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Why’s This So Bad? Confirmation Bias and Failed Narratives

There’s a scene in Evelyn Waugh’s scathing journalism send-up “Scoop” where Wenlock Jakes, the world-beating American reporter (based on John Gunther of the old Chicago Daily News), is sent to the…
March 11, 2016

Annotation Tuesday! Emily Yoffe and “The College Rape Overcorrection”

How to spark strong emotions in a story with lots of numbers and no central character
January 26, 2016
Harnessing the Power of Video Games for Journalism

Harnessing the Power of Video Games for Journalism

You’re looking at a map of New York City when a red stick figure drops on the corner of Nostrand and Atlantic in Brooklyn. “Lauren is having a heart attack!”…
January 11, 2016
“Why’s This So Good?” No. 98: Craig Childs and Muddy Waters

“Why’s This So Good?” No. 98: Craig Childs and Muddy Waters

Several writers have explored the ecological transformation of the Colorado River, dammed decades ago to supply water for 33 million people in the West and northern Mexico, but Craig Childs…
November 23, 2015

E.L. Doctorow: “There is only narrative”

The late historical novelist visited the Nieman Foundation in 1977, where he explained why there might be less of a difference between fiction and non-fiction than journalists expect
August 7, 2015
The Riveter: Longform Journalism by Women, for Women

The Riveter: Longform Journalism by Women, for Women

The Riveter’s second issue was published in summer 2014, and its third issue is set to publish this fall.The two journalism students didn’t let their awe at meeting Esquire writer…
July 20, 2015
Ari Daniel: "It's so important to show stories that have hopeful threads."

Ari Daniel: “It’s so important to show stories that have hopeful threads.”

If you heard a story last week on NPR’s “Here and Now” about a new kind of nuclear reactor or perhaps remember a recent piece on PRI’s “The World” about…
April 15, 2015
Virtual Reality Lets the Audience Step into the Story

Virtual Reality Lets the Audience Step into the Story

Journalists and documentary filmmakers are using new technologies to foster immersive storytelling
March 19, 2015

Annotation Tuesday! Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah and “If He Hollers Let Him Go”

Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah and I met recently in her Brooklyn apartment to talk about “If He Hollers Let Him Go.” Her story, which is and isn’t about comedian Dave Chappelle, ran in…
October 7, 2014
Annotation Tuesday! Buzz Bissinger and "The Killing Trail"

Annotation Tuesday! Buzz Bissinger and “The Killing Trail”

Buzz Bissinger’s “The Killing Trail” — his unremittingly bleak 1995 account of “fag-bashing” in Texas — was his first story for Vanity Fair. (He is still a contributor, and has…
January 28, 2014