The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part IV: Pre-reporting possibilities

Mark Sherman of the Associated Press anticipates the impact of even the most unlikely Court ruling, then pre-reports and pre-writes multiple ledes

By Trevor Pyle • December 2, 2022

The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part III: Analysis and meaning over scoops

Ian Millhiser of Vox views the Court through a political lens and draws on his law school degree to translate "demon" legal language

By Trevor Pyle • December 1, 2022

The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part II: The intersection of law and politics

Pulitzer winner Lawrence Hurley recently moved from Reuters to NBC where he focuses on the "practical impact" of Court rulings

By Trevor Pyle • November 30, 2022

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The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part I: authoritative, clear and fast

By Trevor Pyle

November 29, 2022

Robert Barnes of the Washington Post strives to make his coverage accessible without losing complexity or context; legal experts help

A journalist’s journey into her family story leads to a history of American pie

By Dustin Renwick

November 25, 2022

Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle baked a humble dessert into a big idea

Two Native American journalists talk turkey about Thanksgiving

By Jason Begay

November 24, 2022

University of Montana journalist Jason Begay, of the Navajo Nation, talks to Washington Post journalist Dana Hedgpeth, of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe, about living with and correcting history

Reading and redefining the “classics”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

November 21, 2022

A lifelong reader reflects on filling — and then letting go of — gaps in a literary education

What empathy is, and isn’t, in journalism

By Lauren Kessler

November 18, 2022

An author who profiles sensitive subjects makes a case for "the journalism of empathy" and how to practice it

Your next book club list: National Book Award winners and finalists

By Jacqui Banaszynski

November 17, 2022

The 2022 National Book Awards were announced this week. I expect I am not alone in adding the winners in fiction and nonfiction to my wish list and handing it, not very discreetly, to my gift-giver-in-residence. Come late December, I hope to have the winners —… Read More