Walt Harrington is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, a former award-winning reporter at The Washington Post Magazine, and author or editor of 10 books, including “Crossings: A White Man’s Journey into Black America ” and “The Everlasting Stream: A True Story of Rabbits, Guns, Friendship, and Family.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: Storyboard can’t, alas, run tributes to every fine and influential journalist or journalism educator who dies. But some tributes do more than honor an individual at his passing — they reveal the very heart and craft of the … Read more
This essay is based on presentations given in advanced feature writing seminars the author taught at The Washington Post. On Thinking About Intimate Journalism It’s the kiss of death for anyone aspiring to do intimate journalism to think … Read more
