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By Jacqui BanaszynskiClichés are to good writing as fill in your preferred cliché here.A student of mine once challenged that notion. She insisted that clichés are a good thing: They…

In frenzied times and a strained news economy, editors are often the first to be cut — just when they are needed more than ever

—David Grann in his nonfiction book "Killers of the Flower Moon"

By Jacqui BanaszynskiJet lag clawed at me for days after getting home from writing workshops in Romania. My return flights involved cancellations, delays, the demand to check a bag I…

From the mountains of Romania to storytellers everywhere: Sharing key lessons from a five-day immersion in craft

A friend and former colleague analyzes the grace in a meditation by Ann Finkbeiner about the passing of seasons and years

By Jacqui BanaszynskiI have a tendency to notice odd juxtapositions in the news. Many baffle me to the point of annoyance, as when a major news site tells me, on…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiI have been weary with heartache, confusion and a deep sense of “should” since Hamas waged a vicious, surprise attack on Israel Oct. 7. The heartache and confusion…

By Jacqui BanaszynskiMy fandom of American TV police/crime procedurals goes back to sharing Agatha Christie mysteries with my mother, then watching “Perry Mason” on a not-very-sharp black-and-white TV. I loved…

A career newspaperman warns of the dangers that come with viewing journalism and other creative work as "content"