How a reporter documented the failure of "failure-to-protect" laws - Nieman Storyboard
Samantha Michaels of Mother Jones followed the story of a woman given harsher punishment than the man who abused her daughter — and her| Nieman Storyboard
Samantha Michaels of Mother Jones followed the story of a woman given harsher punishment than the man who abused her daughter — and her| Nieman Storyboard
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Sign up for the Nieman Storyboard newsletter, delivered every Friday in your inbox. *** Dear Storyboard community, In journalism, a single story can never tell the complete truth. Lives are complicated, memories are hazy, different points of view reveal new or conflicting details. Every story is a simplified narrative to some degree. This week's guest on the Nieman Storyboard podcast, Mallary Tenore Tarpley, urges us to look beyond the “tidy narrative.” Her new book, “Slip: Life ...| Nieman Storyboard
On the latest episode of the Nieman Storyboard podcast, Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong sits down with Storyboard contributor and author-journalist Mallary Tenore Tarpley to discuss her new book, “Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery.” “Slip” is a reported memoir, with Tarpley recounting her own diagnosis and treatment for anorexia following the death of her mother from breast cancer when Tarpley was 11 years old. She talks about the process of writing and researching...| Nieman Storyboard
The power of one story, and the need for many. Plus: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on “getting your protagonist out of the house”| Nieman Storyboard
Sign up for the Nieman Storyboard newsletter, delivered every Friday in your inbox. *** Dear Storyboard community, Midway through my podcast conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lane DeGregory, I told her about a problem I've had in the past with reporting and writing projects: I would sit on multiple story ideas, in a state of paralysis, unable to decide which one to pursue. What if I chose the wrong one? DeGregory said she didn't have that problem. "I think we're always...| Nieman Storyboard
This week on the Nieman Storyboard podcast, I'm excited to sit down with Lane DeGregory, the Pulitzer Prize-winning enterprise reporter for the Tampa Bay Times covering "hope and humanity." DeGregory, whose work has been featured frequently on Storyboard over the years, is now celebrating 25 years at the Tampa Bay Times. She takes us through her process — from connecting with the community, to developing story ideas, and earning the trust of your subjects. She also reveals who inspires he...| Nieman Storyboard
Sign up for the Nieman Storyboard newsletter, delivered every Friday in your inbox. *** Dear Storyboard community, The murkier, messier, and more distracting the internet gets for reading (and doomscrolling), the more I appreciate physical books — and, as an added bonus, getting to meet the authors in real life. I recently attended events featuring several writers on Storyboard's radar: In Seattle, Brendan O'Meara (host of the long-running Creative Nonfiction Podcast) read from his new b...| Nieman Storyboard
For many authors, making big edits for a story or book doesn't mean throwing out valuable work| Nieman Storyboard
Sign up for the Nieman Storyboard newsletter, delivered every Friday in your inbox. *** Dear Storyboard community, I'm now seven months into writing this newsletter, and producing the Nieman Storyboard podcast, and it’s been a wonderful education so far. We're a growing community of journalists, writers, producers, filmmakers, teachers, students, and readers. If there's an overarching mission, it's to better understand how journalism and storytelling help us connect with each other —...| Nieman Storyboard
On the latest episode of the Nieman Storyboard podcast, we’re joined by Dana A. Williams, author of the new book “Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship,” for a conversation about Toni Morrison and her work as a trade editor at Random House, where she championed Black writers working in all genres and ultimately changed the publishing landscape. The book is the first to focus solely on the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer’s editing career, and it offers pr...| Nieman Storyboard
Sign up for the Nieman Storyboard newsletter, delivered every Friday in your inbox. *** Dear Storyboard community, I'm going to lead off this week by sharing two of the many stories coming out of the devastating floods in Texas, where 120 people have died and at least 170 are still missing. Aaron Parsley, a senior editor at Texas Monthly, was staying with his extended family at their house on the Guadalupe River when disaster struck. He has just published a harrowing firsthand account of...| Nieman Storyboard
The reporter and editor for ‘TAL’ reflects on the show’s unique voice, as well as her own experience with immigration| Nieman Storyboard
Robert Sanchez of 5280 magazine reports on experiments around psilocybin therapy, while also using first person to tell his own story| Nieman Storyboard
The producer and founder reflects on 20 years of celebrating and supporting screenwriters, and how true stories become entertainment| Nieman Storyboard
Podcast: The Washington Post writer shares his experience covering the intersection of technology, politics, and culture in an era of distrust and division| Nieman Storyboard
A matrix of spreadsheets and physical calendars can help a writer organize notes, track scenes and visualize a story timeline| Nieman Storyboard
To gather the goods for a successful narrative, a central focus of interviewing needs to track the journey of situation or event| Nieman Storyboard
A narrative journalist and nonfiction author shares how she pre-reports to find a viable story and a compelling central character| Nieman Storyboard
Nonfiction journalist, author and teacher Kim Cross explores the techiniques she uses in interviewing for narrative stories| Nieman Storyboard
