Notable Narratives

A conversation with Nathaniel Rich on “Losing Earth,” human inertia and storytelling as “a moral act”

In the longest single piece ever published by The New York Times Magazine, the author takes on a crucible decade in the battle against climate change

By Rebecca Boyle • September 21, 2018

Parched soil in the Greater Upper Nile region of north-eastern South Sudan, Africa, in summer 2012. The photo accompanied coverage of an international report on climate science published in September 2013, with scientists more certain than ever that humans are causing global warming.

“To the press alone, checkered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.”

James Madison, a Founding Father and fourth president of United States

By Lauren Kessler • September 19, 2018

Annotation Tuesday!

After the fires: A surprising story of a haunted hero and the ashes of regret

Lizzie Johnson of The San Francisco Chronicle revisits the headlines to ask about the aftermath. Not all endings are happily-ever-after.

By Julia Shipley • September 18, 2018

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One Great Sentence

“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

September 5, 2018

Poet Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award

Why's This So Good?

An alligator attack sparks a Facebook attack – and an invitation to reconsider meanness

By Tom Warhover

September 13, 2018

After a woman drowns saving her dog from an alligator, a reporter sits on a nearby bench and poses a challenge to the trolls who would shame her

One Great Sentence

“No matter how long we study them, the images are unfathomable. No matter how quickly we look away, they are unforgettable.”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

September 12, 2018

Chuck Haga, Sept. 16, 2001, the Star Tribune of the Twin Cities

Annotation Tuesday!

Christopher Solomon on how he captured the controversial wolf man of Washington

By Linda Shaw

September 11, 2018

No huffing or puffing. Just research and notes. Lots and lots of notes.

Why's This So Good?

Rebecca Solnit’s long and winding road through the tangled tale of politics

By Jacqui Banaszynski

September 4, 2018

Shop Class: Matching sentence structure to story tone and purpose

One Great Sentence

“Do not despair of our present difficulties. We believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.”

By Don Nelson

August 29, 2018

U.S. Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, 1936-1998

Annotation Tuesday!

The Pitch (Take Two): Erika Hayasaki on the reality of landing a big freelance story

By Katia Savchuk

August 28, 2018

In the second of a two-parter, the former LA Times reporter scrutinizes the first pitch – and then the revision – that earned her a cover piece in Wired

Annotation Tuesday!

The Pitch: Erika Hayasaki on how to leave the newsroom and kill it as a freelancer

By Katia Savchuk

August 21, 2018

Journalist, professor, author, mother – How does she do it all? With passion, persistence, another paycheck and perspective: "I'm not just one story."