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I’ve always questioned the old aphorism that misery loves company. When I let myself throw a Pity Party, it’s a pretty self-absorbed affair, with room for only one in the…

A standard — some would say ideal — approach to effective narrative nonfiction is to follow a single, primary character through an intimate journey that illuminates a larger social situation.…

— President Barack Obama's advice to speechwriter Cody Keenan

The headlines coming out of last week’s public hearing of the Congressional Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol focused on the unanimous vote to…

Shootings are so common in the U.S. that victims are often reduced to 10-point type in news stories: A name and age, maybe alongside a loved ones’ baleful quote set…

A young journalist who escaped Afghanistan returns a year later, by reote, to report the reality for the women left behind

A member of the social media team at the National Park Service uses humor to engage an audience and keep park-goers safe

A PhD in literature argues that journalism, not "comp," is the most effective way to help college student learn to write

Journalist Kelley Benham French turned an active-shooter lockdown into a teachable moment for her college students — and herself

New Yorker writer Anand Gopal worked through layers of sources to enter the veiled world of Afghan women under Taliban rule