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Your next book club list: National Book Award winners and finalists

Your next book club list: National Book Award winners and finalists

The 2022 National Book Awards were announced this week. I expect I am not alone in adding the winners in fiction and nonfiction to my wish list and handing it,…
Peeling back bureaucracy one document, source and interview at a time

Peeling back bureaucracy one document, source and interview at a time

By Trevor PyleTo guide readers through a thicket of bureaucracy and a shocking policy that had been born there, Caitlin Dickerson first had to slash through it herself. Once she…
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…
WriterL, the book: A "greatest hits" collection of narrative discussions

WriterL, the book: A “greatest hits” collection of narrative discussions

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of two essays about the new book “A Place Called Writer L,” a collection of listserv discussions from the 1990s and 2000s. Tomorrow, co-editor Stuart…
Print beat reporting vs documentary film drama: Pros and cons

Print beat reporting vs documentary film drama: Pros and cons

As the aerospace beat reporter for the Seattle Times, Dominic Gates is one of the world’s most knowledgeable journalists about the business of commercial aviation, and especially about the Boeing…
The challenge of ethics in the field

The challenge of ethics in the field

I’ve always questioned the old aphorism that misery loves company. When I let myself throw a Pity Party, it’s a pretty self-absorbed affair, with room for only one in the…
How do you make the bear facts interesting?

How do you make the bear facts interesting?

A 2021 public service announcement about bear encounters, included these one-liners;Do not immediately drop to the ground and “play dead.” Bears can sense overacting.⁣Do not run up and push the…
A better way to teach writing? Try journalism

A better way to teach writing? Try journalism

A PhD in literature argues that journalism, not "comp," is the most effective way to help college student learn to write
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
A top Danish journalist reflects society in autopsies, trans surgery and pork roast

A top Danish journalist reflects society in autopsies, trans surgery and pork roast

Author and narrative reporter Line Vaaben offers gems from her 20-year immersion into the craft of storytelling