The number of sites that post graceful writing grows every day. You can’t go wrong at The New Yorker‘s online incarnation, and many other magazines offer interesting experiments in new media. I’m on the lookout for beautifully written blogs, in which masterful writers explore the form and manage to do much more than whine, pine, and opine. More on that soon, I hope.
In the meantime, if you want to read great examples of narrative journalism, the Nieman Storyboard offers notable stories, interviews with writers, commentary and various resources. The site is published by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. The precursor to this site was the Narrative Digest, which still exists as a valuable archive of “notable narratives,” commentary, and essays on craft. (I edited the Digest when I was director of the program in narrative journalism at the Nieman Foundation.)
The Open Notebook is modeled on the Nieman Storyboard, but focuses on science journalism. You can read great pieces there, as well as get some behind-the-page detail.
The production of a group of ambitious and talented reporters in Florida, Gangrey has been called “a well-kept candy shop open to anyone who appreciates good writing.” It features mainly news stories from around the country, as well as spirited discussion of them, as well as of the changing platforms of journalism.
Speaking of changing platforms, make sure not to miss Interactive Narratives, produced by the Online News Association. The site’s tagline reads “the best in multimedia storytelling,” and the focus here is truly on the merging of text, audio, video, and graphics.
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