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Jill U. Adams

@juadams

Jill U. Adams is freelance journalist and former research scientist who specializes in coverage of health, biomedical research, psychology, education and the environment. She writes a column about "everyday health" for the Washington Post. She lives in Albany, New York.

100 ways to paint (or write) the same thing

100 ways to paint (or write) the same thing

A freelance writer learns there is no one "right" way to tell a story, any more than there's one "right" way to make a painting
September 12, 2024
Jumpstart your writing routine: coffee, journals, sketches and postcards

Jumpstart your writing routine: coffee, journals, sketches and postcards

I didn’t make any New Year’s resolutions this year. However, I did launch a new morning routine.Every morning I get up, make coffee, get the woodstove going, sit in my…
February 4, 2021
"Iowa is a fairy tale."

“Iowa is a fairy tale.”

—Dan Zak of the Washington Post in a story about the 2020 Iowa caucuses
February 14, 2020
An investigative journalist tries his hand at a true crime series for middle schoolers

An investigative journalist tries his hand at a true crime series for middle schoolers

As a reporter, Bryan Denson seems to have done it all — working the police beat, writing longform narratives, teaming up on big investigative features, and producing a nonfiction book.…
July 2, 2019
High notes from the keynotes

High notes from the keynotes

Quick hits from featured speakers at the 2019 Power of Narrative Conference
March 29, 2019
Golden nuggets from the rich river of narrative nonfiction

Golden nuggets from the rich river of narrative nonfiction

Big Ideas from small sessions at the 2019 Power of Narrative Conference
March 28, 2019
"She stares at me, but it feels like she's looking at who I used to be, her little girl with ponytails and a snaggletooth who swore she was a Powerpuff Girl."

“She stares at me, but it feels like she’s looking at who I used to be, her little girl with ponytails and a snaggletooth who swore she was a Powerpuff Girl.”

—From the young adult novel "The Hate U Give," by Angie Thomas
March 20, 2019
"I’m thinking longer term, in geologic time, doing just what I can each day and not putting it off because it won’t be brilliant."

“I’m thinking longer term, in geologic time, doing just what I can each day and not putting it off because it won’t be brilliant.”

—From Amy Liptrot, in her memoir "The Outrun"
February 20, 2019