Pulitzer winner Ken Armstrong on the importance of storytelling in investigative journalism - Nieman Storyboard

The senior editor for Bloomberg News shares lessons on collaborating with large reporting teams and experimenting with new forms for the Pulitzer-winning story “TrAPPed”

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Henry Chu named curator of Nieman Foundation for Journalism — Harvard Gazette

Prize-winning veteran foreign correspondent, editor aims to focus on challenges facing industry, including AI, press freedom, polarization.

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‘Aangad took a small sip of water’ - Nieman Storyboard

How a tiny observation drives a bigger story. Plus: The art of low-stakes writing

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How Pamela Colloff wrote her first book, about a con artist turned jailhouse informant - Nieman Storyboard

The award-winning journalist discusses her new book, ‘Catch the Devil,’ for the Season Two premiere of the Nieman Storyboard podcast

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The Nieman Storyboard podcast returns with Pamela Colloff - Nieman Storyboard

The author of “Catch the Devil” on criminal justice reporting and keeping readers hooked. Plus: Ellie Silverman finds the true story behind a now-viral photo

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Should you start a newsletter? - Nieman Storyboard

Plus: Noticing what's in your neighborhood, and a podcasting playbook for students

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Embracing the lost art of people-watching - Nieman Storyboard

Plus: Submit your application for the Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism

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Remembering The New Yorker's Mark Singer - Nieman Storyboard

Plus: What makes an ideal Talk of the Town story? And pitching an editor instead of a publication

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A Juneteenth reading list - Nieman Storyboard

Plus: A high school girls’ water polo team fights for gender equity, and breakable rules for writers

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Annotation: The award-winning book proposal that became Lorraine Boissoneault's ‘Body Weather’ - Nieman Storyboard

Boissoneault, whose proposal won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award in 2024, breaks down how she wrote it

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Inside an award-winning book proposal - Nieman Storyboard

Plus: Lessons from an author after the book comes out, and tell us your favorite stories in song

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Summer inspiration for journalists and writers - Nieman Storyboard

Plus: Season Two of Nieman Storyboard’s podcast is coming soon, and is an MFA worth it?

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Finding the narrative in small-town libraries and bars: How Keith O’Brien told the origin story of Larry Bird - Nieman Storyboard

For his book “Heartland,” O’Brien visited the basketball legend’s hometown in French Lick, Indiana, to uncover a story never told

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Annotation: Rachel Aviv on reporting and writing her Pulitzer finalist story about a schizophrenia diagnosis - Nieman Storyboard

The New Yorker staff writer talks about finding the right story structure and working with a family to access medical records and journals

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A closer look at a Pulitzer finalist story about mental illness and recovery - Nieman Storyboard

Rachel Aviv's annotations on a woman's schizophrenia diagnosis. Plus: Asking editors the right questions

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Finding the narrative in small-town libraries and bars: How Keith O’Brien told the origin story of Larry Bird - Nieman Storyboard

For his book “Heartland,” O’Brien visited the basketball legend’s hometown in French Lick, Indiana, to uncover a story never told

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Annotation: How Sophie Elmhirst wrote a bestselling nonfiction book that reads like fiction - Nieman Storyboard

The author of ‘A Marriage at Sea’ found her voice — and a deep archive of diaries, films, and interviews — to tell the true story of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey

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How Jad Abumrad transports listeners to a legendary club in Lagos for the acclaimed podcast, ‘Fela Kuti: Fear No Man’ - Nieman Storyboard

Abumrad and his editor, Ben Adair, created a groundbreaking montage of music and voices for their episode “Enter the Shrine”

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Tech reporter Drew Harwell on the very online life of a 24/7 Twitch streamer - Nieman Storyboard

Podcast: The Washington Post writer shares his experience covering the intersection of technology, politics, and culture in an era of distrust and division

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The art of dialogue: 5 conversations from great narrative stories - Nieman Storyboard

From the Nieman Storyboard archives: How journalists capture dialogue between a character and friends, strangers, and themselves

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Scenes from National Magazine Award winners - Nieman Storyboard

Plus: More AI cautionary tales, how to create a book x-ray, and a Nieman Fellow's new book on writing

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Your next story is outside - Nieman Storyboard

Plus: Tell us your favorite graduation speech, ProPublica's new podcast, and a rejoinder to AI slop

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Behind the Scenes: Bloomberg examines a private detention center and a town 'Addicted to ICE' - Nieman Storyboard

Rachel Adams-Heard, Polly Mosendz, and Fola Akinnibi looked at local government agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain immigrants in New Mexico

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The art of the narrative interview: Sequencing your story - Nieman Storyboard

A matrix of spreadsheets and physical calendars can help a writer organize notes, track scenes and visualize a story timeline

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