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Teaching (or learning) story craft? Storyboard is here to help

Teaching (or learning) story craft? Storyboard is here to help

We interrupt your syllabus prep with this important message:Consider Nieman Storyboard as a resource – and even publication destination – in your reporting, writing and journalism ethics courses.Storyboard is a…
Combing through clips, records and emotions for lessons from the past

Combing through clips, records and emotions for lessons from the past

As abortion rights in the United States grew more and more tenuous this summer, Los Angeles Times reporter Brittny Mejia grew curious about the history of those rights. That led…
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."
Four years of reporting follows new threads in a previously reported crime story

Four years of reporting follows new threads in a previously reported crime story

Katia Savchuk spent a year pre-reporting before she pitched The Atavist on a nuanced story of crime and mental illness
J-school everywhere, everyday

J-school everywhere, everyday

The start of a new school year is upon us. That may have some feeling excited — days spent with old and new friends, new adventures in learning and all…
Unlearning old-school lessons from a J-school education

Unlearning old-school lessons from a J-school education

Two months into my just-the-facts-ma’am, inverted pyramid life as a novice reporter assigned to cover every commission had that ever been formed anywhere in any municipality on Earth at any…
Bear essentials and beyond

Bear essentials and beyond

Stand-out story craft never loses its luster. But it really is time to start sharing gems from my STORYBOARD SAVED file before they lose their sparkle. With no particular order…
How Rolling Stone revisited a mass tragedy to 'humanize the horrendous'

How Rolling Stone revisited a mass tragedy to ‘humanize the horrendous’

In the first half of 2021, Matt Sullivan and his family took refuge in Miami from the pandemic in New York City, and to finish his first book, “Can’t Knock…
Raise your glasses to four lessons all writers can learn by judging craft beer

Raise your glasses to four lessons all writers can learn by judging craft beer

Maybe not 99, but at least a few dozen bottles of beer are along the wall. We take one down, pass it around, make sure the barcode on the bottle…
A tribute to the consummate reporter/writer: Francis X. Clines

A tribute to the consummate reporter/writer: Francis X. Clines

EDITOR’S NOTE: This tribute is shared with permission from our friends at The Poynter Institute.Frank Clines arrived at The New York Times in 1958, one year before the death of…