Articles “The charm and the pain and the humanity” — what great storytelling is all about A weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure June 9, 2017 Kari Howard 5 Questions: Talal Ansari and “Welcome to America: Now Spy on Your Friends” "I think it opened the eyes of people who are so far removed from this kind of world," the BuzzFeed News writer says of his piece about FBI agents pressuring… June 8, 2017 Alexa Mencia “It’s a little facile, maybe, and certainly hard to implement, but I’d say, as a goal in life, you could do worse than: Try to be kinder.” Why is it great? It’s graduation season, so it seemed like a perfect time to revisit this beautiful commencement speech that the writer George Saunders gave at Syracuse University four… June 7, 2017 Kari Howard In Arab world, an ancient tradition of oral storytelling gets a 21st century spin In the past, "hakawati" would recount legends or fables; today, Moth-like events often tackle social issues or process trauma from war June 6, 2017 Abby Sewell 5(ish) Questions: Dana Priest and the “terrorism industrial complex” post 9/11 The investigative journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner reflects on 30 years at The Washington Post and navigating national security concerns June 1, 2017 Jessica Buchleitner “He had gone into another room, to where the buffet was, after he had watched the 12 rounds when he was the heavyweight champeen of the world, back in that last indelible summer when America dared yet dream that it could run and hide from the world, when the handsomest boy loved the prettiest girl, when streetcars still clanged and fistfights were fun, and the smoke hung low when Maggie went off to Paradise.” Frank Deford died this week, and I’m not sure sportswriters will see his like again. The beautiful rhythm of his language was some kind of wonderful. I love this bit… May 31, 2017 Kari Howard 5(ish) Questions: Phoebe Zerwick and “The Last Days of Darryl Hunt” The writer talks about how her reporting on a wrongfully convicted man changed his life -- and how she had to write the ending, however unhappy May 30, 2017 Julie Schwietert Collazo Notable Narrative: Ben Goldfarb and “The Deliciously Fishy Case Of The ‘Codfather'” The reporter talks about using an eye-catching narrative to tell a policy story for this Mother Jones meets Mario Puzo by way of New England article May 25, 2017 Katia Savchuk “Did he kill? If he did kill, I would swear that it is with this meticulous, somewhat maniacal, admirably lucid care with which he classifies his notes, drafts his papers. Did he kill? Then it is while whistling a little tune, and wearing an apron for fear of stains.” Why is it so great? I came across this stunning line (yes, it’s more than one sentence) in a piece in a literary journalism journal about the novelist Colette’s outings as a… May 24, 2017 Kari Howard The truth must be told: a conversation with slain Mexican journalist Javier Valdez In this translation of a haunting interview given just months before he was gunned down, the crusading reporter talks of telling "stories of love in the midst of corpses hanging… May 22, 2017 Ernesto Priego Previous 1 … 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 … 241 Next
