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The Pitch: Landing a “definitive narrative” in The Atavist Magazine

Editor Seyward Darby: "I definitely want people who are willing to strip a story down to its basics and figure out how to build it back up."

By Carly Stern • August 18, 2022

Four years of reporting follows new threads in a previously reported crime story

Katia Savchuk spent a year pre-reporting before she pitched The Atavist on a nuanced story of crime and mental illness

By Carly Stern • August 17, 2022

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A new school year comes with potential, but the lessons needed for great story work are all around us

By Jacqui Banaszynski • August 16, 2022

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