Articles

Irin Carmon annotates her book on the lives of five pregnant women post-Dobbs. Plus: More awards and fellowship deadlines

‘I felt a sense of connection, rage, and sadness about what was going to happen to anyone who was pregnant in this country, whether they wanted to be or not’

How to write a college admissions essay. Plus: National Magazine Award finalists

Roy Peter Clark shares lessons from his latest book, and calls on journalists to share their knowledge with the next generation

An Atlantic essay raises questions about point of view. Plus: Tricia Romano on how to write an oral history

The author of ‘The Freaks Came Out to Write,’ knew that her book about The Village Voice needed to be an oral history. She soon learned the storytelling challenges that…

‘We're navigating in a sea of ambiguity.’ Plus: Kim Cross on expository asides, and the American Mosaic Journalism Prize

Soledad O’Brien on documentary storytelling. Plus: The Power of Narrative conference and the principles of plotting

The veteran journalist and documentarian shares how her late mother’s act of defiance is a practice we should all embody

Author Brendan O’Meara reconstructs a legendary race. Plus: Bruce Springsteen and the return of the protest song