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Bonnie Miller Rubin

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Bonnie Miller Rubin is a Chicago-based freelance writer.  She spent 25 years at the Chicago Tribune, mostly as a metro reporter. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and other publications.

How an "immersionist" held up the story of one homeless child as "a mirror to America"

How an “immersionist” held up the story of one homeless child as “a mirror to America”

Pulitzer-winner Andrea Elliott of The New York Times followed a homeless child named Dasani for eight years, from newspaper project to book
December 10, 2021
Writing past politics to a "female way of approaching things" in commentary

Writing past politics to a “female way of approaching things” in commentary

In today’s deeply divided world – where relationships have unraveled over everything from politics to public health – Mary Schmich is a rare commodity: A columnist who can tackle the…
November 17, 2020
Wisdom from Melissa Fay Greene about deep reporting on sensitive subjects

Wisdom from Melissa Fay Greene about deep reporting on sensitive subjects

If the first rule of nonfiction is “write what you know,” then Melissa Fay Greene has embraced this principle like few others.She has spent her career chronicling the interior lives…
September 23, 2020