WriterL
A subscription-only listserve focusing on literary journalism. Co-founded by Jon Franklin, author of Writing for Story, and Lynn Franklin, who also moderates the discussion.

River Teeth
A biannual journal of nonfiction narrative.

Points of Entry
Subtitled "Cross-currents in Storytelling," this journal advocates narrative in journalism and journalism education.

Nieman on Narrative
Special issue of Nieman Reports.

Narrative Conference
Read about the 2001 Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference in Boston. See reviews of numerous speakers, including Rick Bragg, Tom French, and Isabel Wilkerson.

The Trials of a Citizen Soldier
Last fall, when anthrax was discovered in the mail, Leroy Richmond, a postal worker at the Brentwood mail center in Washington, D.C., kept going to work, heeding the call of officials who told the workers they were the quiet soldiers in this war against terrorism. But then Richmond, with anthrax crawling through his blood, nearly died. Two of his friends did. While other survivors point fingers and can't contain their bitterness, Richmond is slow to criticize the postal service for not closing the plant earlier. He was just doing his duty. Still, the illness lingers, he tires quickly, his memory is less secure, and he will probably never return to work. Gary Dorsey of The Baltimore Sun tells of Richmond's illness and his recovery in this two-part package.


Out of Nowhere: Inside the Pentagon on 9/11
Victims of the terrorist attack at the Pentagon haven't gotten the same attention as those at Ground Zero. In this four-part series, Earl Swift of the Virginian-Pilot constructs a thorough tick-tock look at that fateful morning at the Pentagon. He manages to successfully weave together various stories, though at times it can be hard to keep all the characters straight. Ultimately, the reader sees an interesting cross-section of civilian and military heroes, of those who got out physically unscathed and those still struggling to recover.


Life-saving Squeegee
In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Jim Dwyer of the New York Times tells the story of a window washer and how his squeegee saved the life of six men. For more on the story, see this review from Poynter's Roy Peter Clark