Steve Weinberg

The bold Joan Didion story you probably never read

By Steve Weinberg• Notable Narratives• January 13, 2022

In 1990, Joan Didion received an assignment from Bob Silvers, editor at the New York Review of Books, to write about a highly publicized, emotionally fraught crime almost nobody wanted to read about after it was, in theory, solved. Read more

The Pulitzer at 100: Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman on “Tainted Justice”

By Steve Weinberg• Why's This So Good?• August 16, 2016

Imagine, if you will, an investigative series in a metropolitan tabloid daily newspaper about renegade narcotics cops and a lying informant, a series that opens with a headline like this: Celebrating 100 Years of Excellence in Journalism and the Arts … Read more

Annotation Tuesday! Rachel Aviv and “Your Son Is Deceased”

By Steve Weinberg• Story Annotations• July 26, 2016

This New Yorker story about a fatal police shooting could have seemed like “same old, same old.” After all, I’ve consumed (and sometimes written) countless death-by-cop sagas during my 50 years as a journalist. But Rachel Aviv’s narrative stands out … Read more

“Why’s This So Good?” No. 101: Ida Tarbell and “The History of The Standard Oil Company”

By Steve Weinberg• Why's This So Good?• May 3, 2016

I’ve been grappling with what made Ida Tarbell so good since about 1983, when I was appointed executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE). I felt I needed to read her 1905 classic, “The History of the Standard Oil … Read more

Annotation Tuesday! Elizabeth Weil and “What Really Happened to Baby Johan?”

By Steve Weinberg• Story Annotations• February 9, 2016

Elizabeth Weil had never written about criminal justice, but when asked to write about a controversial case of whether a baby was killed by his father, she produced the gripping “What Really Happened to Baby Johan?” Her … Read more

About Steve Weinberg

The bold Joan Didion story you probably never read

The Pulitzer at 100: Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman on “Tainted Justice”

Annotation Tuesday! Rachel Aviv and “Your Son Is Deceased”

“Why’s This So Good?” No. 101: Ida Tarbell and “The History of The Standard Oil Company”

Annotation Tuesday! Elizabeth Weil and “What Really Happened to Baby Johan?”