Search results for “context” Showing 511 results Disposable Workers of the Oil and Gas Fields Scenes, character, a human voice and the first person soften and enliven the investigative approach in this piece about gruesome deaths on Western oil and gas fields. Lacking clear statistical… April 10, 2007 Casualties of Conscience Not long after reading this quasi-narrative about U.S. soldiers who have deserted the military, we came across a piece in The New York Times about increased prosecutions of such deserters.… April 10, 2007 Learning Their Lessons Here’s what Sandoval e-mailed us about this story: “Most young journalists believe they have to spend six months or so to publish a quality narrative piece. But that’s not always… March 30, 2007 Opening Up the Old Olive Trees We liked the ways that Goelman used the first person in this piece. The self-referencing advances the story; it’s not overdone. We liked the elegant descriptions of the olive harvest,… January 31, 2007 Refugees Find Hostility and Hope on Soccer Field This story seems to have followed a recipe for compelling narrative: Take a heroic figure, add a group of “endangered children, let them struggle against great odds. Fold in current… January 30, 2007 The Four Noble Truths of Religion Writing “Life means suffering.” According to the Buddha, that is the first of four “noble truths” that together define human existence. I’m not much of a Buddhist (I’m a lapsed Catholic… December 15, 2006 Father, Son and Holy Rift “One by one they fell away, the doctrinal pillars of the house his father built.” This is the story of Chuck Smith, Jr., and his movement away from the stern… December 13, 2006 Odyssey of Healing We appreciated, were even grateful for, Streeter’s exploration of moral and political context in this story. He might have tried to make this a piece about overcoming odds, about the… November 8, 2006 Angela Whitiker’s Climb Wilkerson wrote about Angela Whitiker’s son in her Pulitzer Prize-winning story "First Born, Fast Grown." Twelve years later, she chronicles his mother’s successful struggle to earn a nurse’s degree and… May 4, 2006 An Imam in America We like this series for its scrupulous attention to detail. Its descriptive passages pop with verbs; we are right there, walking with the imam as he starts his morning. Elliott… April 14, 2006 Previous 1 … 47 48 49 50 51 52 Next
