Search results for “guardian” Showing 97 results The keys to global journalism: curiosity, open-mindedness and a broad network As an Australian, I often feel that locally produced radio news and podcasts are too inward-looking. If the news doesn’t directly affect Australia, or have a strong link to this… December 8, 2020 Writing history as we live it It has become a common refrain in these chaotic times: We’re not just reading history; we’re living it.That’s always been true, I suppose, for anyone living at any time. But… November 10, 2020 The struggle to define cinematic writing I’ve been struggling to find the right term for the nonfiction writing I most admire. Whether written by Joan Didion, David Grann, Susan Orlean, Héctor Tobar, Isabel Wilkerson, or Gene… October 6, 2020 Pitching a new editor: Don’t be too clever A successful freelancer confesses how her "motor mouth" can turn off editors and tank her good ideas October 1, 2020 Economic Hardship Reporting Project seeks story pitches that personalize poverty "Mine your life," says managing director David Wallis; think about what you’re an expert in and share that story September 2, 2020 How F. Scott Fitzgerald guided the hand and aspirations of a newspaper journalist Early in my career, while working in Minnesota as a reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, I fell in love with F. Scott Fitzgerald, the city’s most famous native… June 4, 2020 For the love of analog in a digital world Every August when I was young, my mother would take me to the store to buy some back-to-school notebooks. Maybe some pencils. Sometimes even a plastic pencil sharpener.This was a… February 6, 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 Newsroom Ode #3: The last desk of defense EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a series of odes that chronicle the legacy newsroom. Each is written from different first-person perspective. Together they create the mumbled narrative of a… January 21, 2019 Newsroom Ode #1: Friday night on the city desk EDITOR’S NOTE: For something a bit different, we offer the Monday bonus: an eight-week series (give or take) of poems that chronicle the legacy newsroom. Each is written from first-person… January 7, 2019 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next