Comments on: Michael Paterniti on narrative voice, the power of rewrite, Bill Clinton, old cheese, and flying Spaniards (part 1)

By: “Why’s this so good?” No. 67: Dan P. Lee and Travis the killer chimp – Nieman Storyboard - A project of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:58:34 +0000

[...] In Michael Paterniti’s New York Times obituary of Travis, a police detective calls his death “a Roman tragedy.” But the detective is wrong, and not just because tragedy was invented by the Greeks. For both Greeks and Romans, tragedy was always about honor. What happened to Travis happened because of love, or something that passed for love, and nobody cares more about love than Americans. [...]

By: “Why’s this so good?” No. 33: Michael Paterniti’s painted ghosts – Nieman Storyboard - A project of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:59:51 +0000

[...] sharing the provenance of details in the story. To complicate matters, he admits in an interview on Storyboard that he might have gotten some of those details [...]

By: Chris Jones on reporting for detail, the case against outlining and the power of donuts – Nieman Storyboard - A project of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:12:03 +0000

[...] feature writer Chris Jones came to the Nieman Foundation in November as part of the Narrative Writing speakers series I started at the foundation last year, and spent a couple of hours talking about craft. Jones began [...]

By: Michael Paterniti on the legacy of Gitmo: “I didn’t want to turn it into some neat parable” – Nieman Storyboard - A project of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:20:54 +0000

[...] more, read our editors’ comments on Pateriniti’s story or check out Paterniti’s discussion of narrative nonfiction during a 2010 session at the Nieman Foundation. this entry was written by Andrea Pitzer, posted [...]

By: Monday Medley « No Pun Intended

Monday Medley « No Pun Intended — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:02:46 +0000

[...] was only a matter of time before Colin Cowherd is mentioned. More sports: The Nieman Foundation did an interview with feature writer Michael Paterniti, which prompted Gangrey to post Paterniti’s 1999 piece on Thurman Munson. And more good, long [...]

By: LiveWork Portland – You’ve Heard of a Writer’s Writer? Well Portland is a City’s City…

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:25:00 +0000

[...] writer Mike really is—he is in fact a "writer's writer—have a look at the two part interview on Neiman Storyboard about narrative voice and storytelling. [Neiman Storyboard is a project of the Neiman Foundation [...]

By: Obsesiile lui Michael Paterniti : A Scrie

Obsesiile lui Michael Paterniti : A Scrie — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:18:44 +0000

[...] documentare jurnalistică şi artă. Interviul publicat săptămâna asta de Nieman Storyboard, partea I şi II, nu face decât să confirme asta. Iată câteva pasaje care ar trebuie să ne facă să ne [...]

By: Michael Paterniti on storytelling, part 2: William Burroughs’ final months, Mitterand’s last meal, and magical cheese – Nieman Storyboard - A project of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:51:47 +0000

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