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June 5, 2013 – 10:02 am

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By Paige Williams | Posted in narrative news | Also tagged Adam Hochschild, Adam Penenberg, Alexis Madrigal, Amy Ellis Nutt, Amy Wallace, Ann Marie Lipinski, Atlanta Magazine, Buzz Bissinger, Chris Jones, City & Regional Magazine Association, CRMA, David Grann, Deborah Blum, Esquire, Evan Ratliff, Gay Talese, GQ, Isabel Wilkerson, Jacqui Banaszynski, James Geary, Jenna Wortham, Joshua Benton, Junot Diaz, Justin Ellis, Mark Bowden, Maud Newton, Michael Paterniti, Michael Pollan, National Magazine Award, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Nieman Lab, Nieman Narrative, Nieman Narrative Journalism conference, Nieman Reports, Pamela Colloff, Pulitzer Prizes, Starlee Kine, the 6th Floor blog, Tom Junod, Wesley Morris | Comments (0)

“Why’s this so good?” No. 63: Michael Paterniti and the earthquake

October 16, 2012 – 8:39 am

After a 7.0 earthquake destroyed Haiti on Jan. 23, 2010, I spent weeks reading news reports about a tragedy so massive and devastating the numbers alone overwhelmed me: more than 316,000 dead, 300,000 injured, a million homeless. But I didn’t cry until almost a year later, when I read “City of Dust,” Michael Paterniti’s New York [...]

By Joanna Kakissis | Posted in #longreads, why's this so good? | Also tagged Michael Paterniti | 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, Chris Jones, 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, 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)

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

November 29, 2010 – 1:06 pm

Veteran magazine writer Michael Paterniti visited the Nieman Foundation a couple of weeks ago for a discussion about literary journalism with Narrative Writing instructor Paige Williams’ class and other fellows. Winner of the National Magazine Award for feature writing (and a six-time finalist), Paterniti has written powerfully about everything from the crash of SwissAir 111 [...]

By Paige Williams | Posted in narrative speaker series | Also tagged Andy Ward, Annie Proulx, Esquire, Hardball, Ian Frazier, Michael Paterniti, New Yorker, Outside, Paige Williams, Sara Corbett, The O'Reilly Factor, The Telling Room, Today, Tom Junod, Walter Benjamin | Comments (9)