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Narratively is proud to partner with the top creators in entertainment to develop and produce TV series and features inspired by our thousands of authentic, untold human stories. 25+ Narratively stories have been optioned for TV and film projects. If you’re interested in partnering with us please contact Narratively’s director of CONTRIBUTE TO NARRATIVELY Contribute to Narratively. Narratively is devoted to original and untold human stories. We are always interested in adding new, diverse voices to the mix. We accept both pitches for story ideas and completed submissions, and we use a platform called Submittable to manage that process. THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE SOCIALITE WHO STERILIZED HER DAUGHTER B ulbs flashed as the rouge- and fur-wearing socialite took the stand in a trial that would rivet the American public for the next several months. The image of the solemn-faced 22-year-old would appear in newspapers across the country. Some, like The New York Times, would print nearly 50 stories detailing the woman’s private life — her childhood, romantic relationships, drinking and JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS NABJ-Narratively Fellowship Program Winter/Spring 2021 Editorial Internships Narratively is a digital publication that prides itself on looking beyond the news headlines and clickbait, focusing instead on ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Our network of over 3,000 talented storytellers have experience at the most celebrated publications on earth and they come to Narratively with the VIJAI MAHESHWARI, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Vijai Maheshwari. Vijai Maheshwari is a writer and former hair trader based between Moscow and New York. He graduated from New York’s Columbia University and worked briefly on Wall Street before heading off to live the expatriate dream in Eastern Europe. He was editor-in-chief of Russian Playboy in the late 1990s and has also

written White

LEO OLADIMU, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Leo Oladimu. Leo Oladimu (formerly known as Leo Felton) is scheduled for release in January 2021. He has belonged to Mensa for 14 years and is the author of “Beige: An Unlikely Trip Through America’s Racial

Obsession”.

CONFESSIONS OF A CAM GIRL IN AN AGE OF LONELINESS Confessions of a Cam Girl in an Age of Loneliness. A t 7 o’clock in the evening, seven days a week, I can be found sitting on one end of my bed in Manhattan, posed in front of my phone as I address hundreds of strangers. “Hi, you guys,” I say — because the majority of my viewers are men — followed by my usual nightly greeting: “It FALLING FOR A HELLS ANGEL Falling for a Hells Angel. The rocks hitting my window woke me from a deep sleep. I sat up with a start. I pushed my window open and looked around. “Jill, Jill, it’s me, Angela. Let me in.”. She stood below, her bicycle thrown in the yard’s rock garden. It was about

two a.m.

SECRET LIFE OF A COUNTRY CLUB CADDY Secret Life of a Country Club Caddy. My testicles were unharmed by the force of the descending golf ball. In my final summer as a country club caddy, I stood next to an elevated green while the golfers teed off 150 yards away and forty feet below. One of the players popped his ball up so high I lost sight of it in the hazy sky, forcing me to IN 1859, A MURDEROUS CONGRESSMAN PIONEERED THE INSANITY In 1859, a Murderous Congressman Pioneered the Insanity Defense. “T emporary insanity” is a relatively modern invention. The question of insanity in criminal cases became part of American law in the course of two 19th-century murder trials, each involving a hotheaded protagonist, a lover’s tiff, and a killing in broad daylight.

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Narratively is proud to partner with the top creators in entertainment to develop and produce TV series and features inspired by our thousands of authentic, untold human stories. 25+ Narratively stories have been optioned for TV and film projects. If you’re interested in partnering with us please contact Narratively’s director of CONTRIBUTE TO NARRATIVELY Contribute to Narratively. Narratively is devoted to original and untold human stories. We are always interested in adding new, diverse voices to the mix. We accept both pitches for story ideas and completed submissions, and we use a platform called Submittable to manage that process. THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE SOCIALITE WHO STERILIZED HER DAUGHTER B ulbs flashed as the rouge- and fur-wearing socialite took the stand in a trial that would rivet the American public for the next several months. The image of the solemn-faced 22-year-old would appear in newspapers across the country. Some, like The New York Times, would print nearly 50 stories detailing the woman’s private life — her childhood, romantic relationships, drinking and JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS NABJ-Narratively Fellowship Program Winter/Spring 2021 Editorial Internships Narratively is a digital publication that prides itself on looking beyond the news headlines and clickbait, focusing instead on ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Our network of over 3,000 talented storytellers have experience at the most celebrated publications on earth and they come to Narratively with the VIJAI MAHESHWARI, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Vijai Maheshwari. Vijai Maheshwari is a writer and former hair trader based between Moscow and New York. He graduated from New York’s Columbia University and worked briefly on Wall Street before heading off to live the expatriate dream in Eastern Europe. He was editor-in-chief of Russian Playboy in the late 1990s and has also

written White

LEO OLADIMU, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Leo Oladimu. Leo Oladimu (formerly known as Leo Felton) is scheduled for release in January 2021. He has belonged to Mensa for 14 years and is the author of “Beige: An Unlikely Trip Through America’s Racial

Obsession”.

CONFESSIONS OF A CAM GIRL IN AN AGE OF LONELINESS Confessions of a Cam Girl in an Age of Loneliness. A t 7 o’clock in the evening, seven days a week, I can be found sitting on one end of my bed in Manhattan, posed in front of my phone as I address hundreds of strangers. “Hi, you guys,” I say — because the majority of my viewers are men — followed by my usual nightly greeting: “It FALLING FOR A HELLS ANGEL Falling for a Hells Angel. The rocks hitting my window woke me from a deep sleep. I sat up with a start. I pushed my window open and looked around. “Jill, Jill, it’s me, Angela. Let me in.”. She stood below, her bicycle thrown in the yard’s rock garden. It was about

two a.m.

SECRET LIFE OF A COUNTRY CLUB CADDY Secret Life of a Country Club Caddy. My testicles were unharmed by the force of the descending golf ball. In my final summer as a country club caddy, I stood next to an elevated green while the golfers teed off 150 yards away and forty feet below. One of the players popped his ball up so high I lost sight of it in the hazy sky, forcing me to IN 1859, A MURDEROUS CONGRESSMAN PIONEERED THE INSANITY In 1859, a Murderous Congressman Pioneered the Insanity Defense. “T emporary insanity” is a relatively modern invention. The question of insanity in criminal cases became part of American law in the course of two 19th-century murder trials, each involving a hotheaded protagonist, a lover’s tiff, and a killing in broad daylight.

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Narratively is a storytelling platform and production company that celebrates humanity through diverse, authentic, high-quality content. Our human-centric work spans longform writing, digital video, podcasts, TV and film and our platform, Narratively.com (one of TIME’s “50 Best Websites”), is the creative engine behind much of that storytelling. TV & FILM - NARRATIVELY TV & Film. Narratively is proud to partner with the top creators in entertainment to develop and produce TV series and features inspired by our thousands of authentic, untold human stories. 25+ Narratively stories have been optioned for TV and film projects. If you’re interested in partnering with us please contact Narratively’s

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JIMIN KANG, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Jimin Kang. Jimin is a writer and undergraduate student at Princeton University, where she leads the University Press Club. Her work can be found in Vox, The Nation, The Counter, and the Princeton Alumni Weekly magazine, among other publications. Born—and now based—in Seoul, South Korea, she grew up in Hong Kong. THE LOST PRINCE OF YACHT ROCK Yacht rock lyrics tend to deal with divorce, male loneliness and suburban ennui — a far cry from the vitality of war protests and civil rights anthems of a decade earlier. But more i mportant, yacht rock is a sound, and that sound was defined by the tight-knit group of studio musicians who inadvertently created the genre.The guys behind yacht rock — and with the exception of a handful of CONFESSIONS OF A SUICIDE SURVIVOR Step Three: Listen to others’ heart-wrenching stories. Step Four: Cry. Steps Five through Twelve: Repeat steps one through four. After ten years of the same questions running on a loop in my head, and sorrow following me around like a needy cat, I THE UNDERGROUND INFERNO THAT CREATED A GHOST TOWN The Underground Inferno that Created a Ghost Town. The road is dark, sharp and slippery, winding through naked trees and into the wintry Pennsylvanian mist. Thick layers of clouds are concealing the hills, black rocks and silver birches lingering in the morning’s dim blue haze. The stillness of the early hours hasn’t broken yet. THE LAST FISHERMEN OF LONG ISLAND The Last Fishermen of Long Island. As a longtime local industry struggles under a sea of regulations, two photographers document the families who have lived off the water for generations. Photographers Doug Kuntz, 57, and Tara Israel, 30, are both natives of Eastern Long Island. Although they grew up decades apart, both Kuntz and Israel

were

THE BREWING BATTLE OVER VENICE BEACH’S HOMELESS CRISIS The Brewing Battle Over Venice Beach’s Homeless Crisis. In one of the hippest (and priciest) places in America, homeless shelters are overcapacity and tent cities are on the rise. While many residents are eager to sweep the streets clean, one homeless artist sees a chance to build community. Story by Emily Mae Czachor · Photos by Emily Mae THE BOCCE BOYS OF CORONA The newcomers, made old-timers by way of bocce, have moved closer to the pallino, standing in the company of Tony Federici, Vinnie Babaccia, Franco Mattei, and the inexorable Nicky. Before walking off the court, one of the challengers opens up his wallet and pulls out a

wad of bills.

THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESS KID WHO BECAME A MILLENNIAL SEX-CLUB The Jehovah’s Witness Kid Who Became a Millennial Sex-Club Guru. S aturday has shimmered into Sunday at the Clubhouse. Inside a gray four-story building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the paid members, staff, and faculty of NSFW – part private sex club for millenials, part digital brand marketing agency – have gathered to drink, smoke

and

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Obsession”.

CONFESSIONS OF A CAM GIRL IN AN AGE OF LONELINESS O nce, when I was young, I went to a Home Depot down the street from my house and had the hulking men who worked there cut up long stacks of plywood for me. I lugged the pieces home and hot-glued them to a 7-by-7-foot board, constructing a winding, tricky little maze. After the glue set, I started running my pet hamster, Speedy Gonzalez, through it, a dab of peanut butter placed at the end IN 1859, A MURDEROUS CONGRESSMAN PIONEERED THE INSANITY I t was February 1859, and Daniel Sickles sat weeping in a Washington, D.C., jail. The young, charismatic congressman was an up-and-coming star in American politics – a favorite of President James Buchanan – and he was sitting in a dirty jail cell, awaiting trial for murdering his wife’s lover. FALLING FOR A HELLS ANGEL When a mild-mannered book editor with a sheltered background breaks into a world of outlaw bikers, the excitement is alluring, but the violence is never far behind. SECRET LIFE OF A COUNTRY CLUB CADDY My testicles were unharmed by the force of the descending golf ball. In my final summer as a country club caddy, I stood next to an

elevated green

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Narratively is a media platform and production company that celebrates the diversity of humanity through authentic storytelling. CONTRIBUTE TO NARRATIVELY Narratively is devoted to original and untold human stories. We are always interested in adding new, diverse voices to the mix. We accept both pitches for story ideas and completed submissions, and we use a platform called Submittable to manage that process. Check out our contributors’ guidelines and pitch your story here. Submit a story THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE SOCIALITE WHO STERILIZED HER DAUGHTER B ulbs flashed as the rouge- and fur-wearing socialite took the stand in a trial that would rivet the American public for the next several months. The image of the solemn-faced 22-year-old would appear in newspapers across the country. Some, like The New York Times, would print nearly 50 stories detailing the woman’s private life — her childhood, romantic relationships, drinking and JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS NABJ-Narratively Fellowship Program Winter/Spring 2021 Editorial Internships Narratively is a digital publication that prides itself on looking beyond the news headlines and clickbait, focusing instead on ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Our network of over 3,000 talented storytellers have experience at the most celebrated publications on earth and they come to Narratively with the VIJAI MAHESHWARI, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Vijai Maheshwari is a writer and former hair trader based between Moscow and New York. He graduated from New York’s Columbia University and worked briefly on Wall Street before heading off to live the expatriate dream in Eastern Europe. LEO OLADIMU, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Leo Oladimu. Leo Oladimu (formerly known as Leo Felton) is scheduled for release in January 2021. He has belonged to Mensa for 14 years and is the author of “Beige: An Unlikely Trip Through America’s Racial

Obsession”.

CONFESSIONS OF A CAM GIRL IN AN AGE OF LONELINESS O nce, when I was young, I went to a Home Depot down the street from my house and had the hulking men who worked there cut up long stacks of plywood for me. I lugged the pieces home and hot-glued them to a 7-by-7-foot board, constructing a winding, tricky little maze. After the glue set, I started running my pet hamster, Speedy Gonzalez, through it, a dab of peanut butter placed at the end IN 1859, A MURDEROUS CONGRESSMAN PIONEERED THE INSANITY I t was February 1859, and Daniel Sickles sat weeping in a Washington, D.C., jail. The young, charismatic congressman was an up-and-coming star in American politics – a favorite of President James Buchanan – and he was sitting in a dirty jail cell, awaiting trial for murdering his wife’s lover. FALLING FOR A HELLS ANGEL When a mild-mannered book editor with a sheltered background breaks into a world of outlaw bikers, the excitement is alluring, but the violence is never far behind. SECRET LIFE OF A COUNTRY CLUB CADDY My testicles were unharmed by the force of the descending golf ball. In my final summer as a country club caddy, I stood next to an

elevated green

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Our Team Noah Rosenberg Founder & CEO Brendan Spiegel Co-Founder & Editorial Director Joe Lugo Director of TV, Film & Video Development Jessie Torrance Video Producer Jesse Sposato Senior Branded Content Writer & Editor Yunuen Bonaparte Photo Editor Vinnie Neuberg Illustrations Editor Julia Métraux Editorial Assistant Farah Mohammed Contributing Editor Genelle Levy Contributing Editor Shawna JIMIN KANG, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Jimin is a writer and undergraduate student at Princeton University, where she leads the University Press Club. Her work can be found in Vox, The Nation, The Counter, and the Princeton Alumni Weekly magazine, among other publications. Born—and THE LOST PRINCE OF YACHT ROCK Yacht rock lyrics tend to deal with divorce, male loneliness and suburban ennui — a far cry from the vitality of war protests and civil rights anthems of a decade earlier. But more i mportant, yacht rock is a sound, and that sound was defined by the tight-knit group of studio musicians who inadvertently created the genre.The guys behind yacht rock — and with the exception of a handful of CONFESSIONS OF A SUICIDE SURVIVOR A screenshot of a Google search result regarding suicide. Elizabeth and I were the last to introduce ourselves. Everyone shared their loss

calmly, with

THE LOOKOUT’S LAST STAND The eighth defendant, the only one who had never signed his statement, went home. While Carpenter’s version of what went down that evening differs sharply from the theories put forth by prosecutors in the trial, no one disputed the fact that he was unarmed. THE BREWING BATTLE OVER VENICE BEACH’S HOMELESS CRISIS Reed Segovia on Venice Beach. Segovia, who originally hails from a small town in the San Fernando Valley, has been living in Los Angeles since 2005, with a few brief six-month stints in North Dakota, Texas and New Orleans – trailing a different girlfriend in each city (retrospectively faulty attempts to, as he puts it, “start my life all over again;” Segovia is somewhat of a hopeless THE BOCCE BOYS OF CORONA William F. Moore Park, a triangle of public space straddled by Corona Avenue, 51st Avenue, and 108th Street, is the only obvious reminder of the neighborhood’s Italian heritage. THE LAST FISHERMEN OF LONG ISLAND Photographers Doug Kuntz, 57, and Tara Israel, 30, are both natives of Eastern Long Island. Although they grew up decades apart, both Kuntz and Israel were drawn to a similar subject: the small-scale commercial fishermen who search for seafood in the Long Island Sound, using essentially the same techniques their families have for centuries. THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESS KID WHO BECAME A MILLENNIAL SEX-CLUB S aturday has shimmered into Sunday at the Clubhouse. Inside a gray four-story building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the paid members, staff, and faculty of NSFW – part private sex club for millenials, part digital brand marketing agency – have gathered to drink, smoke and screw in between workshops about sex, cannabis and wellness.

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stories.

JIMIN KANG, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELYJIMIN KANG LPGAJIMIN DOROTHYJIMIN YOUTUBEKANG JIMIN KOREAN SINGER Jimin is a writer and undergraduate student at Princeton University, where she leads the University Press Club. Her work can be found in Vox, The Nation, The Counter, and the Princeton Alumni Weekly magazine, among other publications. Born—and ROBIN JONES, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Robin Jones. Robin Jones is a pseudonym. She has written for Glamour, anthologies and literary magazines, and she is writing a memoir. She can be contacted via Catherine Drayton at LEO OLADIMU, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Leo Oladimu. Leo Oladimu (formerly known as Leo Felton) is scheduled for release in January 2021. He has belonged to Mensa for 14 years and is the author of “Beige: An Unlikely Trip Through America’s Racial

Obsession”.

CONFESSIONS OF A SUICIDE SURVIVOR A screenshot of a Google search result regarding suicide. Elizabeth and I were the last to introduce ourselves. Everyone shared their loss

calmly, with

THE LAST TIME NEW YORK WAS HARDCORE I n a 2015 New Yorker article about hardcore in New York, Kelefa Sanneh wrote that it “was born as a double-negative genre: a rebellion against a rebellion. The early punks were convinced that rock and roll had gone wrong But when punk, too, came to seem lame, the hardcore kids arrived, eager to show up their elders. CONFESSIONS OF A CAM GIRL IN AN AGE OF LONELINESS O nce, when I was young, I went to a Home Depot down the street from my house and had the hulking men who worked there cut up long stacks of plywood for me. I lugged the pieces home and hot-glued them to a 7-by-7-foot board, constructing a winding, tricky little maze. After the glue set, I started running my pet hamster, Speedy Gonzalez, through it, a dab of peanut butter placed at the end

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Narratively is a media platform and production company that celebrates the diversity of humanity through authentic storytelling. CONTRIBUTE TO NARRATIVELY Narratively is devoted to original and untold human stories. We are always interested in adding new, diverse voices to the mix. We accept both pitches for story ideas and completed submissions, and we use a platform called Submittable to manage that process. Check out our contributors’ guidelines and pitch your story here. Submit a story THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE SOCIALITE WHO STERILIZED HER DAUGHTER B ulbs flashed as the rouge- and fur-wearing socialite took the stand in a trial that would rivet the American public for the next several months. The image of the solemn-faced 22-year-old would appear in newspapers across the country. Some, like The New York Times, would print nearly 50 stories detailing the woman’s private life — her childhood, romantic relationships, drinking and JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS Jobs and Internships. NABJ-Narratively Fellowship Program. Winter/Spring 2021 Editorial Internships. Narratively is a digital publication that prides itself on looking beyond the news headlines and clickbait, focusing instead on ordinary people with extraordinary

stories.

JIMIN KANG, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELYJIMIN KANG LPGAJIMIN DOROTHYJIMIN YOUTUBEKANG JIMIN KOREAN SINGER Jimin is a writer and undergraduate student at Princeton University, where she leads the University Press Club. Her work can be found in Vox, The Nation, The Counter, and the Princeton Alumni Weekly magazine, among other publications. Born—and ROBIN JONES, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Robin Jones. Robin Jones is a pseudonym. She has written for Glamour, anthologies and literary magazines, and she is writing a memoir. She can be contacted via Catherine Drayton at LEO OLADIMU, AUTHOR AT NARRATIVELY Leo Oladimu. Leo Oladimu (formerly known as Leo Felton) is scheduled for release in January 2021. He has belonged to Mensa for 14 years and is the author of “Beige: An Unlikely Trip Through America’s Racial

Obsession”.

CONFESSIONS OF A SUICIDE SURVIVOR A screenshot of a Google search result regarding suicide. Elizabeth and I were the last to introduce ourselves. Everyone shared their loss

calmly, with

THE LAST TIME NEW YORK WAS HARDCORE I n a 2015 New Yorker article about hardcore in New York, Kelefa Sanneh wrote that it “was born as a double-negative genre: a rebellion against a rebellion. The early punks were convinced that rock and roll had gone wrong But when punk, too, came to seem lame, the hardcore kids arrived, eager to show up their elders. CONFESSIONS OF A CAM GIRL IN AN AGE OF LONELINESS O nce, when I was young, I went to a Home Depot down the street from my house and had the hulking men who worked there cut up long stacks of plywood for me. I lugged the pieces home and hot-glued them to a 7-by-7-foot board, constructing a winding, tricky little maze. After the glue set, I started running my pet hamster, Speedy Gonzalez, through it, a dab of peanut butter placed at the end

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Narratively is a storytelling platform and production company that celebrates humanity through diverse, authentic, high-quality content. Our human-centric work spans longform writing, digital video, podcasts, TV and film and our platform, Narratively.com (one of TIME’s “50 Best Websites”), is the creative engine behind much of that storytelling. PODCASTS - NARRATIVELY Believable. Believable is a podcast from Narratively about how our stories define who we are. In each episode, we dive into a personal, eye-opening story where narratives conflict, and different perspectives about the truth collide. Find the transcripts here. TV & FILM - NARRATIVELY TV & Film. Narratively is proud to partner with the top creators in entertainment to develop and produce TV series and features inspired by our thousands of authentic, untold human stories. 25+ Narratively stories have been optioned for TV and film projects. If you’re interested in partnering with us please contact Narratively’s

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THE UNDERGROUND INFERNO THAT CREATED A GHOST TOWN The Underground Inferno that Created a Ghost Town. The road is dark, sharp and slippery, winding through naked trees and into the wintry Pennsylvanian mist. Thick layers of clouds are concealing the hills, black rocks and silver birches lingering in the morning’s dim blue haze. The stillness of the early hours hasn’t broken yet. SECRET LIFE OF A COUNTRY CLUB CADDY Secret Life of a Country Club Caddy. My testicles were unharmed by the force of the descending golf ball. In my final summer as a country club caddy, I stood next to an elevated green while the golfers teed off 150 yards away and forty feet below. One of the players popped his ball up so high I lost sight of it in the hazy sky, forcing me to FALLING FOR A HELLS ANGEL Falling for a Hells Angel. The rocks hitting my window woke me from a deep sleep. I sat up with a start. I pushed my window open and looked around. “Jill, Jill, it’s me, Angela. Let me in.”. She stood below, her bicycle thrown in the yard’s rock garden. It was about

two a.m.

THE LAST FISHERMEN OF LONG ISLAND The Last Fishermen of Long Island. As a longtime local industry struggles under a sea of regulations, two photographers document the families who have lived off the water for generations. Photographers Doug Kuntz, 57, and Tara Israel, 30, are both natives of Eastern Long Island. Although they grew up decades apart, both Kuntz and Israel

were

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