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Filling a Notebook With Narrative

Select a good topic. Secure good access. Find good narrative runs. Find character hints in action. Find the right scene details. Find emotionality for your subjects, not for you. Do…
March 15, 2002

What Happens Next?

Tom French’s talk was an argument for the power of the slowly unfolding story—the wait, the suspense (though I don’t think he ever used the word cliffhanger). For him, the…
March 15, 2002
Mike Lenehan

Editors and Reporters

‘Quite frankly, we need each other.’
March 15, 2002
Jacqui Banaszynski

Reporting Differently

How to come back with a notebook full of narrative.
March 15, 2002
Mark Kramer

More Tips for Editors

A collaborative relationship at The Oregonian
March 15, 2002
Jack Hart, Richard Read

Conference Participants Whose Words Appear in This Issue

Jacqui Banaszynski is the assistant managing editor/Sunday at The Seattle Times and holds the Knight chair in journalism at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Her series, “AIDS in…
March 15, 2002

Indulging Curiosity

Talese and Michel MarriottNew York Times reporter and 2002 Nieman Fellow Michel Marriott introduced Gay Talese at the Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference. Excerpts of their comments follow:Michel Marriott: As a…
March 15, 2002
Gay Talese, Michael Marriott

Tips for Editors

‘Pick three things and just keep working on them, keep reinforcing them.’Think of each of your reporter/writers as a one-year investment. Match the assignment to the writer, but stretch it…
March 15, 2002

A Bunch of Tips for Reporters

‘You can break the action at times and give us background.’Say you’re writing about the Little League team winning the Little League World Series and you’re doing a narrative. That’s…
March 15, 2002

Sharing the Secrets of Fine Narrative Journalism

Those who do it well explain what it is they do.
March 15, 2002