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Francisco Cantú and "The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border"

Francisco Cantú and “The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border”

The memoir of his life with the Border Patrol combines lyricism and pain, highlighting by turns the futility, absurdity and uniqueness of his time there

“For what are we without hope in our hearts / That someday we’ll drink from God’s blessed waters / And eat the fruit from the vine / I know love and fortune will be mine / Somewhere across the border.”

—Bruce Springsteen, “Across the Border”
5(ish) Questions: Richard Marosi and "Without a Country"

5(ish) Questions: Richard Marosi and “Without a Country”

The longtime border reporter for the Los Angeles Times talks about his prize-winning series about deported immigrants: "They're human beings. They're suffering. They have hard lives."
The evolution of wartime journalists in Syria: from activists to reporters

The evolution of wartime journalists in Syria: from activists to reporters

Six years ago, the staff of Enab Baladi bore (angry) witness to the devastation of their communities; today, they cover stories the international media can't

“He longed for a past as imagined as it was real.”

—Anthony Shadid, “What Baghdad Has Lost,” The Washington Post, July 12, 2009.
As Saudi Arabia modernizes, an expat child of its "Little America" creates a time capsule

As Saudi Arabia modernizes, an expat child of its “Little America” creates a time capsule

In "Aramco: Above the Oil Fields," photographer Ayesha Malik finds the beautiful in the ordinary of its past -- and present
5 Tips for Journalists Covering Mental and Behavioral Health

5 Tips for Journalists Covering Mental and Behavioral Health

Reporters too often fall back on dated stereotypes, distort the nature of illnesses and recovery and rely on shaky sources, speakers at workshop say

’Tis.

—Frank McCourt, “Angela’s Ashes”
Why's This So Good? (The wonderful) Dan Barry and "The Lost Children of Tuam"

Why’s This So Good? (The wonderful) Dan Barry and “The Lost Children of Tuam”

The New York Times reporter writes, with his trademark humanity, of a terrible secret unearthed at an Irish "mother and baby" home
"The Uncounted": combining the power of narrative with an 18-month investigation

“The Uncounted”: combining the power of narrative with an 18-month investigation

For The New York Times Magazine, Azmat Khan and Anand Gopal humanize the victims as they reveal undercounts of Iraqi civilian deaths by U.S. airstrikes