Mark Armstrong sits down with Lane DeGregory, the Pulitzer Prize-winning enterprise reporter for the Tampa Bay Times covering "hope and humanity." DeGregory, whose work has been featured frequently on Storyboard over the years, is now celebrating 25 years at the Tampa Bay Times. She takes us through her process — from connecting with the community,…

Storyboard contributor Christina M. Tapper sits down with Dana A. Williams, author of the new book “Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship,” for a conversation about Toni Morrison and her work as a trade editor at Random House, where she championed Black writers working in all genres and ultimately changed the publishing landscape…

“This American Life” reporter and editor Nadia Reiman joins Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong for a conversation about immigration, mass deportation under Trump’s presidency, and finding the human stories amid ongoing raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Reiman has worked for “This American Life” since 2018, and in 2019, she was …

The Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard joins Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong for a conversation about the state of storytelling in Hollywood, and how true stories intersect with entertainment. Leonard was working as a development executive for Leonardo DiCaprio's production company when he started The Black List 20 years ago, first as a s…

Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell joins Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong for a conversation about his feature story on “Emilycc,” a Texas-based Twitch streamer who has livestreamed her entire life, 24 hours a day, for the last three years. For his story, “Inside the life of a 24/7 streamer: ‘What more do you want?’,” Harwell traveled…

Nieman Storyboard contributor Christina M. Tapper sits down with Akiba Solomon, an award-winning senior editor at The Marshall Project, the nonprofit news organization dedicated to covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Solomon edited The Language Project, about the terms journalists use to write about incarceration. Tapper and Solomon discuss …

New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and athlete Kim Cross joins Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong for a conversation about reporting for narrative nonfiction — focusing on reconstructed narratives and her feature story for Bicycling magazine, "The Alchemists," about the Afghan women who broke gender barriers in cycling before the Taliban …

Storyboard Editor Mark Armstrong welcomes Mary Schmich, the Pulitzer Prize-winning former columnist for the Chicago Tribune and host of the podcast "Division Street Revisited," which follows the stories of seven people featured in Studs Terkel's 1967 oral history book, "Division Street: America." Schmich teamed up with former colleague Melissa Harr…

Storyboard editor Mark Armstrong sits down with Makena Kelly, senior writer for Wired covering the intersection of politics, power, and technology, about the magazine’s coverage of Trump's second term and how it has aggressively covered Elon Musk and DOGE's takeovers of federal agencies. Amid its breaking news coverage, Wired published “Inside Elon…

On the debut episode of the Nieman Storyboard podcast, host and Storyboard editor Mark Armstrong sits down with acclaimed journalist and author Erika Hayasaki, for an in-depth conversation about trauma-informed reporting, questions of "telling a story versus taking a story," and when it makes sense for journalists to include their own stories in th…

Nieman Storyboard is all about the craft of journalism and storytelling. Join host and Storyboard editor Mark Armstrong (Longreads, Ursa Story Company) for conversations with journalists, writers, and producers, in their own words, talking about how they do the work. We'll talk about stories that span every genre and platform — from longform narrat…

In this final episode of Original Reporting, host Tomer Ovadia surveys a range of ideas that could help improve incentives for original journalism.Other notes:Lessons from fashion's free culture (Johanna Blakley at TEDxUSC) - https://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture/discussion…

Episode four dives deeper into editorial reasons for aggregation. Join host Tomer Ovadia as he answers the question: what type of content should be considered original journalism?By Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

In episode three, host Tomer Ovadia examines strategies publishers are currently employing in response to incentives for original reporting.Other notes:Steal our Stories (Propublica) - https://www.propublica.org/steal-our-stories/By Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

In episode two, we explore where original content is created and how incentives to produce it have changed. Hosted by Tomer Ovadia.Other notes:The Loss of Local News—News Deserts - https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/03/06/the-loss-of-local-news-news-desertsWho’s Producing Local Journalism? Assessing Journalistic Output…

In this first episode of Original Reporting, host Tomer Ovadia reviews the history of original journalism and what some call "The Aggregation Era."Other notes:The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger (Full interview at Code 2019) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ByCkocPBBANew rule: Cover what you do best. Link to the rest - https://buzzmachin…

Introducing Original Reporting, a limited podcast series looking at the creation and business of journalism.Host Tomer Ovadia, a software engineer with a background in journalism, talks to experts about one of the biggest problems facing the news industry today: a model to fund original reporting. This podcast was produced and published with help f…