Packing a punch in a few words

Protest signs can tell big stories in short form, while the same words can provoke different reactions

By Jacqui Banaszynski • May 16, 2022

Abortion rights signs hang outside the U.S. Supreme Court in protest of the likelihood that the court will will overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion.

Stories behind bars: The power and pitfalls of “emotional truths”

Author Lauren Kessler finds echoes of her work in a prisoner profile by Boston Globe reporter Evan Allen that reveals the journalist's role in the story

By Lauren Kessler • May 13, 2022

A “story-keeping” project helps people heal

A hospice uses stories as a way to help patients prepare for death and to bridge divisions in society

By Betsy Taylor • May 12, 2022

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The U.S. Supreme Court leak: Resisting the erasure of human rights

By Jacqui Banaszynski

May 11, 2022

The likelihood of reversing Roe v. Wade and criminalizing abortion in the U.S. brings needed lessons in history and journalism

Award season 2022 continued: The Pulitzer Prizes

By Jacqui Banaszynski

May 10, 2022

The prizes were dominated by accountability and major news sites, with digital reporting, commitment to local news and Ukrainian journalists honored

Writing about the unthinkable pain of child suicides

By Mark Johnson

May 6, 2022

Author, essayist and lecturer Andrew Solomon weaves statistics and personal pain to explores the toll that depression takes on young children

2022 Power of Narrative: The matrix of editor, reporter and story

By Brian Foisy

May 5, 2022

How a longtime contributor and a top editor at The New York Times Magazine work together to create award-winning journalism

2022 Power of Narrative: Expert advice on covering drug addiction

By Samuel Thomas

April 28, 2022

Veteran social issues reporters Beth Macy and Martha Bebinger balance clear-eyed reporting with sensitive interviewing

2022 Power of Narrative: Debbie Cenziper on the reporting-writing partnership

By Andre Salkin

April 26, 2022

The author and Pulitzer Prize winning reporter gave her investigative pieces a human face and supported her writing with fair, factual reporting

Book bans: An assault on knowledge

By Jacqui Banaszynski

April 25, 2022

How libraries open the door to the world as it is and could be

2022 Power of Narrative: Lizzie Johnson on questions that shape deadline narratives

By Eleanor Dash

April 21, 2022

As the wildfire reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, Johnson looked beyond events to people and place for award-winning work

2022 Power of Narrative: Ellen Barry on inserting yourself into the story

By Joyce Doherty

April 20, 2022

Editor’s note: This is the first of five posts from the 2022 Power of Narrative conference at Boston University. For other takeaways, read Lizzie Johnson on deadline narrative and Debbie Cenziper on investigative narratives. New York Times reporter Ellen Barry built… Read More