Storytelling

Storytelling

On the Road Again

On the Road Again

Three myths and three truths about travel writing

From the Sahara to Siberia, Brooklyn to Nicaragua, I always get the same question: How do you become a travel writer? I only know how I did it – the hard way. But I can bust some myths and tell you a few truths about what it’s like to be a globetrotting journalist.

By Mirva Lempiainen
Published: July 16, 2014
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Storytelling

Cauldron of Creation

Cauldron of Creation

How Andy Carvin turned social media into a powerful tool for covering the Arab Spring

Using mostly Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, Carvin covered six revolutions across the Arab world, many of them simultaneously. A journalist’s life: Penetrating the fog of revolution from 6,000 miles away.

By Mikhael Simmonds
Published: February 1, 2013
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Storytelling

A view of Rue Oberkampf(Photo by Gueorgui Tcherednitchenko via Flickr)

To Tell the Truth

The way a narrative unfolds can offer insight beyond its facts

Writing the story of a 30-year-old murder case required piecing together conflicting accounts and faulty memories, filling some holes and finding that others must necessarily be left empty.

By Lisa Riordan Seville
Published: December 5, 2012
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