By Dale Keiger I once estimated how many bylined pieces I’ve published in my five decades of scribbling for money. Including everything from 300-word bleats to 8,000-word slabs, I believe I’ve written somewhere around 3,000 stories. Now imagine how … Read more
By Jacqui Banaszynski More than a few friends have asked what I planned to write my last essay as the editor of Nieman Storyboard (published Sept. 27, 2024). One headed his email: “Here’s to a memorable closing newsletter.” (This … Read more
By Madeline Bodin Seattle-based freelance journalist Wudan Yan is a founder, producer and host of The Writers’ Co-op podcast. She’s a business coach, a content marketing writer and an advocate for fair and prompt pay for … Read more
By Laurie Hertzel Tom Whipple’s recent story in the Times of London about the reappearance of beavers in Devon, England, could have been a deeply serious science piece, laden with facts, numbers and jargon, except for the … Read more
By Jacqui Banaszynski Last Friday, my penultimate Friday newsletter as editor of Storyboard invited you to consider whether you’re the right next person for the role. (I wrote that sentence as a small insider wink at … Read more
EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this piece is co-posted with our friends at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. By Grace Kenyon When I went to journalism school after studying … Read more
By Kim Cross Three weeks after the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century blackened a huge swath in Maui, freelance journalist Erika Hayasaki felt called to go there and tell the story. At home in Southern … Read more
Great job for the right person who has the right passion and knowledge about this important work we call narrative nonfiction: The Nieman Foundation for Journalism, based at Harvard University, is in the hunt for the next … Read more
By Jacqui Banaszynski A reporter friend once told me that interviewing, for him, was a “full-body sport.” His toss-off comment was a Yes! moment for me. It crystallized why, when I finished a interview, I was so drained. The … Read more
By Jill U. Adams “I could paint this 100 different ways.” Artist Sarah Yeoman blithely delivered this claim at a watercolor workshop I attended. She was demonstrating small painting studies focused on value and color. Students … Read more
