Online story-telling and the non-fiction city : an interview with Cassim Shepard, founding editor of Urban Omnibus

Cassim Shepard produces non-fiction media about cities, buildings and places. As the founding editor-in-chief of Urban Omnibus, an online publication of The Architectural League of New York, he spent six years working with hundreds of local architects, designers, artists, writers and public servants to share their stories of urban innovation, with particular emphasis on housing, infrastructure and the changing nature of cultural institutions. He lectures widely about the craft of visual story-telling in urban analysis and design. His film and video work has been screened at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Ford Foundation, and the United Nations, among many other venues around the world. His writing on urbanism has appeared in Next City, Places, Domus, Public Culture, as well as in books and catalogues documenting work by Geoff Manaugh, David Adjaye and others.