Narrative Storytelling

Rebecca Boyle

Rebecca Boyle Excavates Earth’s Earliest History

Julia Rosen

A field with sandy soil and scrubby grass, and a transmission tower in the background. Eleven numbered signs are placed irregularly in the ground, showing numbers in the 40s, 50s and 70s.

Storygram: Sarah Wild’s “Bones Specialists Try to Prise Secrets from the Veld Bodies”

Jen Schwartz

A pair of black spectacles resting on an unreadable printed page of text that includes a table.

How to Do a Close Read

Siri Carpenter

A young man in a bright red coat with gold spots, green belt and large woolly cuffs and collar is on an old motorbike, looking at the camera. Sheep and green hills are in the background.

Storygram: Jane Qiu’s “Trouble in Tibet”

Mara Hvistendahl

Lizzie Wade in large sunglasses and a red walking jacket with yellow trim smiles at the camera. In the background is a range of snow-topped mountains with flatter grasslands and a small lake just behind her.

Lizzie Wade Examines a Debate over the Origins of the Amazon’s Biodiversity

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega

Ross Andersen

Ross Andersen Writes a New Creation Story

Rebecca Boyle

Melinda Wenner Moyer Tracks Drug-Resistant Bacteria from Farm to Table

Jeanne Erdmann

Mac McClelland Tails Extreme Birders through Cuba

Lauren Gravitz

Jessica Wapner Knocks at the Door of a Drug Epidemic

Kendall Powell

Apoorva Mandavilli Recounts an Unlikely Recovery from Brain Injury

Siri Carpenter

Aftermath of an earthquake and tsunami, with boats, buildings and debris strewn throughout the scene.

Storygram: Azeen Ghorayshi’s “Sounding the Alarm”

Ann Finkbeiner

Unlock lock

Unlocked: How to Push Past a Career Barrier

Lucas Laursen

Writing Elegant Background

Christina Selby

William deBuys Goes to Extremes for Endangered Species

Christina Selby

The Human Element: Bringing Science to Life with Profiles

Esther Landhuis

Time Traveling: Writing Graceful Flashbacks

Mason Inman

Good Endings: How to Write a Kicker Your Editor—and Your Readers—Will Love

Robin Meadows

Stephen Ornes Explains the Science of Lightning to Young Readers

Amanda Mascarelli