Articles Unlearning old-school lessons from a J-school education Two months into my just-the-facts-ma’am, inverted pyramid life as a novice reporter assigned to cover every commission had that ever been formed anywhere in any municipality on Earth at any… August 11, 2022 Lauren Kessler Bill Russell, unbeatable on and off the court Tributes this past week to basketball great Bill Russell were as many as they were deserved. I couldn’t follow them all, which is a pity. Sportswriting and obituaries often display… August 9, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Punning the way to a point A note from a professional friend landed in my inbox a few days ago, with this quick header:“… the best lede I’ve ever read.”So I clicked. (Wouldn’t you?) It took… August 5, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Yardscaping your way to a story A writer has a flagstone path built at her cabin, and watches the story process in action, one stone (word, paragraph, scene) at a time August 3, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Do Not Erase! the magic that happens on deadline A fave recent story find: a tight little feature in the Boston Globe: ‘Please do not erase’: A treasured whiteboard at Boston’s Children Hospital has not been touched for 15… August 2, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Bear essentials and beyond A few shares on bears and books, puppies and propaganda, football and failures of leadership July 28, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Dan Barry, baseball and the love of the (writing) game If there is such a thing as the perfect summer read, this might be it.First, it’s about baseball. Even if you’re not seduced by the sport, the writing it has… July 27, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski How Rolling Stone revisited a mass tragedy to ‘humanize the horrendous’ After the Florida condo collapse, Matt Sullivan vowed not to forget a teen survivor. The year-later profile has credibility, empathy and a haunting ending July 26, 2022 Chip Scanlan Shaping a historic narrative: The Jan. 6 hearings as story craft The public hearings of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol draw on core narrative elements July 21, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski The Mayborn is back! In person and online A Storyboard standard was tracking and reporting on as many of the top annual journal conferences we could, from association events — like the Society of Environmental Journalists, Investigative Reporters… July 20, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Previous 1 … 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 … 241 Next
