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Telling true stories : a nonfiction writers' guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University / edited by Mark Kramer and Wendy Call.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Plume, c2007.Description: xvii, 317 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780452287556
  • 0452287553
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.43 KRA
LOC classification:
  • PN4781 .T45 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
-- Introduction to Telling True Stories / Mark Kramer and Wendy Call -- Part 1: An Invitation to Narrative: -- Stories Matter / Jacqui Banaszynski -- Suggestions for Narrative Journalists / Gay Talese -- The Narrative Idea / David Halberstam -- Difficult Journalism That\'s Slap-Up Fun / Katherine Boo -- Part 2: Finding, Researching, and Reporting Topics: Introduction / Mark Kramer and Wendy Call -- Finding Good Topics / A Writer\'s Questions / Lane DeGregory -- Finding Good Topics / An Editor\'s Questions / Jan Winburn -- Stories are Everywhere / Adrian Nicole LeBlanc -- Reporting for Narrative - Ten Overlapping Rules / Mark Kramer -- To Tape or Not to Tape? / Jacqui Banaszynski, Jon Franklin, Gay Talese, and Adam Hochschild -- Interviewing: Accelerated Intimacy / Isabel Wilkerson -- The Psychological Interview / Jon Franklin -- Participatory Reporting: Sending Myself to Prison / Ted Conover -- Being There / Anne Hull -- Not Being There / Jacqui Banaszynski -- Not Always Being There / Louise Kiernan -- Reporting Across Cultures / Victor Merina -- Reporting on Your Own / Mitra Kalita -- From Field Notes to Full Draft / Tracy Kidder -- Doing Enough Reporting? / Walt Harrington -- From Story Idea to Published Story / Cynthia Gorney -- (Narrative) J-school for People Who Never Went / Adrian Nicole LeBlanc -- Part 3: Name Your Sub-Genre: Introduction / Mark Kramer and Wendy Call -- Profiles / Jacqui Banaszynski -- The Limits of Profiles / Malcolm Gladwell -- The Ladder of Abstraction / Roy Peter Clark -- Every Profile is an Epic Journey / Tomas Alex Tizon -- Travel Writing: Inner and Outer Journeys / Adam Hochschild -- The Personal Essay and the First-Person Car cter / Phillip Lopate -- Tips for Writing Personal Essays / Victor Merina -- First Personal Singular: It\'s Not Just About You / Adam Hochschild -- First Personal Singular: Sometimes, It Must Be About You / DeNeen Brown -- Columns: Intimate Public Conversations / Donna Britt.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 070.43 KRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 219022

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-296) and index.

-- Introduction to Telling True Stories / Mark Kramer and Wendy Call -- Part 1: An Invitation to Narrative: -- Stories Matter / Jacqui Banaszynski -- Suggestions for Narrative Journalists / Gay Talese -- The Narrative Idea / David Halberstam -- Difficult Journalism That\'s Slap-Up Fun / Katherine Boo -- Part 2: Finding, Researching, and Reporting Topics: Introduction / Mark Kramer and Wendy Call -- Finding Good Topics / A Writer\'s Questions / Lane DeGregory -- Finding Good Topics / An Editor\'s Questions / Jan Winburn -- Stories are Everywhere / Adrian Nicole LeBlanc -- Reporting for Narrative - Ten Overlapping Rules / Mark Kramer -- To Tape or Not to Tape? / Jacqui Banaszynski, Jon Franklin, Gay Talese, and Adam Hochschild -- Interviewing: Accelerated Intimacy / Isabel Wilkerson -- The Psychological Interview / Jon Franklin -- Participatory Reporting: Sending Myself to Prison / Ted Conover -- Being There / Anne Hull -- Not Being There / Jacqui Banaszynski -- Not Always Being There / Louise Kiernan -- Reporting Across Cultures / Victor Merina -- Reporting on Your Own / Mitra Kalita -- From Field Notes to Full Draft / Tracy Kidder -- Doing Enough Reporting? / Walt Harrington -- From Story Idea to Published Story / Cynthia Gorney -- (Narrative) J-school for People Who Never Went / Adrian Nicole LeBlanc -- Part 3: Name Your Sub-Genre: Introduction / Mark Kramer and Wendy Call -- Profiles / Jacqui Banaszynski -- The Limits of Profiles / Malcolm Gladwell -- The Ladder of Abstraction / Roy Peter Clark -- Every Profile is an Epic Journey / Tomas Alex Tizon -- Travel Writing: Inner and Outer Journeys / Adam Hochschild -- The Personal Essay and the First-Person Car cter / Phillip Lopate -- Tips for Writing Personal Essays / Victor Merina -- First Personal Singular: It\'s Not Just About You / Adam Hochschild -- First Personal Singular: Sometimes, It Must Be About You / DeNeen Brown -- Columns: Intimate Public Conversations / Donna Britt.

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