Search results for “5 questions” Showing 785 results Who, How and Why? What we can learn from an interview with the Super Bowl streaker Curiosity grounds all good journalism. Following up on curiosity — wondering about everything, and then caring to find out — is what makes journalism soar.Lane DeGregory finds and follows stories… February 12, 2021 How the magic of mushrooms inspired magical science writing about ecology Ferris Jabr follows a forest ecologist into the woods to listen to the conversations that happen above and below ground February 3, 2021 #4 rule of pitching: Know what’s come before The lack of a simple clips search can tank your idea January 20, 2021 When writing news requires a distance from neutrality to “tell it like it is” Writing guru Roy Peter Clark analyzes an "astonishing lead," and unpacks the notions of objectivity and detachment in light of current events January 14, 2021 A reporter’s search for “lost history” becomes a best-selling book Worthy books are released almost every day. No doubt more than a few authors bemoaned the publication of their hard work this past year, when so much of the world’s… January 13, 2021 Reconstructing the tragedy of COVID from the epicenter of New York City’s outbreak One of the most heartbreaking realities of the coronavirus pandemic is particularly harsh: Patients usually die alone, separated from their loved ones with only a cellphone or iPad to say… January 7, 2021 Passports to authentic reporting: a foreign view, and a view through empathy At the end of this, a year that defies easy summary, we abandon attempts to try. Instead, here are two bits of lagniappe that came our way and we pass… December 31, 2020 A go-to list of how-to story craft posts from 2020 One the best things about writing, or any storytelling, as a career is also one of the worst: You’re never as good as you can get. Sourcing, research, interviewing, story… December 23, 2020 Journalists on the screen: a conflicted image The pop culture portrayal of reporters in movies and TV mirrors and shapes public perception of the press December 17, 2020 “He was old enough to dance to a good beat but too young to know his favorite color.” A line from a 1993 story about gun violence in America has stayed with me all these years. It was by DeNeen Brown of The Washington Post, called “Getting Ready… December 11, 2020 Previous 1 … 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 … 79 Next
