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Author and editor Sari Botton on giving yourself permission to write personal essays

Our guest on this week's Nieman Storyboard podcast, editor and bestselling author Sari Botton, is an expert in the art of personal storytelling. Through her popular

Audio journalist Will James on investigating the unsolved murder of a teenager in Seattle's CHOP zone

Storyboard editor Mark Armstrong sits down with audio documentary producer Will James to discuss his work with Seattle's KUOW and his latest investigative project, a

Journalist Shoshana Walter on telling stories of addiction and recovery

On the latest episode of the Nieman Storyboard podcast, Storyboard editor Mark Armstrong sits down with journalist and Pulitzer finalist Shoshana Walter to discuss how sh

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

Ken Armstrong has reported, written, or edited many award-winning stories over his career, and that work has taken various forms — including traditional longform writing,

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

The Nieman Storyboard podcast returns for Season Two with Pamela Colloff, reporter for ProPublica, staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, and author of the new book

Journalist Tricia Romano on the pros and cons of writing an oral history

Author Tricia Romano joins Storyboard editor Mark Armstrong to talk about how she reported and wrote her oral history of The Village Voice, “The Freaks Came Out to Write:

Soledad O’Brien on character-driven storytelling in documentaries, and the power of being a witness

Award-winning journalist and executive producer Soledad O’Brien joins Storyboard contributor Christina M. Tapper for this week’s Nieman Storyboard podcast to discuss her

Leah Sottile and Ryan Haas on deconstructing ‘true crime’ in podcasting and journalism

Journalists Leah Sottile and Ryan Haas join Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong to discuss the second and final season of their serialized podcast “Hush,” from Oregon Public

NPR's Tonya Mosley on the art of the interview

Award-winning journalist Tonya Mosley joins Storyboard contributor Christina M. Tapper for a discussion about interviewing, live coverage, and how to tell complex family

Photojournalist Stephanie Keith on documenting ICE and capturing a moment that became the cover of New York magazine

On the latest episode of the Nieman Storyboard podcast, photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Stephanie Keith joins Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong to discuss her

Sasha Bonét on ‘leaving room for the story to shape itself’ and how a family home can become a character

Writer, author, and cultural critic Sasha Bonét joins Storyboard contributor Christina M. Tapper for a wide-ranging conversation about Bonét’s writing process for “The Wa

National Book Award finalist Claudia Rowe on writing about teens and the foster care system

On the latest episode of the Nieman Storyboard podcast, journalist Claudia Rowe joins Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong to discuss her most recent book, “Wards of the Stat

Danyel Smith on developing taste as a writer and building confidence to tell your own story

On the latest episode of the Nieman Storyboard podcast, award-winning journalist, author, and producer Danyel Smith joins Storyboard contributor Christina M. Tapper to di

Michael Kruse & Bill Duryea: Lessons from a 16-year reporter-editor partnership

What makes an editor-writer relationship work? We sit down with a reporter and editor who have achieved something of a rarity in the news business — a 16-year partnership

The New Yorker's Sam Wolson on interactive storytelling about a mother and her trans teenager leaving the U.S.

The New Yorker’s Interactives Visual Features Editor Sam Wolson joins Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong for a conversation about his latest story, “There’s No Place at Hom

Mallary Tenore Tarpley on writing about eating disorders and navigating ‘the messy middle’ in recovery

Mark Armstrong sits down with Storyboard contributor and author-journalist Mallary Tenore Tarpley to discuss her new book, “Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Re

Pulitzer winner Lane DeGregory on the power of local storytelling

Mark Armstrong sits down with Lane DeGregory, the Pulitzer Prize-winning enterprise reporter for the Tampa Bay Times covering "hope and humanity."  DeGregory, whose work

Author Dana A. Williams on what Toni Morrison can teach us about editing

Storyboard contributor Christina M. Tapper sits down with Dana A. Williams, author of the new book “Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship,” for a conve

Nadia Reiman on telling stories of immigration for ‘This American Life’

“This American Life” reporter and editor Nadia Reiman joins Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong for a conversation about immigration, mass deportation under Trump’s presiden

The Black List's Franklin Leonard on the power of 'Based on a true story' in Hollywood

The Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard joins Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong for a conversation about the state of storytelling in Hollywood, and how true stori