{"id":15452,"date":"2025-05-09T12:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/?p=15452"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:35:44","slug":"podcast-episode-pulitzer-prize-winning-story-annotated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/05\/09\/podcast-episode-pulitzer-prize-winning-story-annotated\/","title":{"rendered":"A new podcast episode and a Pulitzer Prize-winning story, annotated"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/about\/subscribe-to-nieman-storyboard\/\"><em>Sign up for the Nieman Storyboard newsletter,<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0delivered every Friday in your inbox.<\/em> <em>(Photo above: The staff of the Baltimore Banner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebaltimorebanner.com\/community\/local-news\/baltimore-banner-pulitzer-opioids-SAFUMN3SCFG47BS2LKHJW36SOI\/\">celebrates its Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.<\/a><\/em> <em>By Ariel Zambelich\/The Baltimore Banner.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">***<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Dear Storyboard community,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>This week we have a new <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/05\/08\/kim-cross-narratives-women-cycling-afghanistan\/\">Nieman Storyboard podcast conversation<\/a> with New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and Storyboard contributor Kim Cross.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Cross is the author of books including the bestselling <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/what-stands-in-a-storm-a-true-story-of-love-and-resilience-in-the-worst-superstorm-in-history-kim-cross\/10365149\">&#8220;What Stands in a Storm,&#8221;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-stahl-house-case-study-house-22-the-making-of-a-modernist-icon-bruce-stahl\/15479043?ean=9781797209432&amp;next=t\">&#8220;The Stahl House,&#8221;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/in-light-of-all-darkness-inside-the-polly-klaas-kidnapping-and-the-search-for-america-s-child-kim-cross\/19846469?ean=9781538725078&amp;next=t\">&#8220;In Light of All Darkness.&#8221;<\/a> Last fall, her story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bicycling.com\/culture\/a62503930\/afghanistan-cyclist-evacuation-taliban-us-troop-withdrawal\/\">&#8220;The Alchemists&#8221;<\/a> appeared in Bicycling magazine, about the Afghan women who led a cycling revolution in their country before the Taliban took over.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>I particularly appreciate how Cross talks about her process for reporting and writing the opening scene, capturing details from 18-year-old Reihana Mohammadi&#8217;s final bike ride before she evacuated, and zooming in on what she calls &#8220;pivotal moments&#8221; and &#8220;defining moments&#8221;:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-quote mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>I think of a pivotal moment as a moment when something happens, usually externally to the character that changes what happens next. There&#8217;s a cause-and-effect relationship between that pivotal moment and something they choose to do next or something that happens to them next.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>A defining moment is more internal. It&#8217;s like an a-ha moment when the character realizes something, and that realization causes them to change the course of action.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-heading   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/05\/08\/kim-cross-narratives-women-cycling-afghanistan\/\">Journalist Kim Cross on reconstructed narratives and the women who led a cycling revolution in Afghanistan<\/a><\/h2>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-image mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/05\/08\/kim-cross-narratives-women-cycling-afghanistan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-crop-Kim-Cross_20230930_163712-Copy1.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Cross. Photo by Robert Poe\" class=\"wp-image-15440\" style=\"width:575px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-crop-Kim-Cross_20230930_163712-Copy1.jpg 679w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-crop-Kim-Cross_20230930_163712-Copy1-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kim Cross. Photo by Robert Poe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-html mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-17119559\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2449998\/episodes\/17119559-journalist-kim-cross-on-reconstructed-narratives-and-the-women-who-led-a-cycling-revolution-in-afghanistan.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-17119559&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>[ Follow us in <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/nieman-storyboard\/id1804505440\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4cN4SOwf5Am05PoA9wckcA\">Spotify<\/a>, or your <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.buzzsprout.com\/2449998\/episodes\">favorite podcast app<\/a>. ]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/05\/08\/kim-cross-narratives-women-cycling-afghanistan\/\">Read the show notes<\/a> ]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>You can also see Cross&#8217;s sharp eye for detail by revisiting <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/08\/08\/sexuality-religion-immersive-journalism-narrative-structure-sources\/\">her Storyboard annotation<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/classic.esquire.com\/article\/2024\/04\/01\/a-death-in-alabama\">&#8220;A Death in Alabama,&#8221;<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/news-politics\/a64675855\/esquire-pulitzer-prize\/\">Mark Warren in Esquire<\/a>. The story was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulitzer.org\/node\/2025-pulitzer-prize-announcement\">awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing this week<\/a> (the magazine&#8217;s first). Here&#8217;s one valuable lesson from their conversation that will stick with me:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-quote mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>CROSS: I spent a whole era of my career learning to write pure narrative without breaking scene \u2014 to show, not tell, letting readers draw their own conclusions from the constellations of facts presented in the story. But this kind of exposition requires a higher level of courage and skill. Please share some advice for those of us who are still developing the confidence and wherewithal to state clearly: Here\u2019s why I think this matters.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>WARREN: I agree with you that as a general rule in narrative, showing is blessed and telling is tedious. BUT: One must narrate. Sometimes the material alone will not give the story the depth of meaning and layers of dimension it needs, especially when the story that you\u2019re telling has a larger resonance than the mere facts. In this case, I felt that an element of essay was not only good, but required, to pull out the thesis on private facts, technology, culture war and malign actors through the piece.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>For more from Cross, <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/authors\/kim-cross\/\">check out her full Nieman Storyboard archive<\/a>. She also will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmcmurtrylitcenter.org\/events\/feature-writing-the-reconstructed-narrative\">teaching a workshop on reconstructed narratives<\/a> May 28-June 1 in Archer City, Texas.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-heading   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/08\/08\/sexuality-religion-immersive-journalism-narrative-structure-sources\/\">Story annotation: Pulitzer winner \u2018A Death in Alabama,\u2019 by Mark Warren for Esquire<\/a><\/h2>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-image mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/08\/08\/sexuality-religion-immersive-journalism-narrative-structure-sources\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AP23313333843075-e1723072218283.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15456\" style=\"width:570px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AP23313333843075-e1723072218283.jpg 750w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AP23313333843075-e1723072218283-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A memorial to Bubba Copeland outside First Baptist Church in Phenix City, Alabama. Photo by Kim Chandler \/ AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/08\/08\/sexuality-religion-immersive-journalism-narrative-structure-sources\/\">Read the story<\/a> ]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-heading   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links of note <\/h2>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-image mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nieman.harvard.edu\/the-nieman-foundation-for-journalism-at-harvard-announces-its-88th-class-of-fellows\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2026-fellows-grid3-1024x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15457\" style=\"width:702px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2026-fellows-grid3-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2026-fellows-grid3-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2026-fellows-grid3-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2026-fellows-grid3.jpg 1460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-list mb-4 list max-w-screen-full mx-auto pl-5 \">\n            \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nieman.harvard.edu\/the-nieman-foundation-for-journalism-at-harvard-announces-its-88th-class-of-fellows\/\">The Nieman Foundation announces its 88th class of fellows<\/a>: Congratulations to the newest class of 22 journalists from around the world who join this fall. As Nieman Curator Ann Marie Lipinski said: \u201cNieman is proud to support these talented journalists, especially at a time when there is a growing need for fortifying the free press.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The National Endowment for the Arts under Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/trumps-nea-is-terminating-hundreds-of-grants-in-literature-theater-and-the-arts\/\">abruptly canceled federal grants<\/a> for hundreds of publications, theater groups, and arts organizations \u2014 including magazines like n+1, The Oxford American, The Paris Review, McSweeney&#8217;s, Electric Lit, and many more. Back in March, Storyboard contributor Britany Robinson talked to arts writer Claire Willett about how <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/03\/27\/claire-willett-nea-grants-arts-journalism\/\">the changes might affect funding for journalism and arts<\/a> projects across the NEA and National Endowment for the Humanities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2025\/05\/04\/longest-marathon-streamer-emilycc\/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ2NDE3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ3Nzk5OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDY0MTc2MDAsImp0aSI6ImI5Y2IwZWRkLTdhMjctNDRiNS1iNGJiLTcyMzEwYzU1NTFiMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjUvMDUvMDQvbG9uZ2VzdC1tYXJhdGhvbi1zdHJlYW1lci1lbWlseWNjLyJ9.MAw5wg2BFikLh3APxmNbZaXGIDL7fWM2jYgvzkxvTqs&amp;ref=drewharwell.com&amp;utm_source=pocket_saves\">&#8220;Inside the life of a 24\/7 streamer: \u2018What more do you want?\u2019&#8221;<\/a> The Washington Post&#8217;s Drew Harwell interviews Emilycc, a Twitch streamer who has been livestreaming her life, 24\/7, for three years. 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