Author Trevor Pyle @trev_pyle Trevor Pyle was a newspaper reporter in the Pacific Northwest for several years, and is a communications officer for a regional nonprofit. How the loss of one Olympic story led to gold on another Wall Street Journal sports reporter Ben Cohen found a surprising profile of an unlikely Olympian in previous notes, then used Zoom to bring it to life August 27, 2021 “…no one feels the entry wound …” A review of TV series becomes a study in metaphor August 4, 2021 A profile gives voice to a transgender teen who is denied her full identity Samantha Schmidt of The Washington Post follows a girl who struggles to keep her voice and newfound happiness during COVID isolation June 23, 2021 A profile of a film-score composer that soars like his music Nicholas Britell’s music has infused a lot of film and TV shows recently, from the rich aural landscape of HBO’s “The Underground Railroad” to the unexpected banger that is the… June 15, 2021 “… a fleeting fit of frustration” over the F word —Washington Post reporter Robert Barnes in a lead about a U.S. Supreme Court case April 27, 2021 How a reporter tracked good intentions to problematic consequences in family court An offhand remark by a source caught Stephanie Clifford’s interest. More than a year later, the reporter revealed a harrowing problem previously obscured in the murk of the family court… October 13, 2020 How a viral tweet led to a sensitive story on family, race and America It was the kind of tweet a lot of people would thumb past with no more than a quick “like.” But when Jaweed Kaleem read about a one-woman Black Lives… September 30, 2020 How reporting through time and place reveals character ESPN's Wright Thompson returns to an old subject — Michael Jordan — and finds a fresh story in the haunted soil of his history August 28, 2020 Bearing witness inside a funeral home at the pitch of the COVID pandemic Josh Sanburn went deep into a place of death — and found a story that teems with life.In “The Last of the First Responders,” published in June in Vanity Fair, … August 14, 2020 Extraordinary access: A reporter follows a police officer on a mental health call Hannah Dreier of the Washington Post reveals the complexity of policing in her narrative of an officer, a troubled woman, a gun, and cell phone cameras August 11, 2020 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next