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Icy waters, lost treasures, timeless tales and the tricky route to immortality

Icy waters, lost treasures, timeless tales and the tricky route to immortality

A biographer of Arctic explorers writes about the discovery of Shackleton's Endurance and why adventure narratives hold our attention through time
April 6, 2022
A view of Ukraine, from an America journalist who has made his life there

A view of Ukraine, from an America journalist who has made his life there

Fired from the Kyiv Post over editorial independence, Brian Bonner now is an editor without a newsroom: "Part of me feels like an amputee."
March 31, 2022
Happy memories from Ukraine haunt as a new and brutal story unfolds

Happy memories from Ukraine haunt as a new and brutal story unfolds

Of the too-many horror stories coming out of Ukraine, I find myself stopped when I read yet another about a family that fled with nothing of their settled lives. Grab…
March 22, 2022
A successful investigative career and a vision led Jim Morris to take a risk

A successful investigative career and a vision led Jim Morris to take a risk

The Pivot: Neither the pandemic nor uncertainty blocked Morris' launch of a start-up devoted to public health reporting
March 18, 2022
When feedback is a drag, and when it's path forward

When feedback is a drag, and when it’s path forward

For most of my life, feedback made me anxious.I was in third grade when my mom came home from a parent-teacher conference with this pronouncement. “Your teacher said your math…
March 11, 2022
A citizen-journalist's effort to follow events in Ukraine

A citizen-journalist’s effort to follow events in Ukraine

Time and attention in recent days have gone to friends and former students in Ukraine, asking what the rest of us, as journalists and citizens, should know, how best to…
March 8, 2022
The pioneering narrative work of "girl stunt reporters"

The pioneering narrative work of “girl stunt reporters”

How Nellie Bly and a sisterhood of crusaders foreshadowed today's narrative nonfiction
February 24, 2022
So you want to write a book? Part 2: Agents, queries and timelines

So you want to write a book? Part 2: Agents, queries and timelines

Newspaperman-turned-author Bryan Denson shares how he organizes his notes and timelines for books
February 23, 2022
So you want to write a book? Part 1: Have a strong story and resilient ego

So you want to write a book? Part 1: Have a strong story and resilient ego

Newspaper reporter Bryan Denson outlines how he went from rejection to multiple book contracts
February 22, 2022
What personal pain reminded two writers about the gift listening

What personal pain reminded two writers about the gift listening

The longer I dwell in the world, the more I believe our greatest values, as human beings and as journalists, come through empathy and listening. Also, alas, our greatest failures.…
February 18, 2022