Tag: Speakers

One week to go, we put together a list of things to read, listen to or watch to get to know the speakers better.

2018 speaker Zuzanna Ziomecka is the founder of NewsMavens, Europe's front page produced entirely by women. Read her view on the lack of objectivity in journalism and finding opportunities in conflict.

2018 speaker Anna Rosling Rönnlund is co-author of Factfulness and co-founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that fights ignorance with a fact-based world view everyone can understand.

Get to know the Swedish social innovator whose work impressed Bill Gates and Barack Obama.

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.

Get to know Anne Hull, Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative journalist and one of our most experienced #Story18 speakers.

These are the laying ground for #Story18 speaker Murray Nossel's book, Powered by Storytelling, which will be translated in Romanian.

Get to know #Story18 speaker Vlad Mixich, health policy expert, writer and executive director of the Romanian Health Observatory.

Murray Nossel is a teacher, performer, a trained clinical psychologist, an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, and author. And a #Story18 speaker.

Elle will join #Story18 to share how she does her amazing reporting and where she finds the courage to do it.

Find out more about Diana Markosian, an Armenian – American documentary photographer and our #Story18 speaker.

Get to know documentary photographer and filmmaker and #Story18 speaker Nina Berman.

2018 speaker Andy Mills is co-creator of The Daily and Caliphate at The New York Times. Here's how his podcasting journey started.

Find out more about #Story18 speaker Mila Turajlic, director, producer and writer of The Other Side of Everything.

Get to know journalist and entreprenuer Jennifer Brandel, CEO and co-founder of Hearken and our #Story18 speaker.

We combined a list of our favourite podcast episodes produced or reported by 2018 speaker Andy Mills

Find out more about #Story18 speaker Andy Mills, audio producer for The New York Times, where he helped create The Daily and Caliphate.

Author and marketer Jonah Sachs's third appearance at our conference coincides with the launch of his second book, Unsafe Thinking.

Get to know Brian Reed, the host and co-creator of the groundbreaking podcast S-Town and #Story18 speaker.

Watch this #Story17 video in which award-winning investigative reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke about rage, Charlottesville, 400 years of racism in the US, and how we educate our children.

As part of The Power of Storytelling festival, radio journalist and producer Pat Walters gave us a crash course on podcasting, walking us through how the medium works and why it's so appealing to people.

Radio producer Pat Walters has an eye, or rather an ear, for stories that end differently than you would expect.

A staff writer with The New York Times Magazine and a recipient of a National Magazine Award, a Peabody Award and a George Polk Award, Nikole Hannah-Jones is one of the most respected investigative journalists in the US.

Get to know celebrated journalist and author Thomas French, winner of a Pulitzer Prize and dedicated teacher to entire generations of writers.

Jacqui Banaszynski is returning to The Power of Storytelling this October to share her invaluable wisdom with us. Here's just a tiny part of what she's taught us over the years.

The best way to know our speakers and understand what you can learn from them is to consume their work. Here's a small part of it.

Jacqui Banaszynski shared her thoughts about a controversial personal account on modern slavery written by the late Alex Tizon, twice a speaker at The Power of Storytelling.

Paul Browde learned to be open, fearless and authentic once he made peace with his life as a gay, HIV-positive doctor who believes medicine and storytelling go hand in hand.

Murray Nossel, an Oscars-nominated documentary filmmaker, teacher, and performer, lives and breathes storytelling.

Based in Istanbul, Turkey, Elie’s work revolves around migration, women’s rights and education, and this led her from Afghanistan, to Zimbabwe and up and down the Western Balkan migration route.

After more than a decade spent covering conflicts as a newswire photographer, Finbarr O’Reilly was ready to put the camera down. He says writing a book about the experience felt restorative.

With one month left of summer, we put together a list of stories and books recommended by our former speakers on Twitter.

What we learned from Debbie Millman’s inspiring talk on overcoming rejection at the National Theatre Bucharest on August 7.

Sarah Stillman, staff writer at The New Yorker, always gravitated towards stories at the margins of mainstream storytelling.

Debbie Millman, The Power of Storytelling & Visual Playground's guest on August 7 at the National Theatre Bucharest, is a woman of many talents, awards and titles. Graphic Design USA named her one of the most influential designers of our times.

Jenna Pirog is The New York Times’ first full-time virtual reality editor, so everything she does is an experiment - from the VR movies she produces, to the way she organizes her day.

#Story17 speaker Mindy Fullilove dedicated her career to studying the interdependence between environment and mental health.

Now that registration is open, have another look at the incredible lineup of storytellers coming to Bucharest on October 20-21 and book your spot as soon as possible.

Come see one of the most influential designers and storytellers working today on Monday, August 7, in Bucharest.

Cătălin Tolontan is one of the best known and most awarded investigative and sports journalists in Romania. Here are some of his principles on work and ethics.

Tim Howard is the Executive Producer at Reply All, a podcast from Gimlet Media. In his free time, he writes and records music.

Jonah Sachs, the marketing maven of good causes, is returning to The Power of Storytelling after two years with a talk on exploring different ways of thinking about the world.

Jacqui Banaszynski has been with us from the first edition, both as speaker and as a mentor. She told us stories, taught us about craft, gave us multiple tips on writing, but mostly she inspired us.

Not getting admitted to medical school made Tara Skurtu follow her passion for poetry. She is now a poetess, a translator and a creative writing teacher in Transylvania, the homeland of her great-grandparents.

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.

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.

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.

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”.

Caroline Paul always knew that she never wanted to have a ”brief case and an office” type of job.

Colin’s extensive vocabulary and well known passion for obscure words turned him into one of the most intriguing songwriters of the past decade.

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.

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.

Meet 2016 speaker Carson Ellis: insights into her creative process, her charmed life on a farm and being married to The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy.

Check out the latest additions to the list of speakers you won’t want to miss this October.

Come meet David Sedaris, one of the best humor writers alive. He will read and sign books on June 20, at ARCUB.

Meet the superstar storytellers coming to Bucharest on 14-15 October for our 6th edition.

Radiolab co-host Robert Krulwich's 2015 keynote on finding good stories, asking questions and never forsaking curiosity.

American writer and literary critic John Freeman talked at the 2015 edition about the role of place in today's fiction and writing in general.

Romanian artist Dan Perjovschi talked at the 2015 edition about the process behind his internationally acclaimed work.

Longtime GQ contributor and author of two New York Times bestselling books Michael Paterniti talked at the 2015 edition about his view of writing.

Illustrator and graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton talked at the 2015 edition about mixing art and journalism to tell people’s stories.

Tips and advice on how to create powerful visual stories shared at the 2015 edition by Instagram superstar Richard Koci Hernandez. Here is the video recording.

Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams spoke at the 2015 edition about personal writing.

Romanian poet and author Carmen Bugan discussed at the 2015 edition the process of creating literary work from personal testimony.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jacqui Banaszynski spoke at the 2015 edition about the role of place in stories. Here is the video recording.

2015 speaker Michael Paterniti recommends some of his favorite books, both fiction and non-fiction, that a writer could learn from.

With superstar storytellers in all kinds of mediums, this year’s conference is spreading once again to Cluj. We give you the most important 5 reasons you should absolutely join our 2nd edition here.

Carmen Bugan wrote about the experience of growing up in communist Romania and having her father arrested for "propaganda against the socialist regime". This piece she wrote in 2012 shows the absurdity of life during Ceausescu's regime and how her childhood adventures became evidence in the file against her father.

Photographer and multimedia journalist Richard Koci Hernandez won an Emmy award in 2008 for his documentary Uprooted and was nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize, but he might be best known for his Instagram account (@koci).

There are hundreds of reasons to join our conference this year, but we narrowed it down to 11 really important ones.

Dan Perjovschi draws his trademark figures on the walls of the world’s most important art institutions, but he couldn’t do them without Romania. ● Article published in DoR Magazine, Winter 2011/2012.

Alexander Nanau tells impressive life stories with empathy and skill, making sure they travel around the world, for everyone to watch.

Michael Paterniti has gone around the world twice looking for stories of people pushed to their limits. From there, where fear meets despair, he shows us what humanity is.

Jacqui Banaszynski didn’t set out to become a storyteller, but turned out to be one of the most fervent believers in the power of stories to open minds, touch hearts and change lives.

One of the most important magazine writers in the world weights in on the role luck played in his career.

12 things you need to know about the author of The Empathy Exams, a spectacular blend of memoir, reporting, and cultural criticism that investigates pain, our ability to understand it, process it, as well as see it and acknowledge it in others.

Curiosity has followed Robert Krulwich throughout his career, from Columbia Law School, to Award-winning television programs and ultimately to one of public radio’s most popular shows.

An unlikely Midwesterner with a passion for basketball became the universal BFF to the contemporary writer. And a poet.

Graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton’s journey to illustration was not a common one. Here are some of the things she learned along the way.

We celebrate being only 100 days away from our fifth edition with 10 pieces of advice gathered in these past years of storytelling wisdom and inspiration.

Check out the latest additions to the list of speakers you won’t want to miss this October.

We asked 2011 speaker Laurie Hertzel to recommend some of her favorite nonfiction books to read this summer.

The wait is over. Here are the superstar storytellers coming to Bucharest this October.

Jacqui Banaszynski, one of our dearest speakers, writes Christmas letters to friends and family every year. Much of the one she wrote this year talks about her time in Romania and the serendipitous moments that conferences like us can create. We republished the letter, with Jacqui’s permission.

Storytelling techniques that journalists can use to get more attention for their stories in a crowded online environment, from the new Editorial Director of Upworthy.

At the fourth edition of The Power of Storytelling, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and veteran coach Jacqui Banaszynski offered a few interviewing tips to help reporters become better listeners and tell better stories.

After two days of storytelling wisdom in Bucharest, we moved to Cluj for an afternoon of stories with Cristian Lupsa, editor of Decât o Revistă magazine, Mircea Tomescu, communication specialist, and Jacqui Banaszynski, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, editor, and coach.

What happened on the first day of The Power of Storytelling conference.

De Correspondent co-founders Rob Wijnberg and Ernst-Jan Pfauth talked to us about the challenges behind their crowdfunding success, digital storyelling, and the ideal of objectivity in journalism.

We talked with MIT Sloan School of Management Lecturer Leigh Hafrey about the connection between good leaders and good storytellers, and about how to use stories to teach.

The lessons of a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter, editor and teacher to young journalists: be deeply curious, listen to people, read with a learning mind, find mentors. And never stop.

The assigments Kelley Benham French is recommending to her students at Indiana University.

New York Times reporter and digital specialist Amy O’Leary talked to us about about social media, innovative newsrooms and her advice to young journalists.

Jonah Sachs recommends a list of marketing books for communicators who want to understand their audiences better.

Reporter and radio producer Lisa Pollak talked to us about the elements of a good story, what makes radio storytelling unique and what it means to be a good radio talker.

Leigh Hafrey, a lecturer in ethics, communication, and leadership at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a Senior Moderator for the Aspen Institute, recommends his favourite books, articles and movies on leadership.

Esquire writer-at-large Chris Jones talked to us about his work, the qualities of a good storyteller and what makes him come back to Romania for the third time. He is currently covering the World Cup in Brazil for ESPN.

We asked Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter, editor and teacher Jacqui Banaszynski to recommend some of her favourite non fiction books.