Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1132 results Featured Fellow: Gene Weingarten Gene WeingartenNieman Class of 1988Weingarten, of the Washington Post, writes long and short and sad and funny hilarious, and “may be the best writer in American journalism,” as one profiler once… August 26, 2013 One anniversary, two new features It’s a big day at Lippmann House — the new class of Nieman Fellows arrived this morning, to begin their year at Harvard. And a special year it is. The Nieman Foundation… August 21, 2013 Annotation Tuesday! Sebastian Junger and the perfect storm The magazine story behind Sebastian Junger‘s celebrated nonfiction book A Perfect Storm ran in Outside magazine in October 1994. “The Storm” (4,765 words) told the story of the Andrea Gail, a fishing boat out of Gloucester,… August 20, 2013 "Detroit: A love story:" Chuck Salter, Fast Company, and a layered, live-storytelling approach to the tale of a desperate city Fast Company's Chuck Salter recently came up with an innovative way to address the unfolding narrative that is Detroit. The city, long depressed, is now bankrupt. Unemployment stands at double the national rate;… August 16, 2013 "Why’s this so good?" No. 82: Rebecca Solnit and "Detroit Arcadia" If you’ve been following the recent reports out of Detroit, you know conditions there are dire. This is hardly new. For decades the dominant narrative about the city has been… August 13, 2013 "Why’s this so good?" No. 81: Lawrence Wright and the "bootleg preacher" I’m old enough to have practiced as a state prosecutor for a while, but I still laugh at fart jokes. Regardless of the flatulent punch line, Larry the Cable Guy’s… August 6, 2013 Collected wisdom: Orlean, Atkinson, Powers, Corchado, Britt, Merida, Bennett and more If you missed a post or two in our weeklong recap of this year's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, here's the roundup: On Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Times' Kelley Benham and… August 2, 2013 Skip Hollandsworth on storytelling, listening, Hollywood, respect and the importance of getting out into the world No bullet-point tips list could compare with Skip Hollandworth’s Sunday sermonizing, which closed the 2013 Mayborn Conference. What follows is the Mayborn's video of Hollandsworth (followed by our selected excerpts)… August 1, 2013 It’s Mayborn Week at Storyboard! Tomorrow through Friday we’ll feature exclusive outtakes from this month’s Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the University of North Texas. This year’s correspondents: veteran journalists Lee Hancock and Charlie Lewis,… July 29, 2013 Pinned this week: Kang, King, Miller, Proulx, DeGregory, Le Coz + more Pinned this week for your storytelling pleasure: Three great reads and some tips. And hey, don’t forget to follow us on Pinterest.Recommended reading (watching, listening, etc.):Jay Caspian Kang’s New York… July 26, 2013 Previous 1 … 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 … 114 Next
