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In May 2020, we interviewed New York Times audio producer Andy Mills about the award winning podcast Caliphate. What no one knew then, but has become clear over the last few weeks, is that the main character of the podcast fabricated most of what he told the producers of the show. We would like to stress that we think our conversation with Andy Mills is still relevant for podcast producers, as it deals with other important aspects of what it takes to make a narrative podcast. Read more…

Have you missed For Sama? Don't worry, together with Pakhuis de Zwijger we organized that you can stream the award-winning documentary for free for 24 hours on dezwijger.nl. You can watch For Sama from October 6th 4pm untill October 7th same time. For Sama is also...

In this livecast we will discuss narrative techniques in investigative stories. Together with Rebecca Corbett, investigative editor at the New York Times, and Xandra Schutte, chief editor at De Groene Amsterdammer we will discuss She Said. This award-winning book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey was edited by Rebecca Corbett, who oversaw and guided the two NYT reporters during the investigation that ignited the international #MeToo movement. Tune in October 20th from 8.30 pm!

Most journalists reporting on science can only dream of writing a story like Rebecca Skloot wrote, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. She researched the life (and death) of the forgotten patient and her famous cells for ten years. Together with science journalist Job de Vrieze and Skloot we will discuss ways in which reporting on science can turn into a gripping story like this bestseller and the pitfalls of this technical genre. Tune in from your own comfortable home on the 13th of October from 8.30 pm!

Covering conflict in the media can be very challenging. Compassion fatigue towards the media and their reporting on lasting conflicts unfortunately is a reality. People are often tired of the news coming from conflict areas and they have a hard time relating to the numerous victims. Last year the documentary For Sama made a huge impact and attracted a lot of attention and a large audience that got emotionally very affected by seeing the film. In this livecast we will talk with journalist Fréderieke Geerdink and For Sama creators Edward Watts and Waad al-Kateab about narrative techniques in their award winning documentary and their benefit in reporting on war and conflict. Watch from your own comfy sofa on October 6th 8.30 pm!

On October 6th, 13th and 20th we present three inspiring livecasts in collaboration with Pakhuis de Zwijger. During this series we’ll talk with the creators of impactful journalistic productions from all over the world. We’ll discuss how they have used narrative techniques successfully, without losing their journalistic integrity. We will talk about the narrative techniques with the creators of the award winning documentary For Sama, bestseller author Rebecca Skloot and New York Times and She Said editor Rebecca Corbett and many more…

Would you like to get a head start on your reading for True Stories? In Savannah Bay's webshop you can pre-order books written by our speakers. Just select 'pick up in store' when ordering and mention in the comment section that you would like to receive your books on...

We are thrilled to have so many talented speakers present at our conference True Stories! Because we want to offer our visitors a full experience, we asked some of the speakers to elaborate more on their practice in additional masterclasses. The masterclasses will be...

This event is part of our conference True Stories: Beyond The Bubble and will take place on Thursday 16 May at Pakhuis de Zwijger from 8 pm -10 pm At the Narrative Journalism Foundation we observe guidelines for what makes a journalistic production narrative, but we...