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Annotation Tuesday! Chris Jones and “Animals”

March 5, 2013 – 9:33 am

By now you’ve probably heard the story: In October 2011, a suicidal man named Terry Thompson uncaged dozens of wild animals that he kept on his farm in Zanesville, Ohio, and then shot himself. The sheriff’s department spent a tense night tracking down the animals, killing all that they could find. Of all the inevitable [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads, annotation tuesday! | Also tagged Charlie Pierce, Chris Heath, Cincinnati magazine, David Simon, Esquire, GQ, Jonah Ogles, Tom Junod, Truman Capote | Comments (0)

Storyboard 2013: New year, new features

January 8, 2013 – 10:41 am

Storytelling in 2013 — how will it look? Sound? How will it make us feel? Who’s doing it well, and how did they do it, and what can the rest of us learn from that work? We’re looking forward to finding out. Storyboard spent 2012 expanding our content and trying out new ways to engage readers. [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in narrative news | Also tagged Amy Wallace, Ann Friedman, Annotation Tuesday!, Ben Ehrenreich, Ben Yagoda, Buzz Bissinger, Dan Barry, David Grann, Eli Sanders, Esquire, GQ, Grantland, Jennifer B. McDonald, Joan Didion, Julia Barton, Junot Diaz, just one question, Luke Dittrich, Mary Roach, Michael Kruse, National Magazine Award, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Nora Ephron, Pam Colloff, Paul Harding, Peter Trachtenberg, Roy Blount Jr., Sean Patrick Farrell, Tampa Bay Times, Wesley Morris, Work the Problem | Comments (0)

“The Power of Storytelling,” Part 4: Chris Jones on why stories matter, Pat Walters on endings, Walt Harrington on integrity

November 2, 2012 – 8:59 am

In Part 3 of our recap of Romania’s “Power of Storytelling” conference on narrative journalism, radio producer Starlee Kine talked about story forms and themes; Esquire‘s Mike Sager talked about listening, and about suspending disbelief; and Pulitzer winner Alex Tizon talked about writing one’s own story. In Part 2, Pulitzer winner Jacqui Banaszynski wrote a short essay about why she and eight other North American [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads, narrative news | Also tagged Alex Tizon, Ben Montgomery, Bob Dylan, Burkhard Bilger, Buzz Bissinger, CJMQ radio, Colson Whitehead, Cristian Lupsa, Dave Eggers, David Finkel, David Maraniss, Decat o Revista, Disney Corporation, ESPN, Esquire, Evan Ratliff, Gary Smith, Gay Talese, George Orwell, Hearst Corporation, Jacqui Banaszynski, Janet Cooke, Jayson Blair, John Hope Franklin, John McPhee, Jon Franklin, Jonah Lehrer, Jonathan Yardley, Katherine Boo, Lillian Ross, Linton Weeks, Mike Sager, Monica Lewinsky, Pat Walters, Pete Hamill, Pulitzer Prize, Radiolab, Richard Ben Cramer, Roy Peter Clark, Ryszard Kapuscinksi, Sports Illustrated, Starlee Kine, Stephen Glass, Susan Sheehan, The Atavist, the Harvard Advocate, The New Republic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, the Tampa Bay Times, Tracy Kidder, Truman Capote, Vivian Gornick, Walt Harrington, Walt Whitman | Comments (1)

“The Power of Storytelling,” Part 3: Starlee Kine on story forms, Mike Sager on suspending disbelief and Alex Tizon on writing your own story

October 31, 2012 – 8:41 am

In Part 2 of our recap of Romania’s “Power of Storytelling” conference on narrative journalism, Pulitzer winner Jacqui Banaszynski wrote a short essay about why she and eight other North American storytellers traveled to Bucharest to talk stories before a sold-out audience of journalists. She talked about the future of storytelling. And Evan Ratliff, founder of The [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads, narrative news | Also tagged Alex Tizon, Cristian Lupsa, Decat o Revista, Esquire, Evan Ratliff, Harper's, Jacqui Banaszynski, Mike Sager, Pat Walters, Paul Tough, Radiolab, Starlee Kine, The Atavist, The Thing, This American Life, Walt Harrington | Comments (0)

“The Power of Storytelling,” Part 2: Jacqui Banaszynski on the future of stories and Evan Ratliff on digital entrepreneurship

October 26, 2012 – 8:28 am

The day I left Bucharest, the International Herald-Tribune ran a front-page story about the shambles that is Romania. After three visits there in three years, I can tell you that it is, indeed, a mess. Communism is lifted and people no longer fear to speak, or to hope. But promises of political reform are broken [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads, narrative news | Also tagged Alex Tizon, Cristian Lupsa, Decat o Revista, Esquire, Evan Ratliff, Jacqui Banaszynski, Mike Sager, Pat Walters, Radiolab, Starlee Kine, The Atavist, This American Life, Travis Fox, Walt Harrington | Comments (4)

“The Power of Storytelling,” Part 1: A bunch of American storytellers go to Romania…

October 25, 2012 – 9:01 am

Early this month, an all-star pack of North American storytellers flew halfway around the world, to Romania, to talk about narrative journalism. They took the stage before a sold-out audience and one by one talked about stories. They got into fear, hope, death, courage, insecurity, and a dozen other things, but above all they talked about [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads, narrative news | Also tagged Alex Tizon, Cristian Lupsa, Decat o Revista, Esquire, Evan Ratliff, Frontline PBS, Jacqui Banaszynski, Jonathan Yardley, Mike Sager, National Magazine Award, Pat Walters, Pulitzer Prize, Radiolab, Starlee Kine, The Atavist, This American Life, Travis Fox, Walt Harrington | Comments (1)

“What’s on your syllabus?”

September 20, 2012 – 8:35 am

Every narrative journalist can point to a story or a book, or two, that changed their lives, and that made them want to tell true stories. What story does it for you? Where was your love born? When we asked about influential writing via Twitter, answers came in a flurry. Wright Thompson said North Toward Home, [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads | Also tagged Aaron Latham, Adam Davidson, Alex Tizon, Alice Steinbach, Alison Smith, Andrew Pantazi, Anne Lamott, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbara Myerhoff, Buzz Bissinger, Clive Thompson, Cornelius Ryan Award, Darcy Frey, David Foster Wallace, David Von Drehle, Deborah Baker, Des Moines Register, Diane Shipley, Dinty Moore, Edwidge Danticat, ESPN, Gay Talese, Gene Weingarten, George Orwell, Harold Ross, Harper's, Ian Frazier, Jacqui Banaszynski, James Baldwin, Jane Kramer, Janet Malcolm, Jeanne Marie Laskas, Jeff Sharlet, Jimmy Breslin, Jo Ann Beard, Joan Didion, Joe Sacco, John Carey, John Hersey, John McPhee, Jordan Conn, Joseph Mitchell, Julia Sommerfeld, Karen K. Ho, Katherine Boo, Kelley Benham, Ken Fuson, KillingtheBuddha.com, Larry L. King, Lê Thi Diem Thúy, Lillian Ross, Louisa May Alcott, Luke Dittrich, Madeleine Blais, Mara Grunbaum, Mark Bowden, Mark Kramer, Mary McCarthy, Melissa Faye Green, Michael Herr, Michael Lesy, Mother Jones, New York Herald Tribune, New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Nick Paumgarten, Nieman Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Nora Ephron, Norman Mailer, Overseas Press Club Award, Philip Weiss, Pulitzer Prize, Rachel Signer, Randy Shilts, Rebecca Skloot, Rob Boynton, Rolling Stone, Ron Rosenbaum, Rosemary Mahoney, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Sebastian Junger, Susan Orlean, Tampa Bay Times, Ted Conover, The Atlantic, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, The New Yorker, The Seattle Times, The Washington Post, Tim O'Brien, Timothy B. Tyson, Tobias Wolff, Tom Junod, Tom Wolfe, Truman Capote, Vanity Fair, Walt Whitman, Wendy Call, Will Hobson, William Browning, Willie Morris, Wired, Wright Thompson, Zoe Heller | Comments (5)

Wright Thompson on identity, clarity, editing, voodoo and the deadline virtues of Lionel Ritchie

May 11, 2012 – 8:34 am

We chose Wright Thompson’s ESPN.com piece “The Kid Who Wasn’t There” as our latest Notable Narrative because the story added a chilling layer to the odd life story of Guerdwich Montimere, the grown man who passed himself off as a Texas high schooler and became a basketball star. So much of Thompson’s work, though, merits [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in #longreads | Also tagged David Halberstam, Dean Faulkner Wells, Deborah Popper, Drew Gallagher, Emmy, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Esquire, Frank Popper, Gary Smith, GQ, Hunter S. Thompson, Jay Lovinger, JFK, John Steinbeck, Kansas City Star, Michael Mooney, Richard Ford, Roger Ebert, The New York Times, Thomas Lake, William Faulkner, William Styron, Wright Thompson | Comments (1)

Work we love: a multimedia look at secret slavery, a portrait of fantasy baseball’s founder and dueling Robert Caro profiles

May 4, 2012 – 8:57 am

Our bookmarks have been busy lately what with all the good stuff to read and watch and hear. Some of our recent favorites hail from CNN.com, Grantland, the New York Times magazine and Esquire. In case you missed them, here are four pieces worth your time: Slavery 360° For the CNN.com multimedia narrative “Slavery’s Last [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in what we're reading etc. | Also tagged Bess Kalb, Charles McGrath, CNN.com, Edythe McNamee, Esquire, Gay Talese, Grantland, John D. Sutter, Justin Ellis, Robert Caro, The 6th Floor, The New York Times Magazine, W.C. Heinz | Comments (1)

All the narrative edification you need: our 2012 conference roundup

February 21, 2012 – 6:25 pm

It’s time for our annual almost-spring listing of 2012 writing events and conferences. From California to Texas and Boston, there are options to work on your writing or storytelling skills coast to coast. Whether you want to sharpen up your scene-setting, peek into the world of multimedia, or just network with others who are devoted [...]

By Andrea Pitzer | Posted in narrative news | Also tagged Adam Hochschild, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Amy Harmon, Amy O'Leary, AWP, Biographers International Organization, Boston University, Dagoberto Gilb, Dan Ferber, Evan Ratliff, Isabel Wilkerson, Jack El-Hai, Janine Latus, Jay Allison, Jeanne Marie Laskas, Jerald Walker, Kathleen Sharp, Luis Alberto Urrea, Luis Rodriguez, Maria Balinska, Marilynne Robinson, Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, Rebecca Skloot, Richard Rhodes, Samuel Freedman, Seth Mnookin, The Muse and the Marketplace, Tom French, Tracy Daugherty, Wendy Call | Comments (1)

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