http://www.thoughtcast.org/thoughtcast-shorts/turbulent-times-for-truth-tellers-just-ask-the-nieman-foundation/ An online watering hole for ideas. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:12:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.thoughtcast.org/thoughtcast-shorts/turbulent-times-for-truth-tellers-just-ask-the-nieman-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-12884 r. c. barajas Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:25:10 +0000 http://www.thoughtcast.org/?p=587#comment-12884 A good summation of the main point of the conference. I think Amy O'Leary nailed it: the narrative hook at the beginning of an article - especially in the case of a shorter, web-based article - has become more important than ever. Though I think Sydney Trent and Maria Carrillo struck a chord with the argument that masterfully written longer - even serialized - narrative pieces might just be entering a new renaissance. There has got to be a backlash against the writing-for- short-attention-span trend. Writers still write, right? A good summation of the main point of the conference. I think Amy O’Leary nailed it: the narrative hook at the beginning of an article – especially in the case of a shorter, web-based article – has become more important than ever. Though I think Sydney Trent and Maria Carrillo struck a chord with the argument that masterfully written longer – even serialized – narrative pieces might just be entering a new renaissance. There has got to be a backlash against the writing-for- short-attention-span trend. Writers still write, right?

]]> http://www.thoughtcast.org/thoughtcast-shorts/turbulent-times-for-truth-tellers-just-ask-the-nieman-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-12883 Phillip Martin Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:06:06 +0000 http://www.thoughtcast.org/?p=587#comment-12883 Hoping to make it next year, but the cost (even at a discount) made attending the Nieman Conference prohbitive on the eve of our Depression. Hoping to make it next year, but the cost (even at a discount) made attending the Nieman Conference prohbitive on the eve of our Depression.

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