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An intimate narrative from inside a COVID-afflicted nursing home — reported by phone

An intimate narrative from inside a COVID-afflicted nursing home — reported by phone

Katie Engelhart on the reality of nursing homes and the undercovered issue of elder care in America: "We all think we won't end up in a nursing home."
October 7, 2020
A war correspondent and mom faces new fears in the early days of coronavirus

A war correspondent and mom faces new fears in the early days of coronavirus

Coronavirus is no longer something happening somewhere else — no matter where you are — or something that will soon become yesterday’s news. As of this week, cases have been…
March 17, 2020
On trial for the Ghost Ship warehouse fire: Was an accused villain miscast as the bad guy?

On trial for the Ghost Ship warehouse fire: Was an accused villain miscast as the bad guy?

For "In the Ashes of Ghost Ship," Elizabeth Weil saw beyond existing news coverage to explore a story no one else had told
May 14, 2019
After the fires: A surprising story of a haunted hero and the ashes of regret

After the fires: A surprising story of a haunted hero and the ashes of regret

Lizzie Johnson of The San Francisco Chronicle revisits the headlines to ask about the aftermath. Not all endings are happily-ever-after.
September 18, 2018
Erika Hayasaki on the reality of landing a big freelance story

Erika Hayasaki on the reality of landing a big freelance story

In the second of a two-parter, the former LA Times reporter scrutinizes the first pitch – and then the revision – that earned her a cover piece in Wired
August 28, 2018
Thomas Curwen and "Surgeon races to save a life during L.A.'s shooting season"

Thomas Curwen and “Surgeon races to save a life during L.A.’s shooting season”

The Los Angeles Times writer, who watched a doctor operate on a teen gunshot victim, talks about his enduring passion for stories that depict “the split-second events that change the…
June 27, 2017
Notable Narrative: Jason Fagone and “What Bullets Do to Bodies”

Notable Narrative: Jason Fagone and “What Bullets Do to Bodies”

The writer talks about his Huffington Post Highline profile of a trauma surgeon, and wanting readers to get a “visceral sense of what physically happens inside a person when he’s…
June 26, 2017
Annotation Tuesday! Rachel Monroe and "Have You Ever Thought About Killing Someone?"

Annotation Tuesday! Rachel Monroe and “Have You Ever Thought About Killing Someone?”

The writer talks about her disturbing story for Matter on a man who said he wanted to be killed, the teen who took him up on it -- and her…
December 6, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Thomas Curwen and a Big Sur hermit named Jack English

Annotation Tuesday! Thomas Curwen and a Big Sur hermit named Jack English

"My best stories attempt to answer an almost psychoanalytic need to address the larger, more philosophic questions about life"
July 12, 2016

Annotation Tuesday! (Back-to-School Edition) Josh Roiland and His ‘Literary Journalism in America’ Syllabus

Below is an annotated version of my syllabus for the class “Literary Journalism in America.” I’ve taught this class eight times: five as part of the SAGES program at Case…
August 25, 2015