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A narrative on the political divide reported from the inside-out

Jose A. Del Real of The Washington Post uses phone, email and texts to profile a family torn apart by conflicting beliefs in "facts"

By Chip Scanlan • April 20, 2021

Taking the “student” out of student journalist

A Salem, Oregon, school board apologized to the high school newspaper editor for criticizing work it deemed "too political"

By Jacqui Banaszynski • April 15, 2021

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Some uncomfortable challenges facing journalism

The digital upheaval gutted the traditional business model, but those aren't the only issues we need to confront

By Jacqui Banaszynski • April 13, 2021

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“… a space coffin turned shooting star.”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

March 16, 2021

From a profile of Laika, the celebrated canine cosmonaut, by Alex Wellerstein in The New Yorker

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“She was delicate the way a ribbon of steel holds up its part of a bridge.”

By Mallary Tenore

February 18, 2021

From the obituary of Cicely Tyson by Wesley Morris of The New York Times

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“… equal was the one thing all men were not.”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

February 10, 2021

Rye Dolan in the novel "The Cold Millions," by Jess Walter

Narrative News

“We start with more questions than answers…”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

January 27, 2021

Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron in a retirement letter to the staff

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“The mountains on the horizon …”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

December 29, 2020

Tana French in her novel "The Searcher"

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“He was old enough to dance to a good beat but too young to know his favorite color.”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

December 11, 2020

Peter Hermann and Clarence Williams of The Washington Post, in a story about the spike in gun violence in Washington D.C.

One Great Moment

“… a common appreciation for truth.”

By Tom Warhover

November 13, 2020

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin

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E Pluribus Unnerved

By Constance Hale

November 5, 2020

A fleeting headline on an Election Day story by the New York Times

One Great Moment

“His work is a parable …”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

October 28, 2020

Kurt Streeter in the New York Times, writing about Minneapolis cop and high school football coach Charles Adams

One Great Moment

“They told me their stories, gave them to me for keeping, which I did, always listening, always remembering.”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

September 15, 2020

From the novel "The Water Dancer" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

One Great Moment

“… between broad statistical data and intimate personal disclosure.”

By Jacqui Banaszynski

July 17, 2020

Classical music critic Michael Andor Brodeur of the Washington Post

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“His conversation is so delightfully sauced …”

By Madeline Bodin

July 1, 2020

Robin Wall Kimmerer from an essay in "Braiding Sweetgrass"