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The Pulitzer at 100: Katherine Boo and “Invisible Lives” at group homes

Reporter Garrett Therolf talks about finding inspiration for his own career in the Washington Post series on neglect and abuse of the mentally disabled
August 25, 2016
Garrett Therolf
Annotation Tuesday! Jon Mooallem’s “The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community”

Annotation Tuesday! Jon Mooallem’s “The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community”

The writer talks about creating moments of beauty, and the one thing you want to tell people about the story even if it has nothing to do with everything else.
August 23, 2016
Allison Eck
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,…
August 19, 2016
Kari Howard
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
August 18, 2016
Jasmine Bager
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.
August 16, 2016
Steve Weinberg
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,…
August 12, 2016
Kari Howard
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
August 11, 2016
Daniel A. Gross
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.
August 9, 2016
Francesca Borri
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,…
August 5, 2016
Kari Howard
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
August 4, 2016
Ashley Powers