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Vice News correspondent Elle Reeve and "Charlottesville: Race and Terror"

Vice News correspondent Elle Reeve and “Charlottesville: Race and Terror”

The 22-minute “Vice News Tonight” documentary “Charlottesville: Race and Terror” provided a chilling look at the white supremacists behind the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., in August. It…
Jason Fagone on Landing “The Willy Wonka of Pot” in Grantland

Jason Fagone on Landing “The Willy Wonka of Pot” in Grantland

Magazine pitches are an elusive species. You hear talk of them at journalism conferences and in freelancer forums. You see evidence of their existence in the stories they beget. But…
Ellen Barry and "How to Get Away with Murder in Small-Town India"

Ellen Barry and “How to Get Away with Murder in Small-Town India”

The New York Times foreign correspondent talks about her sensational last story from India, in which she uses first person to unparalleled effect
Thomas Curwen and "Surgeon races to save a life during L.A.'s shooting season"

Thomas Curwen and “Surgeon races to save a life during L.A.’s shooting season”

The Los Angeles Times writer, who watched a doctor operate on a teen gunshot victim, talks about his enduring passion for stories that depict “the split-second events that change the…
Annotation Tuesday! Mac McClelland and "Delusion Is the Thing With Feathers"

Annotation Tuesday! Mac McClelland and “Delusion Is the Thing With Feathers”

Mac McClelland is no stranger to risk and discomfort: This is a woman who has reported on rape in Haiti’s tent cities and genocide in Myanmar. But she didn’t expect…
Annotation Tuesday! Kent Russell and “They Burn Witches Here”

Annotation Tuesday! Kent Russell and “They Burn Witches Here”

Some people are made for what they do. Steph Curry was made to play basketball. Dave Chappelle to deliver jokes. You get that feeling with Kent Russell and his writing.…
Annotation Tuesday! Rich Schapiro and "The True Story of the Fugitive Drug Smuggler Who Became an Environmental Hero"

Annotation Tuesday! Rich Schapiro and “The True Story of the Fugitive Drug Smuggler Who Became an Environmental Hero”

Rich Schapiro is always searching. Whether he’s writing a quick-hit 800-word spot feature for the New York Daily News or a magazine feature that’s taken years to report, Schapiro is…
Annotation Tuesday! Christopher Solomon and "The Detective of Northern Oddities"

Annotation Tuesday! Christopher Solomon and “The Detective of Northern Oddities”

Profiles are hard. Too often they’re drenched in the writer’s attempts to make the subject seem larger than life. But good profiles have the opposite effect: Through their honesty and…
Annotation Tuesday! Ron Rosenbaum and "The Secrets of the Little Blue Box"

Annotation Tuesday! Ron Rosenbaum and “The Secrets of the Little Blue Box”

Some writers work for decades before one of their pieces gets widespread attention. Ron Rosenbaum managed to pull it off with his second long-form magazine article.Rosenbaum’s 1971 Esquire piece, “Secrets…
Annotation Tuesday! Adrian Chen and “Unfollow”

Annotation Tuesday! Adrian Chen and “Unfollow”

The New Yorker writer talks about his story on the awakening of a daughter of the reviled Westboro Baptist Church, calling it "a culmination of things I was writing about…