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Narrative of Oregon town’s hellish wildfire experience is a lesson in deadline writing

Narrative of Oregon town’s hellish wildfire experience is a lesson in deadline writing

This past Labor Day, three reporters in Salem, Oregon were enjoying the holiday weekend. They’d done a good job preparing stories in advance so they wouldn’t have to scramble the…
September 29, 2020
Wisdom from Melissa Fay Greene about deep reporting on sensitive subjects

Wisdom from Melissa Fay Greene about deep reporting on sensitive subjects

Her Atlantic story following the fate of adopted Romanian orphans delves into science, psychology and the tricky shoals of parenthood
September 23, 2020
How Reveal investigated the systemic abuse of America’s caregivers

How Reveal investigated the systemic abuse of America’s caregivers

An investigative series exposed the entrenched practice of exploiting care workers for profit, giving silenced and underpaid caregivers a voice
September 22, 2020
How limitations — COVID, budgets, access and more — can spark fresh ideas

How limitations — COVID, budgets, access and more — can spark fresh ideas

When the quarantine began in March, the lifestyles production unit at GBH Studio Six in Boston — which is responsible for a range of programming content, from cooking and travel…
September 17, 2020
What challenged Andrea Pitzer to write what she calls her best work ever

What challenged Andrea Pitzer to write what she calls her best work ever

When she set out from Russian port of Murmansk on a 60-foot sailboat headed to Novaya Zemlya in August 2019, journalist Andrea Pitzer had few expectations. She hoped to visit…
September 10, 2020
Economic Hardship Reporting Project seeks story pitches that personalize poverty

Economic Hardship Reporting Project seeks story pitches that personalize poverty

"Mine your life," says managing director David Wallis; think about what you’re an expert in and share that story
September 2, 2020
How reporting through time and place reveals character

How reporting through time and place reveals character

With transportation stymied by a pandemic, Wright Thompson couldn’t exactly hop on a plane to research a story on Michael Jordan. Instead, the ESPN senior reporter built a time machine,…
August 28, 2020
One cold case murder. Two narrative forms.

One cold case murder. Two narrative forms.

A magazine writer and a documentary filmmaker discuss how storytelling platforms shaped their coverage of the same cold case hate murder
August 26, 2020
Rewriting the "hero's journey" to fit a feminine narrative

Rewriting the “hero’s journey” to fit a feminine narrative

A writer on a hunt to understand classic story structure ponders politics, movies and her grandmother's life, and searches for a journey of their own
August 19, 2020
Two veteran newswomen learn podcasting to retell the story of women's suffrage

Two veteran newswomen learn podcasting to retell the story of women’s suffrage

Award-winning journalists Ellen Goodman and Lynn Sherr take a deep and intimate dive into the history of the 19th Amendment in "She Votes!"
August 18, 2020