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The Nieman Storyboard podcast returns with Pamela Colloff

The Nieman Storyboard podcast returns with Pamela Colloff

The author of “Catch the Devil” on criminal justice reporting and keeping readers hooked. Plus: Ellie Silverman finds the true story behind a now-viral photo
July 17, 2026
Mark Armstrong
How Pamela Colloff wrote her first book, about a con artist turned jailhouse informant

How Pamela Colloff wrote her first book, about a con artist turned jailhouse informant

The award-winning journalist discusses her new book, ‘Catch the Devil,’ for the Season Two premiere of the Nieman Storyboard podcast
July 17, 2026
Mark Armstrong
Remembering The New Yorker's Mark Singer

Remembering The New Yorker’s Mark Singer

Plus: What makes an ideal Talk of the Town story? And pitching an editor instead of a publication
June 26, 2026
Mark Armstrong
Inside an award-winning book proposal

Inside an award-winning book proposal

Plus: Lessons from an author after the book comes out, and tell us your favorite stories in song
June 12, 2026
Mark Armstrong
Annotation: The award-winning book proposal that became Lorraine Boissoneault's ‘Body Weather’

Annotation: The award-winning book proposal that became Lorraine Boissoneault’s ‘Body Weather’

Boissoneault, whose proposal won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award in 2024, breaks down how she wrote it
June 10, 2026
Erika Hayasaki
Summer inspiration for journalists and writers

Summer inspiration for journalists and writers

Plus: Season Two of Nieman Storyboard’s podcast is coming soon, and is an MFA worth it?
June 5, 2026
Mark Armstrong
Annotation: Rachel Aviv on reporting and writing her Pulitzer finalist story about a schizophrenia diagnosis

Annotation: Rachel Aviv on reporting and writing her Pulitzer finalist story about a schizophrenia diagnosis

The New Yorker staff writer talks about finding the right story structure and working with a family to access medical records and journals
May 28, 2026
Mallary Tenore Tarpley
Scenes from National Magazine Award winners

Scenes from National Magazine Award winners

Plus: More AI cautionary tales, how to create a book X-ray, and a Nieman Fellow's new book on writing
May 22, 2026
Mark Armstrong
Your next story is outside

Your next story is outside

Plus: Tell us your favorite graduation speech, ProPublica's new podcast, and a rejoinder to AI slop
May 15, 2026
Mark Armstrong
Finding the narrative in small-town libraries and bars: How Keith O’Brien told the origin story of Larry Bird

Finding the narrative in small-town libraries and bars: How Keith O’Brien told the origin story of Larry Bird

For his book “Heartland,” O’Brien visited the basketball legend’s hometown in French Lick, Indiana, to uncover a story never told
May 14, 2026
Emilia Wisniewski