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When a migrant story trail goes cold, fresh reporting finds a deeper truth

When a migrant story trail goes cold, fresh reporting finds a deeper truth

British journalist Samira Shackle likes to revisit incomplete social-issues news that is hyped, spun and incomplete to learn what really happened
July 6, 2023
Chip Scanlan
Finding the "bigger and higher purpose" to cover transgender issues and suicide

Finding the “bigger and higher purpose” to cover transgender issues and suicide

By Trevor PyleFor state legislator Karen Berg of Kentucky, the fight against anti-trans legislation was entwined with the memory of her transgender son, Henry. For reporter Willian Wan of The…
June 15, 2023
Trevor Pyle
Reconstructing a murky maze of blame

Reconstructing a murky maze of blame

Lauren Smiley of Wired spent four years tracking the first pedestrian fatality involving a bicyclist, Uber and a self-driving car
June 1, 2023
Chip Scanlan
When a reporter is slain, another picks up the story

When a reporter is slain, another picks up the story

The Washington Post sent Lizzie Johnson to Las Vegas to continue an investigation started by Review-Journal reporter Jeff German
May 24, 2023
Chip Scanlan
‘Good versus good’ stories that unravel complex societal problems

‘Good versus good’ stories that unravel complex societal problems

By Carly SternFor Nathan Heller, Lowell High School had always represented the road not taken. Heller had applied to Lowell when he was a teenager growing up in San Francisco,…
March 10, 2023
Carly Stern
Reconstructing a fractured life and broken system

Reconstructing a fractured life and broken system

L.A. Times reporter Thomas Curwen traced the life of one schizophrenia sufferer to tell a bigger story of society's challenges with mental health
March 3, 2023
Chip Scanlan
Jon Mooallem's narrative on the Camp Fire: "The value is in the telling"

Jon Mooallem’s narrative on the Camp Fire: “The value is in the telling”

The experienced author and magazine writer takes on the aftermath of California's biggest wildfire with insecurity and empathy
February 16, 2023
Ania Hull
Spending time to report a meditation on the long tail of grief

Spending time to report a meditation on the long tail of grief

By Chip Scanlan When Rick Rojas became a national correspondent for The New York Times, a colleague told him to focus on the second word of his new title. As correspondents,…
January 26, 2023
Chip Scanlan
A profile of a single mom trying to raise a "good man" balances transparency and privacy

A profile of a single mom trying to raise a “good man” balances transparency and privacy

Jose A. Del Real delivers a range of straightforward but sensitive stories in The Washington Post series about "Masculinity in America"
January 19, 2023
Trevor Pyle
Hearing stories from behind the burqa

Hearing stories from behind the burqa

New Yorker writer Anand Gopal worked through layers of sources to enter the veiled world of Afghan women under Taliban rule
September 30, 2022
Chip Scanlan