Journalist’s Trade

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.

A local television reporter finds ways to go beyond the usual coverage.

An editor laments the demise of the narrative. And welcomes its return.

‘I want to create a pattern that is instinctively unfamiliar….’

‘The approach of a storyteller seemed more apt….’

When the Five W’s aren’t appetizing, some reporters stir in a bit of fiction.

‘A little bit of narrative, like sugar, just makes everything better.’

In a narrative serial of a murder trial, news is differently defined.

On May 6, 2000, the Nieman Foundation and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism convened a panel of journalists to discuss narrative journalism. This event occurred during a two-day conference…