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2024 Power of Narrative: Double the power of your story with a braided structure

2024 Power of Narrative: Double the power of your story with a braided structure

In a long feature story, two related or resonant threads can be woven to make a piece that is both complex and clear
April 3, 2024
How a business reporter approached a story about sex-content influencers

How a business reporter approached a story about sex-content influencers

Drew Harwell peeked behind the screen of OnlyFans, a social media sex site, for The Washington Post's "creator economy" series
January 17, 2024
When journalism is a defense against despair

When journalism is a defense against despair

The editor ponders the role journalism plays in delivering hard news while also representing the best hopes of democracy
January 9, 2024
Not taking "no" for an answer

Not taking “no” for an answer

A freelancer persisted through multiple rejections and 17 edits to land an article in a favorite magazine
December 20, 2023
Reporting past the black-and-white politics of school book bans

Reporting past the black-and-white politics of school book bans

Education reporter Hannah Natanson profiled a teacher facing a divided classroom as part of the Washington Post's "School Book Wars" series
December 6, 2023
Peek inside a successful book proposal

Peek inside a successful book proposal

Author Kim Cross annotates the lengthy proposal that landed a contract for the book that revisits the 1993 Polly Klaas kidnapping
November 17, 2023
Nonfiction author Kim Cross breaks down how to sell a book proposal

Nonfiction author Kim Cross breaks down how to sell a book proposal

The narrative journalist details the upside of rejection, the importance of timing, the value of a good agent and the reality of advances
November 17, 2023
Four girls, 60 years, 11 students, 2,800 miles and a new awareness of history

Four girls, 60 years, 11 students, 2,800 miles and a new awareness of history

A journalist-turned-teacher takes students on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail to explore the nation's challenges through a journalistic lens
September 15, 2023
The (should-be-easy) interview a veteran interviewer couldn't bring himself to do

The (should-be-easy) interview a veteran interviewer couldn’t bring himself to do

A reporter sat with people in "the worst moments of their lives" but froze when it came time to talk to a famous writer
July 28, 2023
When a migrant story trail goes cold, fresh reporting finds a deeper truth

When a migrant story trail goes cold, fresh reporting finds a deeper truth

British journalist Samira Shackle likes to revisit incomplete social-issues news that is hyped, spun and incomplete to learn what really happened
July 6, 2023