Author “Violence of the light miraculous.” In a work-related Zoom meeting recently, a colleague referred to Reddit as “lightning in a bottle.” I’m not entirely sure what that meant, despite her best efforts to explain it… June 26, 2020 Reporting the emotionally sensitive story through trauma and physical distance As a reporter for the Metro section of the Los Angeles Times, Angel Jennings explores issues affecting residents in South Los Angeles. Throughout 2019, she was one of the primary bylines… June 25, 2020 The route to a Pulitzer in opinion writing: rigorous reporting A newcomer to a tiny newspaper in rural Texas brings fresh eyes, big-city experience, a drummer's rhythm, and some "swagger" to his editorials June 24, 2020 The challenge of precision: As descriptors evolve, the press must be clear The U.S. Supreme Court this week (June 17, 2020) ruled that the Civil Rights act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, which the majority said… June 18, 2020 “Words are living things. They have personality, point of view, agenda.” When looking for advice, writers shouldn’t be picky; sometimes even a fictional cannibal will serve.When NBC aired a series about Hannibal Lecter, the psychiatrist who moonlights as a serial killer… June 16, 2020 “They were tired, so tired and still they returned.” It’s not possible for the everyday reader to know who wrote that sentence. The lead writer who was pulling feeds from several reporters in the field? One of the field… June 11, 2020 The challenge of writing a life in two lines On May 23, 2020, (May 24 in print), the New York Times landed a daring and historic front page: A wash of overwhelming gray, which jumped to two more gray… June 10, 2020 A confluence of hard news that demands uncomfortable considerations All news is the stuff of history. But some deserves more than a dusty archive to be stumbled upon by a research scholar. It is an immediate marker that demands… June 9, 2020 How F. Scott Fitzgerald guided the hand and aspirations of a newspaper journalist Early in my career, while working in Minnesota as a reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, I fell in love with F. Scott Fitzgerald, the city’s most famous native… June 4, 2020 Reading (Stephen King) to learn to write Now for something fun and funky, or at least distracting, but these days I’m sure we could all use fun and funky, or at least distracting. A starter’s guide to… June 3, 2020 Previous 1 … 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 … 245 Next
