Strictly Q&A

"You can take the reader out of that present moment and plop them somewhere else, and it can be meaningful, it can be strategic."

You can learn a lot from a work of nonfiction by seeing whom the author thanks.

Author Glenn Stout has built a following as a freelance editor, giving writers confidence, solutions and sometimes channeling their voice

After a decade of editing, The Atlantic's Family Editor Julie Beck is going to apply her experience to full-time writing of her own stories

Atlantic writer George Packer takes readers to the grounded realities of America's battles over growth, race, climate change and water

For the ProPublica deputy managing editor Alexandra Zayas, emotional intelligence is as important as journalistic craft skills

For the Washington Post's Lynda Robinson, "The goal is to say ‘yes’ as much as possible and ‘no’ as little as possible."

Story editor Mike Wilson of St. Petersburg, Dallas and New York Times: "You learn a lot of empathy from being an editor."

A new Storyboard series starts with Atlantic national editor Scott Stossel talking about what he brings to stories and writers

After Tennessee's strict anti-abortion laws left a pregnant woman and her fetus at risk, ProPublica stayed to chronicle failed promises of a safety net