Takeaways from #Story18: Day 2
Check out the main highlights from Day 2 of The Power of Storytelling.
Zuzanna Ziomecka on how women can rewrite Europe’s narratives
Find out more about #Story18 speaker Zuzanna Ziomecka, founder and editor-in-chief of NewsMavens, a website where the news is chosen entirely by women.
Anne Hull on the true power journalism has to create change
Get to know Anne Hull, Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative journalist and one of our most experienced #Story18 speakers.
Murray Nossel on learning how to listen in order to tell better stories
Murray Nossel is a teacher, performer, a trained clinical psychologist, an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, and author. And a #Story18 speaker.
The #Story17 aftermovie is here!
Take a look at the #Story17 aftermovie revisiting all the incredible moments we've shared this year at the festival events and the conference, and all the valuable lessons we've learned.
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August 10, 2016
Jon Mooallem on freelancing, the benefits of journalism school and writing about wildlife
Jon Mooallem is the author of Wild Ones, named the best book of 2013 by the New York Times Book Review, and a writer-at-large for The New York Times.
August 7, 2016
Speakers books translated into Romanian: “The End of The Perfect Ten”, by Dvora Meyers
Romanian readers can now find Dvora Meyers’ book on the evolution of elite women’s gymnastics on local shelves, a perfect read during the Olympics.
August 2, 2016
Wendy MacNaughton on using drawings and words to convey human emotion
Through her drawings, Wendy MacNaughton tries to take viewers out of their everyday life and context and get them to walk into someone else’s shoes.
July 31, 2016
Dvora Meyers on writing about your passion
Brooklyn based journalist Dvora Meyers has been researching her niche since she was eight. That’s when she started practicing gymnastics, a passion she recently turned into a book.
July 25, 2016
Brian Lindstrom on building intimacy with the subjects of his films
Brian Lindstrom knew he wanted to make films when he was still in primary school. His documentaries aim “to reduce stigma and reveal the humanity of those living on the margins”.
July 21, 2016
Caroline Paul on living and writing about a life of adventures
Caroline Paul always knew that she never wanted to have a ”brief case and an office” type of job.
July 17, 2016
Colin Meloy on creating music and performing on stage
Colin’s extensive vocabulary and well known passion for obscure words turned him into one of the most intriguing songwriters of the past decade.
July 9, 2016
Cheryl Strayed on fear, hiking alone and writing a bestselling book about the experience
When she felt she reached “the bottom of her life”, Cheryl Strayed embarked on a three month hiking trip, then wrote a book about how it changed her. It became a #1 New York Times Bestseller.
July 4, 2016
David Sedaris: “Keeping a diary helps somehow tame the world around me”
David Sedaris on keeping a diary and what informs his writing: fucked up human behaviour, racial relations in America and disturbing, disgusting or generally funny events.
