Trevor Pyle

When a profile is also about art is also about climate change is also about grief

By Trevor Pyle• Why's This So Good?• March 12, 2020

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 … Read more

How the personal narrative can make the difference between prison and release

By Trevor Pyle• 5 Questions• February 25, 2020

When Dashka Slater looked at California’s parole system, she saw more than a sprawling bureaucracy; she saw a place where people struggled toward redemption. When she followed those seeking parole, the journalist and author found more than crimes and … Read more

Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant’s death inspired deadline writing as daring and creative as he was

By Trevor Pyle• Why's This So Good?• January 28, 2020

Kobe Bryant had enough championship rings for a fist, a mural bearing his image on Melrose Avenue and a history that echoes loudly in the #MeToo era. The former Lakers star’s shocking death with eight others in a helicopter … Read more

The chronic pain of runaway medical debt

By Trevor Pyle• Annotation Tuesday!• December 24, 2019

Lizzie Presser was looking for the intersection of two wide-ranging and little-known facets of American life: the broad power of contempt laws, and the criminalization of medical debt. The ProPublica reporter found it in Coffeyville, Kansas, and came … Read more

About Trevor Pyle

When a profile is also about art is also about climate change is also about grief

How the personal narrative can make the difference between prison and release

Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant’s death inspired deadline writing as daring and creative as he was

The chronic pain of runaway medical debt

“Failure is the best. After you fail, you’re free.”

Stories that unfold — and pain that is measured — from the ground up

A bag of ashes, a research-loving reporter, the public library, and a three-hour hunt

Romancing the moon in the reality of time