Storyboard contributor (and Charlotte Observer columnist) Tommy Tomlinson recently sent us a link to a sports narrative by Dan Wetzel, describing it as a great example of a story done on deadline. Tomlinson noted the pressures faced by newspaper reporters covering athletic events, adding that Wetzel’s story made him “wonder if newspaper people should change their strategy on this kind of story—maybe [...]
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Yahoo! Sports’ Dan Wetzel on digital narratives: “you’ve got to fight for every reader”
January 27, 2010 – 8:25 pm
The Old White Oak of Matthews
October 15, 2006 – 12:00 am
This story, according to its editor, was inspired by the children’s book The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Leland sought to write the entire piece in the voice of a book for children, eschewing language usually found in newspaper articles.
