The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has named Kari Howard as the new editor of Nieman Storyboard, the foundation’s online publication that showcases exceptional narrative journalism and explores the craft of nonfiction storytelling.
Howard joins Storyboard from the Los Angeles Times, where she worked since 1992, serving for the past four years as editor of the Times’ signature narrative journalism feature Column One. Howard raised Column One’s profile online, where it was rechristened Great Reads, and wrote the weekly Great Reads newsletter, which reached 45,000 subscribers. Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has hired Louise Kiernan to edit Nieman Storyboard, a website that showcases exceptional narrative journalism and explores the future of nonfiction storytelling, and Steve Almond to teach Nieman’s seminar in narrative writing, offered each year to Nieman Fellows. Read more
Bob Giles, Nieman Foundation Curator, announces to friends of the Nieman Narrative program the decision to suspend the Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism and the Nieman Seminar for Narrative Editors during the 2009-2010 academic year. Read more
Attendance dipped to slightly over 500 compared to more than 900 in past years. Some had just lost jobs. A few others wondered how long they'd have a desk to come back to. But speakers at last weekend's Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism preached adaptation, not hand wringing. They said well-honed storytelling skills enhance print and online reporting and improve newspapers' woeful bottom lines. Read more
From reporters and biographers to bloggers and podcasters, the country’s top literary minds will gather this weekend to explore the challenges of professional storytelling in the multimedia age. Read more
The Nieman Foundation has launched a new Web site to advance the practice of narrative journalism in the U.S. and the world; provide useful and inspiring resources for writers, editors, teachers and students of narrative; and offer a forum for the exchange of narrative-related ideas and resources. Read more
Mark Kramer, director of the Nieman Foundation Program on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University, was the keynote speaker at South Africa's first narrative journalism conference. Read more
