From the Editor When gun violence visits: Previous work to guide your stories After 19 students and two teachers were gunned down in a classroom in Uvalde, Texas, the chorus rose: “Enough!” It came with a sad refrain: “It will happen again.”And it… June 6, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Eternal pain, intractable politics and public detachment How much difference does three days make?Too much, at least when it comes to our gnat-like attention span. Three days is the time it takes for the public to shift… May 31, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Packing a punch in a few words If you want to see some creative short-form storytelling, you can skip right past Twitter and TikTok and head straight to the news. Newspapers, news sites, TV news — any… May 16, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski The U.S. Supreme Court leak: Resisting the erasure of human rights A friend came to the house on a recent evening with all he needed in his grocery tote. He took over my kitchen and let me chatter as he made… May 11, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Book bans: An assault on knowledge During summers of my childhood, a highlight was the twice-monthly visit by the bookmobile. Our small village had no formal public library at the time — we weren’t blessed with… April 25, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Word play: when clarity and creativity merge One of my engineer brothers often pesters me about the thicket that is the English language. Silent or paired letters that defy logic: psychic, knave, climb. Words that have letters… April 18, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Keeping faith in the face of unlearning A few days ago, I caught a Lyft to Sea-Tac Airport from my home in Seattle. The driver was originally from Eritrea, as are many of the taxi and share… April 11, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Beware the seduction of story frames: A cautionary tale No surprise that the infamous slap during the March 27 Oscars was the talk of the press the next day, and the day after, and so many of the days… April 5, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Pre-reporting risk and consequence My neighbors across the street always have a banner flying from their porch. Sometimes they are holiday related, but mostly the colors of various sports teams. Many… March 29, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Happy memories from Ukraine haunt as a new and brutal story unfolds Of the too-many horror stories coming out of Ukraine, I find myself stopped when I read yet another about a family that fled with nothing of their settled lives. Grab… March 22, 2022 Jacqui Banaszynski Previous 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 … 16 Next
