Kevin Sack faced that exact problem when he wrote “60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked” for the New York Times in February. Nieman Storyboard discusses how he solved it by focusing his story on the chain of kidney transplants that brought his characters together. Also, Sack talks about his story's other challenges, from getting HIPAA permissions for each patient to reconstructing each step in the 30-transplant chain.
May 6, 2012