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Matt Tullis

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Matt Tullis is director of Digital Journalism and an assistant professor of English at Fairfield University. He produces and hosts Gangrey: The Podcast. His memoir, "Running With Ghosts: A Memoir of Surviving Childhood Cancer," was published in 2017. Follow him on Twitter @matttullis

Jim Sheeler's legacy to journalism: Empathy, decency and stories that last

Jim Sheeler’s legacy to journalism: Empathy, decency and stories that last

In late August, Jim Tankersley, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, learned he was going to be the pool reporter following President Biden to Dover Air Force…
October 13, 2021
Chipping away at the opacity of power with David Fahrenthold

Chipping away at the opacity of power with David Fahrenthold

The competition to prove — or disprove — claims that former President Donald Trump made about his wealth was fierce. Of special interest were Trump’s long-denied tax returns, something all…
April 1, 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
Where writers write when they can't write where they like to write

Where writers write when they can’t write where they like to write

Two-time National Magazine Award winner Tom Junod often writes from home. But not always, and especially not on deadline. In a recent Facebook post, he mentioned that when he is…
April 29, 2020
An amputee runs a grueling ultra-marathon in the desert; a reporting team chases along

An amputee runs a grueling ultra-marathon in the desert; a reporting team chases along

Jeré Longman has almost always been a sports reporter. Aside from a few years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when he covered Dallas Public Schools for the Dallas…
June 25, 2019
Insight from the other side of the notebook

Insight from the other side of the notebook

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Mass shootings have become a tragic American story. School shootings are an especially searing chapter in that narrative. This week marks the 20th anniversary of Columbine, a high…
April 16, 2019
Can you say ... Thanks, and we miss you?

Can you say … Thanks, and we miss you?

Editor’s note: We have written about Tom Junod’s 1998 Esquire profile of Mister Rogers before. The release of the documentary film, and the climate of the times, prompted us to…
July 13, 2018
Annotation Tuesday: Jeanne Marie Laskas and Guns ’R Us

Annotation Tuesday: Jeanne Marie Laskas and Guns ’R Us

When Jeanne Marie Laskas set out to write about guns for GQ magazine in 2012, she knew it would be difficult but she didn’t expect it would become the story…
June 9, 2015

Annotation Tuesday: Michael J. Mooney and the Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever

Michael J. Mooney staked his claim in the world of narrative journalism with two stories that ran just weeks apart in the summer of 2012. In June, Mooney, a staff…
March 3, 2015
Annotation Tuesday: Justin Heckert and "Lost in the Waves"

Annotation Tuesday: Justin Heckert and “Lost in the Waves”

Justin Heckert has taken to his adopted home of Indianapolis, where his wife, Amanda, is the editor of Indianapolis Monthly. Heckert, who started making a name for himself as a magazine…
January 27, 2015