Articles A creative daily distraction became a journey of discovery Daily meanderings that became ephemeral art that became a political statement that became a historical discovery tour have now become a book.A few weeks ago, retired sports editor Cathy Henkel… March 4, 2021 Jacqui Banaszynski How and why Katie Engelhart followed a woman’s journey to her “final exit” A California Sunday Magazine profile of a woman with dementia is included in Engelhart's new book on right-to-die issues March 3, 2021 Chip Scanlan Pulitzer winner Ellen Barry solved a mystery, then questioned the mysteries of truth "Reader, I should confess that I wanted to write the story." March 2, 2021 Rashi Shrivastava When the story of one is the story of many The number, when it landed, should have been no surprise. Even so, it held the power to shock. I spent a week bracing myself for news that the COVID death… March 1, 2021 Jacqui Banaszynski Go behind the scenes of four 2020 George Polk Award winners The George Polk Awards were established 73 years ago to honor George Polk, a CBS correspondent who was killed while covering the civil war in Greece. They now rank among… February 26, 2021 Jacqui Banaszynski How a national correspondent gained trust to cover COVID in a tiny Kansas town Trevor Hughes of USA Today worked his way from the outside-in to write about a rural community besieged by COVID February 25, 2021 Carly Stern What narrative master Eli Saslow learned about intimacy interviewing by phone EDITOR’S NOTE: The “Voices from the Pandemic” series has been awarded a 2020 George Polk Award in Oral Histories.Eli Saslow of The Washington Post has made a name for himself… February 24, 2021 Matt Tullis The teaching power of obituaries The final "life story" demands sensitive interviewing, strong character development, the arc of narrative and foolproof fact-checking February 23, 2021 Jacqui Banaszynski A Black reporter sets off on a journey of “My Country” It’s been just over two years since we wrote about Tyrone Beason, then a Seattle Times columnist who had fallen out of love with the city as its tech-fueled growth… February 19, 2021 Jacqui Banaszynski “She was delicate the way a ribbon of steel holds up its part of a bridge.” —From the obituary of Cicely Tyson by Wesley Morris of The New York Times February 18, 2021 Mallary Tenore Previous 1 … 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 … 243 Next
