Articles An Imam in America We like this series for its scrupulous attention to detail. Its descriptive passages pop with verbs; we are right there, walking with the imam as he starts his morning. Elliott… April 14, 2006 Nell Lake Learning to Hit a Lick Several things make this two-part narrative notable. The first and most visually obvious is the method of attribution. The footnotes illustrate Shalhoup’s vigorous reporting; they point to her ability to… April 14, 2006 Nell Lake The Journey of Judge Joan Lefkow This piece was a finalist for a 2006 Pulitzer Prize. U.S.District Judge Joan Lefkow became famous after a man whose case she oversaw murdered her husband and mother in the… April 6, 2006 Nell Lake A $65 Table, and a Tale to Tell Around It We like the spareness of this story’s telling, the nodding at the theme of human connection, but the stepping back from it, just as the events themselves do. We like… April 6, 2006 Nell Lake Suddenly It Was Up to Shane Padilla set out to follow the recovery of Jeff May, one of the victims of the Red Lake school shootings — but found little narrative there. So Padilla and his… March 31, 2006 Nell Lake Violent Femmes In this first-person piece, we liked the wealth of dialogue, rich scenes, vivid characters and satisfying narrative arc. Darr uses a familiar structure: She starts the piece with the moment… March 31, 2006 Nell Lake Plagued by Fear This 7-part series’ strengths, it seems to us, are first, its ability to keep readers wondering, its handling of suspense. (Notice the suspenseful section endings in particular.) Second, the series… March 29, 2006 Nell Lake In Balraj’s Realm We admire this piece for the way its tone and content match its protagonist’s own qualities. Elizabeth Balraj is the exacting and dignified coroner of Cuyahoga County. Long’s writing, too,… March 24, 2006 Nell Lake The Boy Monk This series was written and reported by Anh Do and Teri Sforza. We admired the masterful blend of emotional material—the boy’s and his family’s experience of separation, loss—with engaging explications… March 21, 2006 Nell Lake Global Mixology at Hyannis Club We liked this piece because it’s well written—good verbs, vivid scenes—and because it applies narrative to a complicated sociological subject: the internationalization of a formerly fairly homogeneous community. LaForgia gets… March 10, 2006 Nell Lake Previous 1 … 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 … 246 Next