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Spring 2002: Introduction

On a late fall weekend in 2001, the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism convened its first conference. More than 800 journalists traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts to take part in three…
March 15, 2002

Historical Writing and the Revival of Narrative

‘…the line between scholarly and popular writing is now much more difficult to discern.’
March 15, 2002

Conference Diary

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…
March 15, 2002

Serial Narratives

Their power comes from ‘that delicious sense of enforced waiting.’
March 15, 2002

A Love Fest on Narrative Elements

It’s the voice, you fool. No, it’s the theme, dummy. No, it’s the story, you buttonhead.
March 15, 2002

Reporters Read From Their Narrative Articles

During the conference, there would come a time each day when writers would share their narrative writings with participants who wanted to listen. And many did. The hundreds of chairs…
March 15, 2002

Scenes, Suspense and Character

‘Everything really boils down to one or another of those three things.’
March 15, 2002

‘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…
March 15, 2002

Writing About Ordinary Lives

‘I wanted to move the realm of curiosity into the lives of people who had been ignored….’
March 15, 2002

Reporting Differently

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