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5 reporting and storytelling lessons from the current moment

5 reporting and storytelling lessons from the current moment

Plus: A guide to pitching podcasts, and author Matt Bell's inspiration from screenwriting.
March 21, 2025
The facts bear repeating

The facts bear repeating

Plus: visual storytelling from ProPublica and The New York Times.
March 14, 2025
Mark Armstrong
We need fact-checkers more than ever. Here's how to work with one.

We need fact-checkers more than ever. Here’s how to work with one.

Journalist and author Kim Cross on organizing your reporting and preparing for the process.
March 14, 2025
Kim Cross
Tell us your favorite books on storytelling

Tell us your favorite books on storytelling

Plus: Robert Caro digs into his personal archives, and The Guardian's Jessica Reed shares what she's looking for in story pitches.
March 7, 2025
Mark Armstrong
An editor learns a new narrative form: writing musicals

An editor learns a new narrative form: writing musicals

After years working in newsrooms, Kara Cutruzzula uses her journalism skills to tell stories for the stage.
March 6, 2025
Kara Cutruzzula
Minda Honey's lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice

Minda Honey’s lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice

The author of "The Heartbreak Years" embraced being "shameless" in telling her own story.
February 28, 2025
Mark Armstrong
The craft of memoir: queer joy, turtles, and caring for the reader in Edgar Gomez's 'Alligator Tears'

The craft of memoir: queer joy, turtles, and caring for the reader in Edgar Gomez’s ‘Alligator Tears’

"You can take the reader out of that present moment and plop them somewhere else, and it can be meaningful, it can be strategic."
February 27, 2025
Minda Honey
'Journalism is the privilege to learn as you go'

‘Journalism is the privilege to learn as you go’

Elon Green on Wright Thompson's "The Barn," how a New York magazine writer organizes his sources, and more.
February 21, 2025
Mark Armstrong
Inside the acknowledgments: The making of Wright Thompson’s 'The Barn'

Inside the acknowledgments: The making of Wright Thompson’s ‘The Barn’

You can learn a lot from a work of nonfiction by seeing whom the author thanks.
February 20, 2025
Elon Green
The New Yorker at 100: What we can learn about editor-writer relationships

The New Yorker at 100: What we can learn about editor-writer relationships

Plus: National Magazine Award finalists, American Mosaic Journalism Prize, and more.
February 14, 2025
Mark Armstrong