{"id":2207,"date":"2021-10-29T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2021\/10\/29\/nut-grafs-triptych-iii-the-supreme-court-springsteen-and-late-night-rambles\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T16:51:38","slug":"nut-grafs-triptych-iii-the-supreme-court-springsteen-and-late-night-rambles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2021\/10\/29\/nut-grafs-triptych-iii-the-supreme-court-springsteen-and-late-night-rambles\/","title":{"rendered":"Nut grafs: Triptych III ~ Sex, Springsteen and late-night rambles"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-html mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            <em><strong>EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE:<\/strong> Last week and this, we&#8217;re offering support to editors and educators for how to guide writers through an effective nut graf \u2014 however you spell it and whatever you call it. Go to the homepage for recent articles or search &#8220;nut graf&#8221; for more.<\/em><br \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><br \/><figure id=\"attachment_166936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166936\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/RBBrenner2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-166936\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/RBBrenner2-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Journalist and Stanford University teacher R.B. Brenner\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R. B. Brenner<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/><br \/><span class=\"legacy-dropcap\">N<\/span>ot to be flippant, but my approach to teaching &#8220;the nut graf&#8221; is akin to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart&#8217;s definition of obscenity: <em>He<\/em>\u00a0<em>knows it when he sees it<\/em>.<br \/><br \/>So, after doing my best to describe the nut graf and its purpose in a story, I share with students six to eight examples of it being done well \u2014 how, in each example, the nut graf works in harmony with the lede and the supporting grafs that follow.<br \/><br \/>Otherwise, I draw from definitions I&#8217;ve collected from Chip Scanlan over the years, including from this <a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/stories\/nut-grafs-overused-misused-or-merely-misunderstood\/\">2019 Nieman Storyboard essay.<\/a><br \/><p style=\"text-align: right;\">~ R.B. BRENNER <em>Formerly metro and Sunday editor at the Washington Post who now teaches at Stanford University<\/em><\/p><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><br \/><figure id=\"attachment_166934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166934\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LisaGraceLednicer2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-166934\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LisaGraceLednicer2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Editor Lisa Grace Lednicer of the Washington Post\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Grace Lednicer<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/><br \/><span class=\"legacy-dropcap\">Y<\/span>ou know who&#8217;s really great at writing nut grafs? Songwriters. Think of it: Songwriters don&#8217;t have all day to get their point across; they need to distill the point they&#8217;re trying to make in less than three minutes, often sooner. The best are able to sketch out the universality of the human experience in just a few lines. A classic example is what Bruce Springsteen does in &#8220;The River&#8221; (the song is allegedly based on his sister&#8217;s teen marriage). The song&#8217;s intro, or &#8220;lede,&#8221; sets the scene: <em>I come from down in the valley\/Where, mister, when you&#8217;re young\/They bring you up to do like your daddy done<\/em>.<br \/><br \/>Here&#8217;s the nut graf:<br \/><blockquote><em>&#8211;Then I got Mary pregnant\/And man, that was all she wrote<\/em><br \/><br \/><em>&#8211;And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat<\/em><\/blockquote><br \/>In just 26 words, Springsteen tells you what the song is about \u2014the dashing of hope. Those carefree days by the river \u2014 <em>her body tan and wet down at the reservoir<\/em> \u2014 are gone, forever. By the end of the song, the economy has soured, he and Mary barely talk, the river is dry. And the nut graf has led you there, beautifully.<br \/><p style=\"text-align: right;\">~ LISA GRACE LEDNICER <em>A night editor at the Washington Post who also teaches as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland<\/em><\/p><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><br \/><figure id=\"attachment_166935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166935\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GregBowers2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-166935\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GregBowers2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Retired sports editor and professor Greg Bowers\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greg Bowers<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"legacy-dropcap\">I<\/span> love rambling, late-night conversations as much as the next guy. But I can\u2019t count the number of rambling stories I\u2019ve written that fell apart like wet newsprint in the fluorescent light of morning.<\/p><br \/>Sigh. Deep breath. There\u2019s more to do.<br \/><br \/>Go back and make it clear. Deal with the nagging questions: What\u2019s the point? What are you writing about? Why, now that the sun\u2019s up, are you bothering anybody with this?<br \/><br \/>To get something done, you have to know what you\u2019re trying to do. When you know what you\u2019re trying to do, you know what to keep. And, maybe as important, you also know what to throw away.<br \/><br \/>Seems logical enough, but the reader, who\u2019ll hopefully be coming by any minute now, might need the direction.<br \/><br \/>And the writer might need it even more.<br \/><p style=\"text-align: right;\">~ GREG BOWERS <em>Veteran sports reporter and editor who is now retired from teaching at the Missouri School of Journalism<\/em><\/p><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><br \/>&nbsp;\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Last week and this, we&#8217;re offering support to editors and educators for how to guide writers through an effective nut graf \u2014 however you spell it and whatever you call it. 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