{"id":2080,"date":"2020-12-22T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2020\/12\/22\/practical-tools-pro-survival-tips-and-poetry-led-nieman-storyboards-top-hits-of-2020\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T18:40:10","slug":"practical-tools-pro-survival-tips-and-poetry-led-nieman-storyboards-top-hits-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2020\/12\/22\/practical-tools-pro-survival-tips-and-poetry-led-nieman-storyboards-top-hits-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical tools, pro survival tips and poetry led Nieman Storyboard&#8217;s top posts of 2020"},"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 class=\"has-drop-cap\">Below are Nieman Storyboard\u2019s top 10 stories, in terms of pageviews and in reverse drumroll order, for 2020. 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trevor Pyle<\/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><strong>9 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/stories\/where-writers-write-when-they-cant-write-where-they-like-to-write\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Where writers write when they can&#8217;t write where they like to write<\/strong><\/a><br>Published: April 29, 2020 | The pandemic-related shutdown of habitual writing refuges and routines have left writers cobbling new options.<br>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/authors\/matt-tullis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matt Tullis<\/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><strong>8 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/stories\/a-writers-survival-guide-tips-for-defying-distraction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Writer&#8217;s Survival Guide: Tips for defying distraction<\/a><\/strong><br>Published: April 23, 2020 | One moderately productive, relatively-sane freelancer\u2019s approach to writing through a crisis.<br>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/authors\/kim-cross\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kim Cross<\/a><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  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\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><strong>4 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/stories\/writing-lessons-from-a-graduation-speech-cancelled-by-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What we can learn about writing and life in a graduation speech sent from a distance<\/a><\/strong><br>Published: March 26, 2020 | A letter from Roy Peter Clark to the class of 2020 says coronavirus can remind us of &#8220;one of the greatest gifts of all: A great story.&#8221;<br>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/authors\/jacqui-banaszynski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jacqui Banaszynski\u00a0<\/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      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