Saw this posted on National Association of Science Writers list-serve, and thought it had some good tips on interviewing, storytelling, etc. It's a series of quotes from journalists at the recent narrative conference at Boston University. Wish I had known about it. Would have liked to have gone to it.
http://www.niemanstoryboard.org/2014/04/08/its-not-about-the-cameras-its-about-how-you-see-the-world-and-49-other-tips-and-inspirations-from-the-bu-narrative-conference/
So many gems.
ReplyDeleteJennifer Bogo, executive editor of Popular Science
"Figure out the tension, then shape your pitch around it."