Articles Roy Peter Clark on the search for the “embedded narrative” Not long ago, I came out of a theater in Tampa, Florida, and heard someone calling my name. It was Adan Martinez, a young college student who had just performed… May 21, 2019 Roy Peter Clark Reflections on the challenges and triumphs of masculinity in changing times An anthology of profiles by award-winning journalist Steve Oney is out in paperback, offering lessons in an essential journalistic artform May 17, 2019 Kari Howard On trial for the Ghost Ship warehouse fire: Was an accused villain miscast as the bad guy? When Elizabeth Weil thought of profiling Max Harris, one of two people facing criminal charges for Oakland’s deadly Ghost Ship fire, she figured another reporter must already be on the… May 14, 2019 Katia Savchuk How The New York Times tracked public data to produce “Killing Khashoggi” A new breed of investigative reporters are tapping into digital surveillance, open-source tools and social media to create powerful video narratives May 9, 2019 Chip Scanlan From a caress of love to a fist of fear The New Yorker story "A Raised Hand," by Rachel Louise Snyder, is the foundation of a new book on the scourge of domestic violence May 7, 2019 Ricki Morell “He was followed by 30 seconds of silence, during which every sigh toured the walls of the church.” Now and again, in the wonderful world of reading, you stumble across a sentence that not only evokes a response or feeling because of what it says, but because of how… May 3, 2019 Jacqui Banaszynski Foreshadow forward; echo back. How writers harness the power of the callback The art of the callback in comedy, film, literature and journalism: When repetition isn't redundancy, but theme and structure May 2, 2019 Ben Yagoda A young journalist is inspired by fickle spring weather (and an old newspaper story) How a 300-word assignment, and a quick read of Ken Fuson's "What a Day!" from 1995, was channeled into a nonfiction prose poem April 30, 2019 Kelley Benham French Going public with the private pain of suicide Modern society works hard to find ways to talk about subjects that have long been taboo, and that left sufferers isolated and shrouded in shame. Things like mental illness, abortion,… April 24, 2019 Jacqui Banaszynski Learning from what seem the unkindest cuts A science journalist comes to terms with what is lost — and not — when favorite passages are edited out of her long-form story April 24, 2019 Caren Chesler Previous 1 … 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 … 241 Next