{"id":16169,"date":"2025-09-26T13:03:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/?p=16169"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:03:28","slug":"everybody-needs-an-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/09\/26\/everybody-needs-an-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Everybody needs an editor"},"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>&nbsp;delivered every Friday in your inbox.<\/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>In 2010, reporter Michael Kruse followed the trail of a monkey that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/archive\/2010\/05\/16\/by-nature-he-s-a-social-creature\/\">on the loose in the Tampa Bay area<\/a>. To tell the story, Kruse had to get inside the head of a young adult male rhesus macaque \u2014 where he went, what he ate, and what he was looking for.&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>One thing he was looking for? A partner. The monkey was alone and seeking its kind. For the piece, Kruse consulted with a loneliness expert, who reminded us: &#8220;None of us do well on our own.&#8221;<\/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>It&#8217;s a perfect theme for <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/09\/25\/michael-kruse-bill-duryea-lessons-reporter-editor-partnership\/\">this week&#8217;s Nieman Storyboard podcast<\/a>, in which Kruse and his longtime editor, Bill Duryea, reflect on a 16-year partnership that spanned both the Tampa Bay Times and Politico.&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>It&#8217;s rare for an editor and reporter to have such a long-lasting collaboration across multiple publications. And for many journalists and freelancers working in the creator economy, it feels like a luxury to have an editor at all. But their partnership is a reminder that we shouldn&#8217;t have to do it alone. Our work gets better when we have trusted collaborators who empower and challenge us.&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 is not just a mantra for journalism. Songwriter Dan Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOwrNgagV-R\/?hl=en\">recently reminded other artists<\/a> that just because you can write and produce a song on your laptop all by yourself doesn&#8217;t mean that you should. Making music \u2014 making anything \u2014 is a communal experience.\u00a0<\/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>For Kruse, having access to an editor like Duryea gave him the confidence to pursue stories before the idea was clear. As Duryea notes: \u201cMichael and I probably both subscribe to the theory that 90 percent of life, and reporting, is just showing up.\u201d And a huge part of that is showing up for each other.&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-heading   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/09\/25\/michael-kruse-bill-duryea-lessons-reporter-editor-partnership\/\">Michael Kruse &amp; Bill Duryea: Lessons from a 16-year reporter-editor partnership<\/a>&nbsp;<\/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          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150w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kruse-duryea.png 1441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Kruse and Bill Duryea<\/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>The journalists share how they supported and learned from each other at the Tampa Bay Times and Politico.&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        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<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&nbsp;<\/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=\"\">\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>At some point in their careers, journalists and writers might get the (thrilling? nerve-wracking?) opportunity to appear on-camera and talk about their work. Author and journalist Alice Driver <a href=\"https:\/\/alicedriver.substack.com\/p\/on-tv-media-training-notes\">offers some succinct media training advice<\/a> when it comes to sharing your work for TV or podcasts. My favorite bit: learn how to tell a story in 45 seconds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat if key members of the family don\u2019t want to give interviews, or are not physically able to?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thereportedessay.substack.com\/p\/truth-before-everything\">Erika Hayasaki interviews Haley Cohen Gilliland<\/a>, author of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/A-Flower-Traveled-in-My-Blood\/Haley-Cohen-Gilliland\/9781668017142\"> \u201cA Flower Traveled in My Blood,\u201d<\/a> about the challenges of writing about Argentina\u2019s Dirty War and the mothers who searched for their daughters and grandchildren who were abducted or killed by the military.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a new writing advice column, nonfiction writer Lilly Dancyger illuminates how writers can <a href=\"https:\/\/lillydancyger.substack.com\/p\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-present-on\">increase their presence on the page<\/a>: \u201cGo through the draft and highlight every moment that\u2019s supposed to have emotional weight, and\/or where your perspective shifts.\u201d She suggests slowing down, lingering in the moment when the realization lands and letting the reader sit there \u2014 insights that can prove instructive for writers of all kinds. (Hat-tip: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carly-stern.com\/\">Carly Stern<\/a>.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLife is the best writer, and sometimes you have to let life show you a little bit of what that is.\u201d I appreciated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/13\/magazine\/cameron-crowe-interview.html\">this conversation with writer-director Cameron Crowe<\/a>, because it comes across as two journalists openly brainstorming stories and themes around Crowe\u2019s career arc. The subject is enjoying the process, and the writer isn\u2019t overly insistent on his own interpretation of the narrative.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 control your own story. Keep sharing it,<\/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>Mark Armstrong<br><a href=\"https:\/\/nieman.harvard.edu\/mark-armstrong-named-editor-of-nieman-storyboard\/\">Editor<\/a><br>Nieman Storyboard<br><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.buzzsprout.com\/\">Follow the Nieman Storyboard Podcast<\/a>&nbsp;<br>On Bluesky: <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:nejd5yomd3xtdcdg267bqim5\">@niemanstoryboard.org<\/a><\/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><em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@feodorchistyakov?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Feodor Chistyakov<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-black-and-white-photo-of-an-old-typewriter-dAURyLCv5bk?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/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<div class=\"block block-subscribe full-width\">\n            <h2 class=\"subscribe-title\">Subscribe to Storyboard<\/h2>\n        \n            <div class=\"subscribe-content\">\n            <p>Get insights into the craft of journalism and storytelling in your inbox, delivered on Fridays.<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"39px\"} --><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    \n                <div class=\"subscribe-embed\">\n                            <div class=\"mt-5\">\n                 <div translate=\"no\" class='mailmunch-forms-widget-1154494'><\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n               \n                    <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Kruse and Bill Duryea reflect on a 16-year partnership. 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