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Literary Journalism Links

Kiosk: A Magazine of Literary Journalism - The latest publication from the UC Irvine Literary Journalism program, featuring true stories of of the extraordinary and the everyday.
The Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism
Writer L - The Narrative Writer's Listserv
 
Editing Instruction and Resources
EditTeach.org
 
National Internship Programs--Summer
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund - The fund provides opportunities for students to intern at several major newspapers across the country.
The Atlantic Online--Career and Internship Opportunities - The Atlantic Monthly and The Atlantic Online are accepting applications for student internships year-round.
 
Newspapers and Reviews
American Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review
Newslink
NewsVoyager.com
 
Online Publications
Nieman Narrative Digest - A selection of narrative nonfiction from Harvard University's Nieman Program in Narrative Journalism.
 
Poynter Institute
About This Story
Best Newspaper Writing Index
Breaking into Creative Nonfiction, Part 1: The Basics
Breaking into Creative Nonfiction, Part 2: Getting that First Acceptan
Poynter Institute - Home Page
Storytelling on a Deadline
The Narrative Newspaper
The Paradoxes of Writing
The Web and Future of Writing
Thirty Tools for Writers
Tools of the Trade: The Question
Writer's Props
Writers at Work: The Process Approach to Newswriting
Writing Narrative Journalism: Ride the River, Scan the Banks
 
Publications
Granta
Harper's Magazine
The Atlantic Monthly (The Atlantic Online)
The New York Times Magazine
The New Yorker
 
Publishing and Research Opportunities
UCI's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program - UROP publishes a journal of student writing and research and hosts an annual symposium. Funds are also available for individual student research projects, both during the academic year and the summer.
 
Reporting Tools
American Press Institute: The Journalist's Toolbox
Investigative Reporters and Editors: The Missouri School of Journalism
Power Reporting: Resources for Journalists
 
Research Resources
Historical Storytelling
UCI Libraries Literary Journalism Resource Page--NEW!!
 
Weblogs
L.A. Observed: Los Angeles media, news and sense of place
Witness L.A. - Street news, views, and stories of justice and injustice, edited by Pereira Visiting Writer Celeste Fremon.
 
Writing Links (Compiled by S. Kaufman)
Against Technique
Dos and Don'ts for Feature Writing
Joan Didion: Only Disconnect
Jon Franklin on Writing
Literary Journalism: Newspapers' Last, Best Hope
Seven Kinds of Archives
The 5 Rs of Creative Nonfiction
The Art of the Interview
The Disciplined Writing Life
The Drama of Design
The Line Between Fact and Fiction
The Power of Brevity
The Roots of the New New Journalism
The Sound on the Page: An Interview with Ben Yagoda
Thirty Tools for Writers
What is Narrative?


Recommended Reading

Our Newest Publication

Kiosk: A Magazine of Literary Journalism

Some of Barry Siegel's Favorites

  1. The New Journalism, edited by Tom Wolfe
  2. Slouching Towards Bethlehem, by Joan Didion
  3. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
  4. Executioner's Song, by Norman Mailer
  5. Friendly Fire, by C.D.B. Bryan
  6. The Soul of a New Machine, by Tracey Kidder
  7. Blood and Money, by Tommy Thomson
  8. Gideon's Trumpet, by Anthony Lewis
  9. Levels of the Game, by John McPhee [also, Pieces of the Frame]
  10. The John McPhee Reader, edited by Wm. Howarth
  11. Killings, by Calvin Trillin
  12. Quintana and Friends, by John Gregory Dunne
  13. A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean
  14. The Second Tree from the Corner, by E.B. White
  15. Funny Money, by Mark Singer
  16. Up in the Old Hotel, by Joseph Mitchell
  17. The Literary Journalists, edited by Norman Sims, 1984
  18. Literary Journalism, edited by Norman Sims and Mark Kramer, 1995
  19. The Art of Fact, edited by Kevin Kerrane and Ben Yagoda, 1997
  20. Praying for Sheetrock, by Melissa Faye Greene
  21. The Right Stuff, by TomWolfe
  22. Dispatches, by Michael Herr
  23. Gay Talese Reader, Gay Talese.

 

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