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‘Reporting is the key to good journalism.’

Steven A. HolmesIn daily journalism, you often don’t get a lot of time. But in trying to cover the lives of ordinary people and make it news, your best friend…

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…

Editors and Reporters

‘Quite frankly, we need each other.’

Reporting Differently

How to come back with a notebook full of narrative.

More Tips for Editors

A collaborative relationship at The Oregonian

Sharing the Secrets of Fine Narrative Journalism

Those who do it well explain what it is they do.

Why We Need Stories

‘Without them, the stuff that happens would float around in some glob and none of it would mean anything.’

Structuring Stories for Meaning

‘Your character gets to the point where something changes.’

Women Journalists Spurred Coverage of Children and Families

‘…I no longer had to approach my work as though I didn’t have children.’

Interactivity Creates a Different Kind of Journalism

A former newspaper editor turned radio host discovers ‘a forum, simultaneously public and intimate, for digesting news and debating its meaning.’