Telling True Stories
by Mark Kramer, Wendy Call · Plume
Anthology of short craft pieces drawn from the Nieman Foundation's narrative journalism conference, in which working reporters and authors explain finding subjects, structuring long-form stories, reporting ethics, and selling a first book.
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