Narrative Journalism Puts You In Marine's Boots

Great narrative journalism reads like a novel. It gives you a sense of time and place, and it's more than just reporting the vote at the local school board. Walk a mile in the shoes of Marines on foot patrol in Afghanistan, and you'll see what I mean

The bearded man stopped his battered Toyota near the Marine walking point on patrol. The man left his vehicle, smiling and calling out to half a dozen other Marines in tones that were friendly but with words that were incomprehensible to anyone without a knowledge of Pashto.
At the same time, a small boy riding a donkey approached the Marines from the other side, looking at the man as if for directions.

The confluence made the Marines doubly suspicious. They had been warned that suicide bombers might walk or drive up to Marines and that such bombers might use children as decoys.

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By: Brant