{"id":720,"date":"2015-04-19T19:03:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T19:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/new\/?p=720"},"modified":"2017-07-01T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T14:45:39","slug":"takeaways-from-the-narrative-journalism-conference-in-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/takeaways-from-the-narrative-journalism-conference-in-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Takeaways from the Narrative Journalism Conference in Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, the Initiative for Narrative Journalism in the Netherlands hosted its fifth annual conference<\/a>, with the theme ”The Protagonist”. We attended, listened and learned from great journalists and storytellers such as Maisie Crow, Josh Neufeld, George Packer and Lisa Pollak, as they shared insights into their work and process.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the things we learned during two days of keynotes, sessions and masterclasses.<\/p>\n

1. On building relationships with the characters in your stories:
\n<\/strong>The key to any good story is a good relationship, and all good relationships are built on a solid foundation of trust.<\/em><\/p>\n

Documentary photographer and filmmaker Maisie Crow<\/a> opened the conference by talking about the longlasting relationship she built with Tom Rose, the main character in the\u00a0multimedia project\u00a0A Life Alone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tom\u2019s and mine relationship is built on the shared sense of loneliness, our common vulnerabilty. I was alone in a new place, and he was mourining the loss of his wife.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maisie Crow gives insight about being vulnarable as a journalist #alifealone<\/a> #Wareverhalen2015<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Wendelmoet Boersema (@WendelmoetL) April 16, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n