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“Power of Narrative” Conference: Three ways to tell a story

Editor’s note: In his second and final installment from last weekend’s “Power of Narrative” conference at Boston University, current Nieman Fellow Gabe Bullard explores strategies for storytelling as outlined by author…
March 31, 2015

“Power of Narrative” Conference: The Secrets of Access

Editor’s Note: Last weekend, Boston University hosted its annual conference on narrative journalism. In the first of two dispatches from the conference, Nieman Fellow Gabe Bullard writes about a panel discussion…
March 30, 2015

Annotation Tuesday: Michael J. Mooney and the Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever

Michael J. Mooney staked his claim in the world of narrative journalism with two stories that ran just weeks apart in the summer of 2012. In June, Mooney, a staff…
March 3, 2015

Billy Collins on defying convention, the reader’s indifference and making other writers jealous

Billy Collins, who served as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003, spoke today at the annual Symposium for Professional Wine Writers in Napa Valley. Tough gig, right?He may describe…
February 18, 2015

Jessica Stern on Memoir, Denial and Terror

Jessica Stern / Photo by Joel Benjamin Jessica Stern, a Harvard lecturer and fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health, is known…
February 9, 2015
Annotation Tuesday: Justin Heckert and "Lost in the Waves"

Annotation Tuesday: Justin Heckert and “Lost in the Waves”

Justin Heckert has taken to his adopted home of Indianapolis, where his wife, Amanda, is the editor of Indianapolis Monthly. Heckert, who started making a name for himself as a magazine…
January 27, 2015
Turning a Narrative Story into a Documentary

Turning a Narrative Story into a Documentary

More than a few journalists have dreamed of turning their stories into films. Chicago Tribune features writer Kevin Pang actually did, producing a 90-minute documentary about a troubled chef’s attempt…
January 22, 2015
Stories We Loved: Some Favorite Narrative from 2014

Stories We Loved: Some Favorite Narrative from 2014

It’s that time of year when “Best of” lists litter the landscape like pine needles. Here at Storyboard, we decided to do something a little different to commemorate 2014. We…
December 31, 2014
Best of Storyboard: Reader Favorites for 2014

Best of Storyboard: Reader Favorites for 2014

This year marked some major changes at Storyboard: new website, new editor and new narrative territory. Our most popular posts of 2014 reflect some timely– and timeless– themes. Most notable…
December 18, 2014
New Print Magazines Are Embracing Narrative and Finding Their Niche

New Print Magazines Are Embracing Narrative and Finding Their Niche

In 2011, as the Arab Spring dawned, young Lebanese journalist Ibrahim Nehme yearned to play a role in the changes sweeping the Middle East. The region’s print media, he believed,…
December 12, 2014