The Pitch: Can’t wait? A Marie Claire editor tries to answer pitches within 48 hours

Senior editor Kayla Webley Adler scouts for both hard-hitting and fun stories with women at the center. Helpful hint: pitch a story – not a topic

By Katia Savchuk • October 16, 2018

Divining the true source of stories

A failed water system in Flint, Michigan, also revealed fissures in reporting: Journalists need to reach beyond officials to the people living a story

By Madeline Bodin • October 11, 2018

“The girl, Fernanda Jacqueline Davila, was 2 years old: brief life, long journey.”

Vivian Yee and Miriam Jordan of The New York Times

By Jacqui Banaszynski • October 10, 2018

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Divining the true source of stories

By Madeline Bodin

October 11, 2018

A failed water system in Flint, Michigan, also revealed fissures in reporting: Journalists need to reach beyond officials to the people living a story

The craft (and art) of the interview, from thoughtful homework to whatever happens

By Sally James

October 4, 2018

Notes on interviewing process Jacqui Banaszynski The panel was promoted as “The Art of the Interview.” And based on the range of advice from four Seattle-based journalists, effective interviewing – arguably every reporter’s primary tool – is as much a mindful art… Read More

Story Craft

Letter from Sing Sing: Writing from inside

By John J. Lennon

August 9, 2018

A convicted murderer shares what he learned about writing, and what writing taught him about himself and about the power of true stories

Story Craft

Learning to read: The daily news as information and inspiration

By Jacqui Banaszynski

July 27, 2018

How deadline writers use sparkling words, creative context and clear explanation to delight, educate and enlighten

Story Craft

Learning to see: A landscape of ice, a blind boy’s eyes, a grizzly bear and a wall stain

By Jacqui Banaszynski

July 24, 2018

How writers use color to develop metaphor, meaning and emotion

Story Craft

Learning to see beyond first sight

By Jacqui Banaszynski

June 28, 2018

Insights from a writing practice at the water's edge

Story Craft

Steve Almond and “Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country”

By Christine Mungai

May 3, 2018

In a collection of essays, the writer argues that stories matter, and bad stories lead to bad outcomes

Story Craft

Five immersive photographers share their experiences on gaining trust

By John Happel

April 19, 2018

How do they gain access to private, and often painful, lives? “Consider what you’re asking of people. Sometimes it just takes time and patience.”

Story Craft

The New Yorker’s “Lost Giant of American Literature” and the prism of race

By Ebonye Gussine Wilkins

April 5, 2018

In both the first novel by William Melvin Kelley and recent article by Kathryn Schulz, the story of blacks is told by whites

Story Craft

In Sicily, an old oral storytelling tradition tries to renew itself in the 21st century

By Stefania D'Ignoti

March 22, 2018

The once-popular puppet shows, which showcase the Italian island's rich heritage, hopes to win new audiences with modern themes

Story Craft

The evolution of wartime journalists in Syria: from activists to reporters

By Abby Sewell

January 25, 2018

Six years ago, the staff of Enab Baladi bore (angry) witness to the devastation of their communities; today, they cover stories the international media can't

Story Craft

As Saudi Arabia modernizes, an expat child of its “Little America” creates a time capsule

By Jasmine Bager

January 23, 2018

In "Aramco: Above the Oil Fields," photographer Ayesha Malik finds the beautiful in the ordinary of its past -- and present