Search results for “context” Showing 516 results Cutting through numbing numbers with electrified writing For many Americans, COVID news has joined the thrum of everyday life. But Charles Pierce warned readers in a recent newsletter the crisis shouldn’t be allowed to be part of… October 1, 2021 How a top explanatory reporter does emotional interviews: With empathy Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong of The Atlantic takes the same open approach with COVID scientists and frontline nurses September 29, 2021 Reporting through privacy and pain to expose the scandal of Black amputations National Magazine Award winner Lizzie Presser documents the discrimination that leaves Black diabetes patients without easy and affordable care September 15, 2021 Tracking shards of grief for 20 years, and daring to love your story subjects Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic goes on a quest to find what a friend lost to 9/11 left behind, and delivers a meditation on love and grief September 10, 2021 A panoramic approach to a book about the Sept. 11 boat lift In “The Art of Description: World into Word,” Mark Doty writes that Proust endeavored to “dilate the sentence toward its outer limit, so that one would feel the blur of… September 7, 2021 “The Simulation of Jessica:” Jason Fagone follows the creation, life and death of a chatbot romance The San Francisco Chronicle series uses authentic text exchanges to explore a relationship resurrected through artificial intelligence August 31, 2021 3 rejections before a successful pitch to ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network How freelancer Max Blau persisted to land an investigative project fellowship, then a staff reporting position August 18, 2021 “…no one feels the entry wound …” A review of TV series becomes a study in metaphor August 4, 2021 Foreign reporting: Peter Hessler on seeing China through a personal lens Peter Hessler’s books about China have resonated with both Western and Chinese audiences, an accomplishment that seems unlikely today, when the “China story” has become a political and diplomatic battleground.Hessler… July 28, 2021 The role of editor as story director The director wasn’t satisfied.“Do it again,” she said, after we finished the scene.We did.“Do it again.”We did.“Do it again.”And so on, until we got it right. Or close enough.It was… July 16, 2021 Previous 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 … 52 Next