Trevor Pyle

Nov 15, 2024 | niemanstoryboard.org | Kevin Heard |Trevor Pyle |Ruby Cramer

When Ruby Cramer of The Washington Post drove up to Norfolk, Mass., it was in pursuit of a story that couldn’t be more timely — or timeless. Cramer had seen local news reports about the small town and fractures over an emergency migrant shelter to be opened in a former prison there. She wanted to learn more, and after several weeks of listening, note-taking and reporting, had a story that tapped into both current battles and ancient fears.

Nov 14, 2024 | niemanstoryboard.org | Thomas Curwen |Trevor Pyle

Thomas Curwen is one of those newspaper veterans who has done it all. During his 40-year career at the Los Angeles Times, he’s served as an outdoors editor, a Book Review editor and a features editor. He’s done news stories big and small, and was on the team that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for coverage of a terrorist attack.

Oct 31, 2024 | niemanstoryboard.org | Trevor Pyle |Thomas Curwen

Tagged with Day-in-life narrative Independent Newspapers Los Angeles Times narrative structure News economy By Trevor Pyle Thomas Curwen is one of those newspaper veterans who has done it all. During his 40-year career at the Los Angeles Times, he’s served as an outdoors editor, a Book Review editor and a features editor. He’s done news stories big and small, and was on the team that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for coverage of a terrorist attack. He has a literature major’s...

Oct 17, 2024 | niemanstoryboard.org | Trevor Pyle |Kevin Heard

Tagged with Immigration Politics Profiles Source relationships Writing scenes By Trevor Pyle When Ruby Cramer of The Washington Post drove up to Norfolk, Mass., it was in pursuit of a story that couldn’t be more timely — or timeless. Cramer had seen local news reports about the small town and fractures over an emergency migrant shelter to be opened in a former prison there. She wanted to learn more, and after several weeks of listening, note-taking and reporting, had a story that tapped into...

Aug 1, 2024 | niemanstoryboard.org | Trevor Pyle |Jeff Goldberg |Scott Stossel

Tagged with covering climate change narrative structure political reporting Profiles Sources For almost a year, George Packer — a writer for The Atlantic and winner of the National Book Award — told people he was working on a long-form story about Phoenix, Arizona. The response he got didn’t inspire the kind of confidence journalists seek. “If I were too susceptible to the expressions on people’s faces I might have given up because it didn’t inspire excitement,” Packer said. “It was more a...