Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1161 results Epic history that inspired epic storytelling At the end of each semester, after all the discussions of craft, I remind my reporting students at the Missouri School of Journalism the why of it all: the larger… January 4, 2022 The wisdom of babes, the sounds of music, and tasty stories to chew on It would have been easy but discouraging to spend an entire year of Storyboard featuring stories about homelessness, climate woes and, of course, COVID-19. It would be tempting to identify… December 23, 2021 The multiplier effect of one good teacher You know those pin-dot graphics that the data dudes produce that show how things are both clustered and connected? Things like who uses Twitter, or COVID rates in red- and… December 14, 2021 How an “immersionist” held up the story of one homeless child as “a mirror to America” Pulitzer-winner Andrea Elliott of The New York Times followed a homeless child named Dasani for eight years, from newspaper project to book December 10, 2021 Reporting the untold tales of executioners’ songs South Carolina reporter Chiara Eisner used public records and sensitive sourcing to tell stories of people who execute condemned prisoners December 3, 2021 How to tell a good story, by Stephen Sondheim: Hummable helps It would be repetitive, at this point, to add yet one more tribute to Stephen Sondheim. For 50 years, he reigned supreme as a Broadway lyricist and mentor, giving us… November 30, 2021 A profile of one family divided by vaccine politics reflects the divide of a nation With Thanksgiving upon us, families across America will gather around tables laden with roast turkey and pumpkin pie. Or not.During the Trump era, squabbles over politics disrupted a holiday that… November 23, 2021 “It smelled like margarine and white bread, marriage and cramped flats.” Writing, at its best, is a visual art. It makes readers see. It paints scenes and action and characters in their minds. Brain science studies indicate that people actually hear… November 12, 2021 #7 rule of pitching: Prove your skills and your passion Pitching a story you want to pursue is not the time to hide your light under that proverbial bushel — or to sell what you can't deliver November 10, 2021 Immersing into the lives of children damaged by gun violence, and laws that don’t stop it For the past five years, John Woodrow Cox has worked to master the art of helping children talk about a fraught but rarely covered subject — the long-term physical and… November 5, 2021 Previous 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 … 117 Next
