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Hearing stories from behind the burqa

New Yorker writer Anand Gopal worked through layers of sources to enter the veiled world of Afghan women under Taliban rule

By Chip Scanlan • September 30, 2022

Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in April 25, 2022. Women were ordered to wear full burqas in public after the Taliban retook control of the country following the 2021 pullout of U.S. troops.

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What reporters need from editors and editors need from reporters

A partnership between narrative journalists Jan Winburn and Moni Basu led to deep stories and a deep friendship

By Jacqui Banaszynski • September 29, 2022

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How M*A*S*H* practiced journalism to deepen its storytelling

On the 50th anniversary of the iconic TV show, Actor Alan Alda, aka Hawkeye Pierce, described the serious reporting that served the show's mission

By Jacqui Banaszynski • September 29, 2022

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