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Don't lose an interesting idea in a boring pitch

My morning NPR ritual recently brought back two major landmarks in my journalism career this past week. May 18 was both the 41st anniversary of the eruption of Mount St.…

—From a profile of place, by Dennis Lehane in his 2017 novel, "Since We Fell."

Ava Kofman of ProPublica blended contextual and records reporting with intimate narrative interviews and observation

I spent the early years of my journalism career struggling with pretty much everything about the job, but especially with the writing. The reporting was often uncomfortable as I pushed…

Field Testing - Episode 5: To end the series, Alexander Trowbridge grabbed a clamp and a camera to record a few final thoughts

My daughter Zara, who just turned 9, attended her first reporting interview as an infant, napping next to my chest in a snuggly baby wrap tied around my waist.Traci Angel,…

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in our five-part video series, “Field Testing,” in which independent video producer Alexander Trowbridge retreats to a farm to learn the tools and skills…

Little gems of character, dialogue, description and scene make a complex explanatory piece more compelling

Lizzie Johnson’s work covering the deadly wildfires that have scorched California in recent years has earned a place in these posts in the past. Most notable was an annotation of…