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How curiosity about cats inspired practical science stories

How curiosity about cats inspired practical science stories

By Philip KieferIn the last several weeks, Katherine J. Wu, a science writer at the Atlantic, has written a lot about cats. Her run started in late August with a…
Print beat reporting vs documentary film drama: Pros and cons

Print beat reporting vs documentary film drama: Pros and cons

The Pulitzer-winning aerospace reporter for the Seattle Times became both source and star of a doc film about the Boeing 737 MAX
How do you make the bear facts interesting?

How do you make the bear facts interesting?

A member of the social media team at the National Park Service uses humor to engage an audience and keep park-goers safe
So you want to write  book? A long journey from newspaper reporter to book author

So you want to write book? A long journey from newspaper reporter to book author

In "The Diary of a Misfit," Casey Parks' had to let go of some journalistic boundaries to write about being queer in the religious, rural South
Combing through clips, records and emotions for lessons from the past

Combing through clips, records and emotions for lessons from the past

A Los Angeles Times reporter revisited a little-known U.S. Supreme Court abortion rights case that helped pave the way for Roe v. Wade
Four years of reporting follows new threads in a previously reported crime story

Four years of reporting follows new threads in a previously reported crime story

Katia Savchuk spent a year pre-reporting before she pitched The Atavist on a nuanced story of crime and mental illness
A meteorologist attracts an audience with casual writing and controversial views

A meteorologist attracts an audience with casual writing and controversial views

 If not for the astrophysicist and author Carl Sagan, University of Washington atmospheric scientist Cliff Mass might be writing and teaching about Nor’easters, Mount Washington in New Hampshire and Boston’s…
A science writer with comedic timing profiles an alligator with star power

A science writer with comedic timing profiles an alligator with star power

Great story ideas are everywhere, and Corinne Purtill spotted a gem on a family trip to the Los Angeles Zoo, where she learned the story of a celebrity with a…
Writing about the unthinkable pain of child suicides

Writing about the unthinkable pain of child suicides

Author, essayist and lecturer Andrew Solomon weaves statistics and personal pain to explores the toll that depression takes on young children
A view of Ukraine, from an America journalist who has made his life there

A view of Ukraine, from an America journalist who has made his life there

Fired from the Kyiv Post over editorial independence, Brian Bonner now is an editor without a newsroom: "Part of me feels like an amputee."