Search results for “citizen journalism” Showing 123 results A prescient voice speaks for the Earth Aldo Leopold’s “A Sand County Almanac” turns 70 this year. At a time when writing about ecological emergency is emotionally and politically fraught, the “Almanac” is a balm of wisdom… February 5, 2019 From a Kickstarter about avocados to conviction as an American spy How Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian turned 544 days in an Iranian prison into a story about love, journalism and a broken homeland January 22, 2019 Finding a narrative in “our most urgent national conversation”: the one about guns How three reporters, a national news chain and 21 strangers who met to talk became a 5,000-word tale with character, intimacy, structure and drama October 23, 2018 Q&A: How a letter, honesty and patience won the trust of a shamed school cop Washington Post narrative writer Eli Saslow answers an essential question: "How'd he get that guy to talk to him?" August 16, 2018 Newest Americans: stories of immigrants who help make the country great The collaborative project asks: "What could be more salient at a time when our nation is debating what it means to be American and who deserves to claim that mantle?” April 3, 2018 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 Nikole Hannah-Jones on reporting about racial inequality: “What drives me is rage” At the Power of Storytelling conference, the writer talks about Charlottesville and entrenched racism that reaches back 400 years in America October 26, 2017 5(ish) Questions: “Bodega Stories” creator talks about her love for the corner store As a Silicon Valley startup outrages Latinos and others with its automated "bodega," journalist Amaris Castillo speaks up for the human connection October 12, 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 5(ish) Questions: Bonnie Ford and “The Promise Rio Couldn’t Keep” As other outlets predicted disaster for the 2016 Olympics water events, the writer for ESPN's Outside the Lines painted a picture more reflective of the lived human experience than a… June 22, 2017 Previous 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 … 13 Next
