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Aminatta Forna interview on "The Last Vet"

We recently talked with Aminatta Forna about her Granta essay “The Last Vet,” which follows the work of Dr. Gudush Jalloh in his clinic at Freetown, Sierra Leone. Forna, who…
March 5, 2010
Chris Jones, Roger Ebert and the possibilities of online narrative (or “does this story ever end?”)

Chris Jones, Roger Ebert and the possibilities of online narrative (or “does this story ever end?”)

When it comes to writing profiles, Esquire’s Chris Jones is used to getting the last word. But a few weeks ago, when Jones worked his storytelling mojo on Roger Ebert,…
March 2, 2010
Narrative nonfiction events and conferences--is there something here for you?

Narrative nonfiction events and conferences–is there something here for you?

While tracking digital narrative experiments, we at Storyboard also aim to keep readers informed about the world of traditional print narratives. Today we’ve compiled a list of upcoming events for…
February 22, 2010
Peggy Nelson on new media narratives: "Every Twitter account is a character"

Peggy Nelson on new media narratives: "Every Twitter account is a character"

We talked this week with Peggy Nelson, a new media artist who has spent the last several years doing digital and virtual storytelling. While Nelson’s work is rooted in conceptual…
February 12, 2010
Meg Laughlin on reporting from Haiti: "this is the face of the nation now"

Meg Laughlin on reporting from Haiti: "this is the face of the nation now"

Melissa Lyttle / St. Petersburg TimesSt. Petersburg Times reporter Meg Laughlin recently spent eight days in Haiti and the Dominican Republic covering the aftermath of the earthquake. She managed to…
February 4, 2010

Sherman Alexie, Garry Kasparov, The Caravan and more! It's grab bag Friday…

Take a gander at some of the more interesting writing we’ve seen lately. These pieces are more or less narrative, and come at storytelling from different angles, but are all are worth…
January 29, 2010
Interview: Brenda Ann Kenneally on recording the lives of "Upstate Girls"

Interview: Brenda Ann Kenneally on recording the lives of "Upstate Girls"

Earlier this week, we talked with Brenda Ann Kenneally, an independent photojournalist who chronicles coming of age in post-industrial America. Her project, “Upstate Girls: What Became of Collar City” won first…
January 22, 2010
Interview: Studio 360's Lu Olkowski on multimedia, poetry and the working poor

Interview: Studio 360’s Lu Olkowski on multimedia, poetry and the working poor

We talked by phone last week with Lu Olkowski, a contributing producer with public radio's Studio 360 and co-creator of our latest Notable Narrative, “Women of Troy.” Here, Olkowski describes how the…
January 21, 2010
Interview: Ted Genoways on journalism and documentary poetry

Interview: Ted Genoways on journalism and documentary poetry

Poetry may not be the first vehicle journalists come up with when they think of reported stories—in fact, poetry may not be on most journalists’ list at all. Virginia Quarterly Review editor…
January 21, 2010

Poetry as narrative journalism? You’d be surprised.

When people talk about journalism tottering off into quaint irrelevance, there is a tendency to compare journalism to poetry. In a post this week at PBS Idea Lab, Spot.Us founder David Cohn…
January 21, 2010