Magic and writing tricks differ in at least one happy way: A writing trick’s delights only increase once you see through the sleight of hand.
In “Inhaling the Spore,” writing about a visit to a very peculiar museum, Lawrence Weschler hides his prestidigitation in plain sight, like every good magician. His 1994 Harper’s showpiece makes the reader [...]
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“Why’s this so good?” No. 20: Mr. Weschler’s magic cabinet
November 15, 2011 – 4:00 pm
Tech thoughts on storytelling: Amy Webb at ONA 2010
November 4, 2010 – 9:35 am
Digital innovation is providing new tools with intriguing possibilities for storytelling. At the 2010 Online News Association Conference last weekend, Webbmedia’s Amy Webb presented tech trends she thinks might find a place in the future of news. (Before she founded her own company, Webb covered emerging technology, media and cultural trends for Newsweek and the [...]
USA Today’s Joshua Hatch on digital storytelling, Katrina and using technology with “a narrative purpose”
August 25, 2010 – 12:06 am
We talked last week by phone with USA Today interactives director Joshua Hatch about “Five Years Later: Hurricane Katrina,” the paper’s attempt to document the recovery and continuing struggles of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. With a prologue and three chapters (Effects, Rebuilding and Unsettled), the project includes maps, interactive visuals, video and bare-bones [...]
A Life Without Left Turns
August 31, 2006 – 12:00 am
We love the humor in this piece, the light touch, the human, almost self-deprecating voice. It’s folksy and sophisticated at once—a lovely, complete little memoir.
