Search results for “5 questions” Showing 770 results “Draft No. 4”: the legendary John McPhee’s “master class in the writer’s craft” Who *wouldn't* want to learn the secrets of one of the best literary journalists of the last 50 years? Do we see any hands at all? Didn't think so. December 21, 2017 A veteran freelancer on pitching The New York Times Magazine and more Reporter (and editor) Paul Tullis has been on both sides of the pitching process; here, he annotates his "Into the Wildfires" proposal December 19, 2017 The power of historical nonfiction: “Let me tell you what happened right on this spot a long time ago” A weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure December 1, 2017 Matthew Pearl and “Into the Shadows” (Filed under: You can’t make this stuff up) The historical novelist talks about his Boston Globe Magazine yarn and how he answered the question, "Who were America's first detectives?" November 28, 2017 Reporter Tom French and “the three most beautiful words in the English language: What happens next?” In a remarkable speech at the recent Power of Storytelling gathering in Romania, the Pulitzer-winning writer is true to the conference's name November 16, 2017 How to get the attention of a senior editor at Smithsonian Magazine Jennie Rothenberg Gritz says of story pitches she accepts: "There has to be something surprising and narratively interesting there." November 14, 2017 Jason Fagone on Landing “The Willy Wonka of Pot” in Grantland As we launch a series about the mystical art of pitching longform stories, the longtime freelancer does the coolest thing: He annotates one of his own October 10, 2017 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 October 3, 2017 Notable Narrative: The Marshall Project’s Maurice Chammah and “The Accusation” The reporter talks about his piece, published jointly with Esquire, on a recanted allegation of child sex abuse that had sent a father to prison September 12, 2017 An alt-weekly editor steps up to the plate to back a freelancer’s controversial story Like most journalists today, Britni de la Cretaz is accustomed to being on the receiving end of comments from critical readers and opinionated trolls. As a freelance writer who frequently… September 7, 2017 Previous 1 … 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 … 77 Next
