Articles Start 2018 out right with some literary journalism conferences and workshops The Power of Narrative: Telling True Stories in Turbulent TimesMarch 23-25Boston UniversityBoston, MassachusettsIt looks like the longest-running narrative journalism conference is making a point of spotlighting great female journalists and… January 4, 2018 Kari Howard “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language, and next year’s words await another voice.” —T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding" January 3, 2018 Kari Howard Some legends of longform on the stories we need next Susan Orlean, Pamela Colloff and other journalism heroes talk about why they think narrative is worthwhile, and what inspires them in grim times January 2, 2018 Catherine Cusick Want to read some of the best literary journalism of 2017? We’ve got you covered A weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure December 22, 2017 Kari Howard “Draft No. 4”: the legendary John McPhee’s “master class in the writer’s craft” Who *wouldn't* want to learn the secrets of one of the best literary journalists of the last 50 years? Do we see any hands at all? Didn't think so. December 21, 2017 David L. Ulin “We were taken to the ‘Oh, My God, Corner,’ a position near the escalator. People arriving see the long line and say “Oh, my God!” and it’s an elf’s job to calm them down and explain that it will take no longer than an hour to see Santa.” —David Sedaris, "SantaLand Diaries" from "Holidays on Ice" December 20, 2017 Julia Shipley A veteran freelancer on pitching The New York Times Magazine and more Reporter (and editor) Paul Tullis has been on both sides of the pitching process; here, he annotates his "Into the Wildfires" proposal December 19, 2017 Katia Savchuk Liana Aghajanian and the story of immigrants in America, one recipe at a time In her blog "Dining in Diaspora," the Detroit-based writer tries to document the complexity of Armenian identity through the lens of food December 14, 2017 Olga Kreimer “I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape — the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.” —Andrew Wyeth, American painter December 13, 2017 Kari Howard Jack Hitt on the birth of live-action TV news in “What Goes Up” For Epic magazine, Hitt writes about a daredevil helicopter pilot for a Phoenix station who "kept breaking the fourth wall of journalism by beating the cops" December 12, 2017 Katia Savchuk Previous 1 … 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 … 243 Next