentary Theater

The Narrative Appeal of Documentary Theater

The day Molly Ivins died in 2007, Margaret Engel called up her twin sister Allison and told her they had to write a play about the wisecracking Texas political columnist…
July 29, 2015
From Mayborn: How Video Can Improve Narrative

From Mayborn: How Video Can Improve Narrative

Dan Barry said a 90-word wire report from rural Iowa was the spark of what became his 2014 story “The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse.’”Thirty men with intellectual disabilities in a…
July 20, 2015
The Riveter: Longform Journalism by Women, for Women

The Riveter: Longform Journalism by Women, for Women

The Riveter’s second issue was published in summer 2014, and its third issue is set to publish this fall.The two journalism students didn’t let their awe at meeting Esquire writer…
July 20, 2015

23 Things I’ve Learned from (Not) Being a Columnist

Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich delivered the following remarks as the keynote speaker at the 2015 conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists in Indianapolis on June 26:When I…
July 16, 2015

Peter Slevin tackles the biography of First Lady Michelle Obama

Editor’s Note: Anyone who writes about politics and politicians knows how difficult it is to bring fresh insight to familiar issues and personalities. That challenge is even greater if your…
June 29, 2015
Annotation Tuesday: Jeanne Marie Laskas and Guns ’R Us

Annotation Tuesday: Jeanne Marie Laskas and Guns ’R Us

When Jeanne Marie Laskas set out to write about guns for GQ magazine in 2012, she knew it would be difficult but she didn’t expect it would become the story…
June 9, 2015
A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Diana Marcum

A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Diana Marcum

Diana Marcum is the first to acknowledge that her path to a Pulitzer Prize may be an unexpected one.“My parents died when I was young. I didn’t get through college. I didn’t…
April 30, 2015

Weekend picks: Child stars, scandal and poetry

Want some smart, provocative, moving stories for your weekend inspiration? Here are Storyboard’s picks of some notable recent work, ranging from poetry about race to essays on journalistic misdeeds and…
April 10, 2015