Articles For the love of the (story) game By Jacqui BanaszynskiThe fall equinox takes the Earth’s Northern Hemisphere into official autumn tonight. There’s already been a dusting of snow in the high Cascades that rise just west of… September 26, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski How to write boring wonk By Jacqui BanaszynskiA message popped up on my Facebook message box that captured, in short form, a not-infrequent lament I hear from reporters who long to stretch into deeper, more… September 19, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski Four girls, 60 years, 11 students, 2,800 miles and a new awareness of history A journalist-turned-teacher takes students on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail to explore the nation's challenges through a journalistic lens September 15, 2023 Herbert Lowe A revealing profile of a family that defied their faith’s edict on home schooling "You keep showing up, you keep watching and listening, and you hope that you observe something interesting." ~ Peter Jamison, Washington Post September 14, 2023 Trevor Pyle A failed lunar landing and a successful marriage Alex Traub's straightforward obit of astronaut wife Marilyn Lovell captures history, character and romance through perfectly selected details September 13, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski Seed money for news, narrative and democracy By Jacqui BanaszynskiA hopeful-news detour from a study of the art and craft of story work, to the shaky business that supports that work. In this case, To summarize it,… September 12, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski Story seeds from the garden By Jacqui BanaszynskiEnjoy an end-of-summer delight, courtesy of Ashley Lodato, a columnist for the Methow Valley News in the far north Cascades of Washington state. Lodato’s writing has caught our… September 6, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski A writer’s education, from pen pals to bylines By Jacqui BanaszynskiOne of the back-to-school things I looked forward to in grade school was the Weekly Reader, a tab-sized newspaper that was handed out in class. I suppose it… August 29, 2023 Jacqui Banaszynski How a 9/11 narrative guided a gun violence narrative 22 years later By Talia Richman Before our first meeting about how to tackle a tick-tock of the mass shooting at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, this spring, Kelley Benham French sent… August 25, 2023 Talia Richman A meditation on violence, grief and healing in Uvalde, Texas By Trevor PyleWhen a former student killed 19 students and two teachers in a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school last year, the ache spread worldwide. One who felt the pain keenly… August 24, 2023 Trevor Pyle Previous 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 … 246 Next
