Narrative Journalism

Longform.org: Long, beautiful stories online

Express-News Reporter Brian Chasnoff found a unique discovery: A collection of compelling, long-form stories on the Web: Two generous souls have started a website (goodnight forever “Web site”) that fills a hole in my life. As Slate’s Jack Shafer explains, the duo — Max Linsky and Aaron Lammer — recently began compiling gems of long-form …

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Good read: Book review of ‘Telling True Stories’

Telling True Stories, a book about journalism

“Telling True Stories” is a collection of essays by the most thoughtful and talented people in the business. It’s essentially a how-to book written by giants like Tom Wolfe, who wrote the “The Right Stuff;” David Halberstam, who wrote “The Best and the Brightest;” and Gay Talese, who wrote legendary celebrity profiles such as “Frank …

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