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The editor's advice: Study what's been published before. Be authoritative, fresh and "arresting." Dare to send a (good) cold pitch

I’m writing this from a mash-up of a magazine newsroom in Bucharest. The walls are smelly and stained from a recent flood in the apartment above. Desks are cluttered with…

In a collection of essays, the writer argues that stories matter, and bad stories lead to bad outcomes

Possbilities are vast, but in the current media climate, it is hard to feel complacent about the technological manipulation of reality when its potential disruption is so easy to imagine

The multimedia interactive about climate change in the Marshall Islands is compellingly told through the eyes of three children

—Pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson

The author spent nearly 10 years on his project to show climate change in the extreme micro, telling the stories of two Nicaraguan women

How do they gain access to private, and often painful, lives? “Consider what you’re asking of people. Sometimes it just takes time and patience.”

—“Sweet Spring,” by e.e. cummings

The magazine is known for its hard-hitting investigations, but Ian Gordon says, “We write so much about bad actors that we're always looking for people to bring some levity to…