Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1162 results Three core story principles, along with tea, baked goods and endless enthusiasm Venerable breaking news site Reuters ventures into narrative journalism with former L.A. Times and Storyboard editor Kari Howard at the helm November 1, 2019 These boots were made for discovery Tom Curwen’s new boots, size 17AAA, handmade by boot maker Randy MerrellThey say every good narrative is a journey.Los Angeles Times reporter Thomas Curwen starts his by looking down. Literally.… October 25, 2019 Mastering the awkward art of the interview In the seven years since Max Linsky co-founded the Longform Podcast (with Evan Ratliff and Aaron Lammer), he has interviewed hundreds of storytelling luminaries: journalists, non-fiction writers and public figures.… October 25, 2019 From five minutes to finished Hang out at a journalism workshop, anywhere in the world, and inevitably the subject comes up: We’re being asked to produce more and more, in less and less time.It was… October 18, 2019 Lessons from biographer Robert Caro’s instructive mini-memoir “Working” If there were no Robert Caro, he could not easily be invented. Consider the job description: Commit your career to exhaustive research into the lives of two legendarily powerful men,… October 15, 2019 “The third is when you can make a basket without worrying about whether it is good enough.” If this sentence seems lacking a word, it is. We’ll get to that in a moment. Until then, bookmark the notion of “good enough” — an aspiration that seems to… October 11, 2019 Subjectivity, hugs and craft: Podcasting as extreme narrative journalism The literary journalism movement unleashed by Capote, Didion, Mailer and Wolfe in the 1960s is reinventing itself in a remarkably powerful way October 8, 2019 “How dare you…” After you watch Greta Thunberg’s speech a second or third time, after your heart rate slows, after your guilt subsides (a bit) — read the transcript.Franklin Foer of The Atlantic… September 27, 2019 “Life is too short to write something boring.” A conversation with Los Angeles native and magazine journalist Mary Melton, who profiled a famous photographer in 36 exposures, as in a roll of film September 26, 2019 When gun violence visits, a workaday mayor — and hard-working journalist — respond By early August of this year, 253 American cities had been added to the map of mass shootings. For a day or two after yet another event, officials in these… September 18, 2019 Previous 1 … 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 … 117 Next