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Eternal pain, intractable politics and public detachment

Eternal pain, intractable politics and public detachment

How much difference does three days make?Too much, at least when it comes to our gnat-like attention span. Three days is the time it takes for the public to shift…
May 31, 2022
A documentary film breaks rules and wins an Oscar

A documentary film breaks rules and wins an Oscar

EDITOR’S NOTE: All time codes in this post correspond to the YouTube version of “The Queen of Basketball.” It’s also available, with an introduction by filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, on The…
May 27, 2022
Lauren Hough goes on a hunt for Bonnie and Clyde and her Grandpa Chuck

Lauren Hough goes on a hunt for Bonnie and Clyde and her Grandpa Chuck

A celebrated memoirist returns to her native Texas on a quest to determine if her family stories were true
May 25, 2022
Stories behind bars: The power and pitfalls of "emotional truths"

Stories behind bars: The power and pitfalls of “emotional truths”

Author Lauren Kessler finds echoes of her work in a prisoner profile by Boston Globe reporter Evan Allen that reveals the journalist's role in the story
May 13, 2022
Award season 2022 continued: The Pulitzer Prizes

Award season 2022 continued: The Pulitzer Prizes

Stand-out journalism produced last year was honored in the release of the 2022 Pulitzer Prizes, celebrating the best of the craft and affirming the importance of serious, creative journalism in…
May 10, 2022
Writing about the unthinkable pain of child suicides

Writing about the unthinkable pain of child suicides

Author, essayist and lecturer Andrew Solomon weaves statistics and personal pain to explores the toll that depression takes on young children
May 6, 2022
2022 Power of Narrative: The matrix of editor, reporter and story

2022 Power of Narrative: The matrix of editor, reporter and story

How a longtime contributor and a top editor at The New York Times Magazine work together to create award-winning journalism
May 5, 2022
2022 Power of Narrative: Expert advice on covering drug addiction

2022 Power of Narrative: Expert advice on covering drug addiction

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of five posts from the 2022 Power of Narrative conference at Boston University. Read Ellen Barry on first-person narratives, Lizzie Johnson on deadline narratives and Debbie Cenziper…
April 28, 2022
2022 Power of Narrative: Debbie Cenziper on the reporting-writing partnership

2022 Power of Narrative: Debbie Cenziper on the reporting-writing partnership

Editor’s note: This is one of five posts from the 2022 Power of Narrative conference at Boston University. For other takeaways, see Ellen Barry on first-person narratives and Lizzie Johnson…
April 26, 2022
2022 Power of Narrative: Lizzie Johnson on questions that shape deadline narratives

2022 Power of Narrative: Lizzie Johnson on questions that shape deadline narratives

As the wildfire reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, Johnson looked beyond events to people and place for award-winning work
April 21, 2022