{"id":16485,"date":"2025-12-04T21:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/?p=16485"},"modified":"2025-12-05T02:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T02:05:00","slug":"believe-in-yourself-and-just-go-all-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/12\/04\/believe-in-yourself-and-just-go-all-in\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Believe in yourself and just go all in\u2019"},"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:<\/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 don&#8217;t know who needs to hear this right now&nbsp;\u2014 perhaps it\u2019s more the decision-makers at the top of news organizations than the journalists on the ground \u2014 but good work takes time.&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><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/12\/04\/photojournalist-stephanie-keith-documenting-ice-new-york-magazine-cover\/\">This week&#8217;s Nieman Storyboard podcast guest<\/a>, photojournalist Stephanie Keith, didn\u2019t have a paid assignment when she started showing up with her camera to the corridors of the immigration courts at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City.&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>During the following months, she documented the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they detained undocumented immigrants outside of their court hearings, and in many cases separated them from their families and loved ones.&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>Embarking on a job without any guarantee of getting paid at the end is a risk she acknowledges not everyone is able to take, but New York magazine eventually picked up her work and <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/26-federal-plaza-nyc-immigration-court-ice-agents-detainments-deportations.html?ueid=19f62880113934b262c0bbb597644adb&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=OGS%20-%20Oct%2020%2C%202025&amp;utm_term=Subscription%20List%20-%20One%20Great%20Story\">published one of the year\u2019s most powerful cover images<\/a>.&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><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/12\/04\/photojournalist-stephanie-keith-documenting-ice-new-york-magazine-cover\/\">On this week\u2019s podcast<\/a>, Keith talks about photojournalism&#8217;s essential role in telling true stories, and how she approaches photography and video in this era of viral moments. Through her lens, we see the reality of what\u2019s happening in New York, and across the country.&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>She also offers some important advice to journalists about working on projects you believe in:<\/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>\u201cAny of the projects that I&#8217;ve done really successfully, it\u2019s because I went all in on the project. Like Occupy Wall Street \u2014 I went down to Zuccotti Park every single day for months. At Standing Rock, I lived in North Dakota for six weeks straight. And for Federal Plaza I went down almost every day for like four months. So I think it\u2019s the \u2018all-in\u2019 aspect that really produces results. You learn all about the people. You get into a rhythm, and it\u2019s not something that you can just drop in and out of.<\/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>\u201cYou have to do this continuous coverage to get good results. So I think if you are really into a project, don\u2019t let any naysayers hold you back. Just believe in yourself and just go all in on your project.\u201d<\/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\/12\/04\/photojournalist-stephanie-keith-documenting-ice-new-york-magazine-cover\/\">Photojournalist Stephanie Keith on documenting ICE and capturing a moment that became the cover of New York magazine<\/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-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/12\/04\/photojournalist-stephanie-keith-documenting-ice-new-york-magazine-cover\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/new-york-mag-cover-ice-landscape-1024x898.png\" alt=\"New York magazine cover. Photo by Stephanie Keith\" class=\"wp-image-16470\" style=\"width:560px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/new-york-mag-cover-ice-landscape-1024x898.png 1024w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/new-york-mag-cover-ice-landscape-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/new-york-mag-cover-ice-landscape-768x674.png 768w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/new-york-mag-cover-ice-landscape.png 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New York magazine cover. Photo by Stephanie Keith<\/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>\u201cWhen you photograph, you\u2019re really photographing the truth. Even if things don&#8217;t change right away \u2014 it&#8217;s still important to create a record of the truth.\u201d<\/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>[ <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/12\/04\/photojournalist-stephanie-keith-documenting-ice-new-york-magazine-cover\/\"><strong>Read the story<\/strong><\/a><strong> ]<\/strong>&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-html mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-18295769\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2449998\/episodes\/18295769-photojournalist-stephanie-keith-on-documenting-ice-and-capturing-a-moment-that-became-the-cover-of-new-york-magazine.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-18295769&#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-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=\"\">\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>Harvard&#8217;s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy <a href=\"https:\/\/goldsmithawards.org\/nominations-open-for-2026-goldsmith-awards\/\">is accepting submissions for the 2026 Goldsmith Awards<\/a>, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/goldsmithawards.org\/the-goldsmith-book-prize\/\">Goldsmith Book Prize<\/a> (deadline: Dec. 18, 2025) and Goldsmith Prizes for <a href=\"https:\/\/goldsmithawards.org\/the-goldsmith-prize-for-investigative-reporting\/\">Investigative Reporting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goldsmithawards.org\/the-goldsmith-prize-for-explanatory-reporting\/\">Explanatory Reporting<\/a> (deadlines: Jan. 5, 2026). The awards, with cash prizes from $5,000 to $25,000, \u201chonor excellence in journalism that fosters more insightful debate and public understanding about government, politics and public policy in the United States.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/depthperceptionbyll.substack.com\/p\/dave-jorgenson-video-tiktok-youtube-washington-post?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=1730567&amp;post_id=179980164&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=lokt&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\">At Long Lead&#8217;s Depth Perception newsletter<\/a>, The Washington Post&#8217;s former \u201cTikTok guy\u201d Dave Jorgenson questions the conventional wisdom about telling stories via social media. \u201cI don\u2019t believe that younger people have shorter attention spans compared to older people. I think we all are getting shorter attention spans maybe, but it\u2019s not a generational thing necessarily. I think overall what\u2019s happening is that people are just getting their media in different ways. Maybe young people aren\u2019t watching cable, but they are watching three-hour podcasts, right? Or listening to them.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Storyboard contributor <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/authors\/mallary-tenore-tarpley\/\">Mallary Tenore Tarpley<\/a> shares lessons for authors about <a href=\"https:\/\/mallary.substack.com\/p\/what-i-learned-from-doing-75-podcast?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=2847616&amp;post_id=180639933&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=lokt&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\">appearing on podcasts to publicize your book<\/a>. (And we were grateful to be <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2025\/08\/14\/mallary-tenore-tarpley-writing-about-eating-disorders-recovery\/\">one of Tarpley&#8217;s impressive 75 podcast stops<\/a>.) \u201cThe truth is, publicity can seem nebulous. With this in mind, I\u2019ve found it helpful to develop clarifying messages about why I choose to spend so much time on publicity; this helps me stay intrinsically motivated even in moments when extrinsic factors feel discouraging.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We&#8217;ve been receiving some fantastic Storyboard \u201cBest of 2025\u201d&nbsp;submissions. This is your final reminder to let us know about your favorite stories (short or longform), podcasts, books, and documentaries by this weekend! <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSexpzaD2GTnlvmyZFkX2EkGetdLoTtrn5fQbXgh-In_41k8iA\/viewform?usp=header\">Fill out the form and share one or two picks<\/a>, plus tell me about one thing you worked on this year and what you learned from it.<\/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>Keep supporting great work, and keep sharing your stories,<\/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<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>Photojournalist Stephanie Keith on not letting the naysayers hold you back. 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