Journalist’s Trade

A Tampa reporter covers a murder trial for TV, newspaper and the Web.

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‘Good writing and good reporting reinforce each other. Period.’

Narrative was the vehicle selected for this reporting journey.

By grounding stories in a broader context, their messages are better understood.

On the Web, ‘Black Hawk Down’ enhanced its credibility and the readers’ experience.

Mark Kramer, who directs a narrative journalism conference each year at Boston University, opens our series of articles by asserting that “narrative writing is returning to newspapers.” The reasons are…

A new section called “Narrative Matters” began appearing last summer in Health Affairs, a bimonthly policy journal. As Founding Editor John K. Iglehart wrote, “I never regarded publishing material that…

In college classes, students read great storytellers and learn how to tell a story.