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Making good journalistic trouble, Part VI: Shared responsibility for social problems

Making good journalistic trouble, Part VI: Shared responsibility for social problems

Stories can be framed and reported to show how everyday choices and actions can be connected to oppression and poverty
December 14, 2022
The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part III: Analysis and meaning over scoops

The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part III: Analysis and meaning over scoops

Ian Millhiser of Vox views the Court through a political lens and draws on his law school degree to translate "demon" legal language
December 1, 2022
The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part I: authoritative, clear and fast

The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part I: authoritative, clear and fast

Robert Barnes of the Washington Post strives to make his coverage accessible without losing complexity or context; legal experts help
November 29, 2022
What empathy is, and isn't, in journalism

What empathy is, and isn’t, in journalism

An author who profiles sensitive subjects makes a case for "the journalism of empathy" and how to practice it
November 18, 2022
How the WriterL came to be: The origin story of a narrative community

How the WriterL came to be: The origin story of a narrative community

EDITOR’S NOTE: “A Place Called WriterL” is a new collection of some of the listserv discussions about narrative journalism held in the late 1990s through the early 2010s. In a…
November 4, 2022
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…
October 25, 2022
How one death by gun violence revealed an epidemic of indifference

How one death by gun violence revealed an epidemic of indifference

Shootings are so common in the U.S. that victims are often reduced to 10-point type in news stories: A name and age, maybe alongside a loved ones’ baleful quote set…
October 13, 2022
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
September 30, 2022
What reporters need from editors and editors need from reporters

What reporters need from editors and editors need from reporters

A partnership between narrative journalists Jan Winburn and Moni Basu led to deep stories and a deep friendship
September 29, 2022
How M*A*S*H* practiced journalism to deepen its storytelling

How M*A*S*H* practiced journalism to deepen its storytelling

Story craft surrounds us, not just in journalism but in pretty much everything I can think of. Proof, I guess, that humans are hard-wired for story. It teaches, informs, entertains,…
September 29, 2022