What happens when a story subject agrees to let you completely into their life? I was struck by this question twice this week: First, while watching the psychological thriller-like trailer for Nathan ...

She soon discovered she wasn’t the only woman who was a surrogate for the couple — they eventually obtained dozens of children through surrogates. The FBI began investigating the family after one ...

During my new Nieman Storyboard podcast conversation with audio journalist Will James, we got to talking about the evolution of narrative storytelling in podcasts, but also the evolution of trust in ...

When it comes to grieving, we are accustomed to speaking a common language. Li questions all of it, including the word “grief” itself, opting instead for the word “abyss.” “Grief has become a ...

In the aftermath of loss, platitudes and silver linings abound. They creep into greeting cards and consolations that attempt to put words to the unthinkable and instill hope in the possibility of ...

Sign up for the Nieman Storyboard newsletter, delivered every Friday in your inbox. Dear Storyboard community: One of the great joys of this job at Storyboard is that ...

On August 5, 1949, lightning ignited a wildfire on a slope near Mann Gulch, a tributary of the Missouri River in western Montana. A team of 15 smokejumpers parachuted in to fight it. Their foreman’s ...

Ken Armstrong has reported, written, or edited many award-winning stories over his career, and that work has taken various forms — including traditional longform writing, podcasts, and television. But ...

Sign up for the Nieman Storyboard newsletter, delivered every Friday in your inbox. This week NOTUS is breaking more news with reporter Sam Fortier’s piece about a ...

“Catch the Devil” tells the story of a con artist named Paul Skalnik who spent time in and out of jail for a string of crimes. He soon became a frequent jailhouse informant for prosecutors who were ...

Born in Tulsa, Singer maintained his Oklahoma connection throughout his life and career. His 1984 book "Funny Money”—first published as a series of stories in The New Yorker—told the story of a small ...

There is so much we can’t control as writers and journalists — the state of the industry, trends in book publishing, whether an editor or literary agent is in a good mood when they read your email — ...