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A profile gives voice to a transgender teen who is denied her full identity

A profile gives voice to a transgender teen who is denied her full identity

Samantha Schmidt of The Washington Post follows a girl who struggles to keep her voice and newfound happiness during COVID isolation
June 23, 2021
Trevor Pyle
An early portrait of gender transition with no style guides to steer by

An early portrait of gender transition with no style guides to steer by

EDITOR’S NOTE: This week, in honor of Pride Month, we feature three posts about transgender issues. Today, see how Lane DeGregory of the Tampa Bay Times handled a profile in…
June 22, 2021
Madeline Bodin
How the voices of five young women from remote, coastal Maine challenge stereotypes

How the voices of five young women from remote, coastal Maine challenge stereotypes

Gigi Georges is a self-described city kid. She is a long-time policy advocate and advisor who was born and raised in Brooklyn and spent most of her life moving between…
June 16, 2021
Monique Brouillette
A profile of a film-score composer that soars like his music

A profile of a film-score composer that soars like his music

Nicholas Britell’s music has infused a lot of film and TV shows recently, from the rich aural landscape of HBO’s “The Underground Railroad” to the unexpected banger that is the…
June 15, 2021
Trevor Pyle
Empathy as the prime directive in writing about displaced people

Empathy as the prime directive in writing about displaced people

We are living in a century of displacement, says Jessica Goudeau, award-winning author of “After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America.” And because we…
June 11, 2021
Madeline Bodin
Sage writing advice from the editor of Column One

Sage writing advice from the editor of Column One

“If you know what you want to say, you’ll figure out how to say it.”That’s what Steve Padilla, editor of Column One at the Los Angeles Times, told a virtual…
June 9, 2021
Madeline Bodin
“I spent my career writing hard news. That's me.”

“I spent my career writing hard news. That’s me.”

If you’re not a fan of “A River Runs Through It,” it can only be because you haven’t read it yet. Norman Maclean’s 1976 novella of family dynamics plays out…
June 8, 2021
Jacqui Banaszynski
How a story originally reported for print was transformed for audio

How a story originally reported for print was transformed for audio

EDITOR’S NOTE: Read our conversation with Robyn Semien of This American Life and Ken Armstrong, formerly of The Marshall Project, on how those two organizations and ProPublica partnered to tell…
June 3, 2021
Carly Stern
A radio producer and print reporters partner on a narrative for multiple platforms

A radio producer and print reporters partner on a narrative for multiple platforms

EDITOR’S NOTE: Read an annotation of the prologue and first act of This American Life’s “Anatomy of Doubt.”CAUTION: The stories linked to and discussed in this package describe details of…
June 2, 2021
Carly Stern
How Memorial Day memories become today's stories

How Memorial Day memories become today’s stories

The Memorial Day weekend caught me by surprise. After 16 months of no travel, and a schedule dictated only by this weekly newsletter, I lost the daily rhythm of showing…
May 31, 2021
Jacqui Banaszynski