{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Nieman Storyboard","provider_url":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org","author_name":"commonmedia","author_url":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/author\/commonmedia\/","title":"Reporting and writing historical narrative: Author Adam Hochschild on accessible prose + scene\/setting + character + plot - Nieman Storyboard","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tZvYUbhNYI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2014\/06\/29\/reporting-and-writing-historical-narrative-author-adam-hochschild-on-accessible-prose-scenesetting-character-plot\/\">Reporting and writing historical narrative: Author Adam Hochschild on accessible prose + scene\/setting + character + plot<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2014\/06\/29\/reporting-and-writing-historical-narrative-author-adam-hochschild-on-accessible-prose-scenesetting-character-plot\/embed\/#?secret=tZvYUbhNYI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Reporting and writing historical narrative: Author Adam Hochschild on accessible prose + scene\/setting + character + plot&#8221; &#8212; Nieman Storyboard\" data-secret=\"tZvYUbhNYI\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/wp\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/03\/king-leopolds-ghost-2.jpg","thumbnail_width":140,"thumbnail_height":215,"description":"Several years ago,\u00a0Adam Hochschild, the acclaimed author of\u00a0King\u00a0Leopold\u2019s Ghost\u00a0and other nonfiction narratives,\u00a0told a Vanderbilt University audience\u00a0that academic writing doesn\u2019t have to be boring. Scholars of history and science \u2014 theoretically any discipline \u2014\u00a0can use basic storytelling techniques without sacrificing gravitas. \u201cI think that even people who don\u2019t think of themselves as knowing (storytelling techniques) unconsciously [&hellip;]"}