The New School and ProPublica co-hosted a panel on long-form journalism last night at The New School’s Tishman Auditorium in New York City. David Remnick of the The New Yorker, Ira Glass of “This American Life,” Raney Aronson-Rath of “Frontline,” and Steve Engelberg of ProPublica sat down with moderator Alison Stewart (of PBS’ “Need to Know”) [...]
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What we’re watching: a town washed away, satellite images and covering conflict
With Muammar Qaddafi’s efforts to suppress armed rebellion in Libya and the events unleashed by the massive earthquake in Japan on Friday, it’s a wonder that those of us not involved in the immediate coverage or relief can do anything but sit and watch these images in horror, hoping for the best possible outcomes in the face [...]
Dissecting disaster: “nine precious minutes” on the Deepwater Horizon
Our latest Notable Narrative, “Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours,” tracks events leading up to the inferno that destroyed a Gulf oil rig in April of 2010. This tick-tock from The New York Times’ David Barstow, David Rohde and Stephanie Saul offers a compelling new take on a disaster that has already received extensive coverage.
Because of that coverage, [...]
What we’re watching: picturing mercy, breaking down remixes, and garage fighting with keyboards (really)
You bulked up your movie-watching to prepare for the Oscars, and now they’re over. What next? If you’re pining for some new things to see, we’ve got some options for you. And for better or worse, none of them involve Kirk Douglas.
“Afghanistan, February 2011,” assembled by Alan Taylor at The Atlantic (who previously founded The [...]
Awards season begins: narrative highlights from ASNE and Polk awards; announcement of CRMA finalists
Looking for some quality narrative journalism you might not have noticed before? As awards season for newspapers and magazines gets underway, we wanted to share links to stories recognized for their writing and storytelling. Here are some of the more narrative categories and entries from the 2010 Polk Awards in Journalism, the list of finalists [...]
What we’re watching: two takes on documentary
Lately, we’ve been pondering the full range of documentary projects. From a storytelling standpoint, “Hell and Back Again” represents one end of the spectrum. The film, which won the documentary award at Sundance this year, tracks a soldier through combat, injury and back home to North Carolina. Watch the brief trailer and see a gallery [...]
What we’re watching: newspapers go documentary
It used to be that long-form newspaper narratives were, well, printed on newspaper. These days, long-form is taking on another meaning. Our latest installment of “what we’re watching” includes two video documentary projects from newspapers, as well as a number of photography-centered visual stories from dailies in the U.S and Australia.
First up is this trailer for [...]
Telling their story, twins turn horror into hope for a different life
In our latest Notable Narrative, “Promise Not To Tell,” we meet Kellie and Kathie Henderson, two girls raped day after day by their brother, and later their father, for nearly a decade. Their abusers jailed, they are now trying to find a way to live the rest of their lives.
While narratives about family tragedy are legion, [...]
Stories inside and outside traditional beats: narrative nods in the winter issue of Nieman Reports
One of our sister sites, Nieman Reports, has just posted its latest issue, “The Beat Goes On.” You can take a gander at the issue in its entirety, but we thought we’d include some highlights for those of you with a particular interest in narrative.
In “Modern-Day Slavery: A Necessary Beat – with Different Challenges,” E. [...]
What we’re watching: the costs of heaven, veterans who seek shelter from war, and work from NPPA and College Photographer of the Year contests
For our latest installment, we were taken with some recent contest winners, including a documentary about a group of adult men with autism and their 65-year-old caretaker, who wants to retire. Veterans step out of society, the married elderly struggle with dementia, at-risk teens strike out on their own, and a photographer returns to Calcutta [...]
