Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1128 results Charles Pierce on the future of narrative journalism: "anyone not concerned isn’t paying attention" I talked this week with Charles Pierce about the end-of-decade summary he did for Esquire. Pierce, who also works for The Boston Globe Magazine, talks (and perhaps writes—see end of… January 7, 2010 Adrienne Mayor on putting the story in history Adrienne Mayor was a 2009 National Book Award finalist for her nonfiction book The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy. Mayor, a visiting scholar at… December 19, 2009 CBC Dispatches (Part 2): composing with sound [This is Part 2 in our series stealing the best tips from the audio storytelling handbook of the CBC's Dispatches radio program. Part 1 ran yesterday.]The following are things you should start to figure out… December 2, 2009 The end of the line for the Lone Ranger? A how-to guide for narrative collaboration When The Roanoke Times “Age of Uncertainty” won Documentary Project of the Year from Pictures of the Year International, it wasn’t the narrative writing or the photography or the Web… November 24, 2009 Joel Achenbach and the storytellers’ union Lots of the usual suspects are blogging and Tweeting about Joel Achenbach’s piece on the future of narrative journalism that ran in yesterday’s Washington Post. Some people have excerpted interesting… October 30, 2009 The Moth’s Lea Thau on storytelling In some places, the spoken story is thriving. Last night in Boston, that 800-pound gorilla of live storytelling, the Moth, put on an event at the Tsai Performance Center. We decided… October 30, 2009 Gangrey’s Ben Montgomery wants to grab you by the shirt collar [The second in an occasional series aimed at helping readers find online resources that focus on narrative journalism.] For more than four years, Gangrey.com has rounded up the best print… October 29, 2009 Tom Shroder, former Washington Post Magazine editor, on dinner plates and well-done narrative This week, I had a chance to talk by phone with Tom Shroder, who took a buyout from The Washington Post earlier this year. Shroder specializes in long-form narrative stories… October 28, 2009 Tommy Tomlinson: making words work for a living A few years ago an intern did a study of the writing that showed up in our newspaper. He ran our stories through a computer program that measured the reading… October 27, 2009 How Twitter’s @longreads helps readers cozy up to digital narratives [First in an occasional series aimed at helping readers find other online resources that focus on narrative journalism.] Plenty of people are worried about the future of long-form journalism. Not… October 16, 2009 Previous 1 … 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 Next
