Strictly Q&A

A writer who tells intimate stories of others turns his notebook on himself in a searing memoir that undresses his own and America's obesity

 I‘ve always thought writing should be learned by osmosis. Like if you read enough good books you shouldn’t need to know the exact rules about dangling participles. But I’m a…

To cover the Kilauea volcano, Simon Romero had to push past tourist brochures, myths and cliches to discover a more authentic Hawai'i

Washington Post narrative writer Eli Saslow answers an essential question: "How'd he get that guy to talk to him?"

The Sports Illustrated senior writer uses intimate reporting and intricate outlining to weave personal tragedy with societal controversy

In the second of a two-parter, the Washington Post reporter describes his process for finding fresh stories from previously published work

In his elegiac profile, the Washington Post general assignment reporter talks about finding gems in previously published work, and doing it all on deadline

The multimedia interactive about climate change in the Marshall Islands is compellingly told through the eyes of three children

The author spent nearly 10 years on his project to show climate change in the extreme micro, telling the stories of two Nicaraguan women

The digital editor of obituaries talks about finally giving women and people of color their due -- and how she's been "blown away" by the reaction