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Detective stories true and fictional, and loving the word "whacked"

Detective stories true and fictional, and loving the word “whacked”

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
How Saudi Millennials are using social media to revive an ancient literary tradition

How Saudi Millennials are using social media to revive an ancient literary tradition

In a region with a strong oral storytelling history, a young, tech-savvy population brings a festival into the 21st century
The Pulitzer at 100: Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman on "Tainted Justice"

The Pulitzer at 100: Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman on “Tainted Justice”

The Philadelphia Daily News reporters won the 2010 Investigative Reporting prize for their series on renegade narcotics cops and the snitch who snitched on them.
A Pulitzer winner gone far too soon and the "other" Elizabeth Taylor

A Pulitzer winner gone far too soon and the “other” Elizabeth Taylor

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
5(ish) Questions: Adam Hochschild and Texaco's secret support for Franco in the Spanish Civil War

5(ish) Questions: Adam Hochschild and Texaco’s secret support for Franco in the Spanish Civil War

The historian talks about smuggling an investigative sense of urgency—the feeling that there's something hidden that we ought to know—into the past
The Pulitzer at 100: Anthony Shadid, an expert of the human soul

The Pulitzer at 100: Anthony Shadid, an expert of the human soul

War correspondent Francesca Borri on the late journalist's invaluable lesson: On the front line, the only thing you really need is grace.
Celebrating "Slow Journalism" and the Pulitzers' 100th birthday (You look fabulous, darling)

Celebrating “Slow Journalism” and the Pulitzers’ 100th birthday (You look fabulous, darling)

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
The Pulitzer at 100: The Boston Globe's Spotlight team and an epic series on priest abuse

The Pulitzer at 100: The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team and an epic series on priest abuse

The reporters won the 2003 Public Service award for its dogged and far-reaching investigation that put a human face on the victims

Annotation Tuesday! Davy Rothbart and The California Sunday Magazine’s “Crowd Source”

The writer leaps into the abyss of pay-for-protest audiences, faux cheerleaders and pretend paparazzi -- and embraces the chaos
Hunter S. Thompson, William Burroughs and Dorothy Parker -- now that would be some party

Hunter S. Thompson, William Burroughs and Dorothy Parker — now that would be some party

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…