Archive

‘The idea of meaning is central to storytelling.’

By Dan Mathers• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2002

Jon Franklin got me to sit up right away as he talked about things like “character” and “plot”—words I’d associated with novels and short fiction, not journalism. These, he said, were important elements to any good story, fiction or nonfiction. Read more

Threats to Press Freedom in Russia

By Bob Giles• From the Curator• March 15, 2002

At a first-of-its-kind conference in Moscow, problems are exposed. Read more

Historical Writing and the Revival of Narrative

By Jill Lepore• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2002

‘…the line between scholarly and popular writing is now much more difficult to discern.’ Read more

‘The Girls in the Van’

By Beth J. Harpaz• Opinion• March 15, 2002

What happened when a lot of women journalists reported on Hillary Clinton’s campaign? Read more

A Pioneering Generation Marked the Path For Women Journalists

By Christy C. Bulkeley• Opinion• March 15, 2002

Today, women’s roles and numbers have increased but some key issues remain unresolved. Read more

Conference Diary

Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2002

Ideas and insights, opinions and suggestions—all of these surfaced again and again in the swirl of presentations. What follows are snippets from these sessions that didn’t find a home on the previous pages but merit consideration. ‘So what is … Read more

Serial Narratives

By Thomas French• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2002

Their power comes from ‘that delicious sense of enforced waiting.’ Read more

An Unexpected Ending

By Bruce DeSilva• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2002

“What Price the News” was written a couple of years ago but certainly resonates today because of the subject matter. The writer is a young man named Ian Stewart. And at the beginning of the story, Ian is drifting in … Read more

‘Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story.’

By Jacqui Banaszynski• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2002

Tim O’Brien had the bad fortune to be caught up in the Vietnam War, and he’s written about it several times, and he wrote a book called “The Things They Carried.” There’s a passage in his book where he’s talking … Read more

A Love Fest on Narrative Elements

By Bruce DeSilva, Chip Scanlan and Jon Franklin• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2002

It’s the voice, you fool. No, it’s the theme, dummy. No, it’s the story, you buttonhead. Read more