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The Pitch: Landing a "definitive narrative" in The Atavist Magazine

The Pitch: Landing a “definitive narrative” in The Atavist Magazine

Editor Seyward Darby: "I definitely want people who are willing to strip a story down to its basics and figure out how to build it back up."
August 18, 2022
Bearing witness inside a funeral home at the pitch of the COVID pandemic

Bearing witness inside a funeral home at the pitch of the COVID pandemic

Josh Sanburn went deep into a place of death — and found a story that teems with life.In “The Last of the First Responders,” published in June in Vanity Fair, …
August 14, 2020
Annotation Tuesday! Roger Angell and the pitcher with a major-league case of the yips

Annotation Tuesday! Roger Angell and the pitcher with a major-league case of the yips

Roger Angell has been writing stories about baseball since the year before John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He’s been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1944 and became fiction…
March 11, 2014

How to Pitch Nieman Storyboard

Nieman Storyboard is an online resource that explores the art and craft of nonfiction storytelling and is one of three publications published by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.…
October 21, 2024
The art of the narrative interview: Pre-interviewing for a successful pitch

The art of the narrative interview: Pre-interviewing for a successful pitch

A narrative journalist and nonfiction author shares how she pre-reports to find a viable story and a compelling central character
July 18, 2024
#7 rule of pitching: Prove your skills and your passion

#7 rule of pitching: Prove your skills and your passion

Throughout my newspaper career, some of the best writing I ever read could be found in contest entry letters. Those brag pages also could carry some wince-worthy writing, especially, it…
November 10, 2021

3 rejections before a successful pitch to ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network

How freelancer Max Blau persisted to land an investigative project fellowship, then a staff reporting position
August 18, 2021
Pitching ProPublica's Local Reporting Network: Focus on sources and impact

Pitching ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network: Focus on sources and impact

EDITOR’S NOTE: Tomorrow we feature an interview with Max Blau, a local reporter who made a successful pitch to ProPublica, and an annotation of the pitch. Blau is now a…
August 17, 2021
#6 rule of pitching: Stay focused

#6 rule of pitching: Stay focused

Forgive the movie reference, especially if you long ago ditched the Mel Gibson fan club. But a moment early in “The Patriot” offers apt wisdom when struggling with a story…
July 8, 2021
#5 rule of pitching: Make it sparkle

#5 rule of pitching: Make it sparkle

Of what we’ve unscientifically defined as the seven fatal flaws of story pitches, this one probably seems the most lame. Of course, your idea is interesting; you wouldn’t be pitching…
May 28, 2021