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Four questions mine for bottomless wisdom

Writing coach Chip Scanlan brings back "Chip on Your Shoulder," which features formatted interviews that yield a surprising range of answers

By Jacqui Banaszynski • July 10, 2020

Navigating ethics, culture and safety to immerse in immigration and Covid

Pulitzer Prize winner Hannah Dreier writes an "unusually quiet story" that presented challenges of access, health risks and structure

By Trevor Pyle • July 8, 2020

Strictly Q&A

Rejecting the simplified news narrative

Documentary filmmaker Erin Lee Carr probes the complexity of the human psyche in well-known criminal cases

By Kristen Chin • July 2, 2020

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