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What it takes to cover a foreign country as a woman and during a pandemic

What it takes to cover a foreign country as a woman and during a pandemic

In Australia, where the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the nation’s No. 1 source of news, Anne Barker is a household name, with her stories playing across TV, radio and…
March 10, 2021
An award-winning food writer explores the legacy of sexual identity in the food world

An award-winning food writer explores the legacy of sexual identity in the food world

 For Mayukh Sen, a James Beard Award-winning food writer and adjunct professor at NYU, the entry point into food writing has always been the stories of the people behind the…
March 9, 2021
A creative daily distraction became a journey of discovery

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
How and why Katie Engelhart followed a woman's journey to her "final exit"

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
Pulitzer winner Ellen Barry solved a mystery, then questioned the mysteries of truth

Pulitzer winner Ellen Barry solved a mystery, then questioned the mysteries of truth

While reporting for a story, sometimes journalists stop and wonder why they began telling the story in the first place and if it’s truly worth it. So did veteran New…
March 2, 2021
When the story of one is the story of many

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
Go behind the scenes of four 2020 George Polk Award winners

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
How a national correspondent gained trust to cover COVID in a tiny Kansas town

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
What narrative master Eli Saslow learned about intimacy interviewing by phone

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
The teaching power of obituaries

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