Author Writing the character, contradictions and soul of a place Dan Zak of the Washington Post toured 800 miles of Iowa in five days to explore the real place behind the political headlines and cultural cliches March 24, 2020 Calling out Olympic officials’ past failures as coronavirus threatens the 2020 Games Sally Jenkins has been writing for the sports section of the Washington Post going on 20 years. The Associated Press and the Society for Professional Journalists have named her the… March 18, 2020 A war correspondent and mom faces new fears in the early days of coronavirus Coronavirus is no longer something happening somewhere else — no matter where you are — or something that will soon become yesterday’s news. As of this week, cases have been… March 17, 2020 When a profile is also about art is also about climate change is also about grief Julia Rosen has probed the myths of America’s deepest lake, looked down on Prince William Sound from a floatplane and joined a quest to scour the Bronx for jumping worms.… March 12, 2020 Stories are read twice in readers’ minds: Once for information, then for meaning EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece is published in partnership with the Poynter Institute.I have come to believe that all readers read all stories twice — all the time.The first reading comes… March 11, 2020 Why storytelling can be more important — and sexier — than fishing and hunting Once upon a time, the sun and the moon — the man and the woman — had a quarrel over who was the strongest of the two, and whether one… March 10, 2020 Coronavirus is a reminder of this universal lesson: No experience is ours until it is This column was originally published as an issue of Nieman Storyboard’s weekly newsletter. You can read back issues of the newsletter and subscribe here.We read most stories from a distance… March 6, 2020 What journalistic process can teach both kids and scientists Janica Johnson flipped her reporter’s notebook open to an empty page as she and her team prepared for an interview with Donna Shows, a cell biologist from the Benaroya Research… February 28, 2020 How the personal narrative can make the difference between prison and release A veteran journalist discovers the role of story in America's prison system — and "human resilience and grace in the face of adversity" February 25, 2020 The shift of “branches” in a sentence creates shifts in mood and meaning Writing guru Roy Peter Clark shows how a single, long sentence reveals the power of an overlooked writing tool: the placement of the main clause February 21, 2020 Previous 1 … 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 … 240 Next
