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An emotional award for Sally Jenkins after a lifetime of awards

An emotional award for Sally Jenkins after a lifetime of awards

A lame inside joke in many of the newsrooms of America: The sports department is also referred to as “the toy department.” After all,  the coverage focuses on games.Until you…
March 17, 2021
"... a space coffin turned shooting star."

“… a space coffin turned shooting star.”

—From a profile of Laika, the celebrated canine cosmonaut, by Alex Wellerstein in The New Yorker
March 16, 2021
Profiling homeless house-sitters to humanize the housing crisis in America

Profiling homeless house-sitters to humanize the housing crisis in America

"My mission is to make people as excited to understand (housing) as I am," says freelance writer Francesca Mari
March 12, 2021
More recognition of work by freelancer Katie Engelhart

More recognition of work by freelancer Katie Engelhart

In case you missed it:Terry Gross, host of NPR’s “Fresh Air,” had a rich conversation this week (March 9, 2021) with freelance journalist and author Katie Englehart about the legal…
March 11, 2021
What it takes to cover a foreign country as a woman and during a pandemic

What it takes to cover a foreign country as a woman and during a pandemic

In Australia, where the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the nation’s No. 1 source of news, Anne Barker is a household name, with her stories playing across TV, radio and…
March 10, 2021
An award-winning food writer explores the legacy of sexual identity in the food world

An award-winning food writer explores the legacy of sexual identity in the food world

 For Mayukh Sen, a James Beard Award-winning food writer and adjunct professor at NYU, the entry point into food writing has always been the stories of the people behind the…
March 9, 2021
A creative daily distraction became a journey of discovery

A creative daily distraction became a journey of discovery

Daily meanderings that became ephemeral art that became a political statement that became a historical discovery tour have now become a book.A few weeks ago, retired sports editor Cathy Henkel…
March 4, 2021
How and why Katie Engelhart followed a woman's journey to her "final exit"

How and why Katie Engelhart followed a woman’s journey to her “final exit”

A California Sunday Magazine profile of a woman with dementia is included in Engelhart's new book on right-to-die issues
March 3, 2021
Pulitzer winner Ellen Barry solved a mystery, then questioned the mysteries of truth

Pulitzer winner Ellen Barry solved a mystery, then questioned the mysteries of truth

"Reader, I should confess that I wanted to write the story."
March 2, 2021
When the story of one is the story of many

When the story of one is the story of many

The number, when it landed, should have been no surprise. Even so, it held the power to shock. I spent a week  bracing myself for news that the COVID death…
March 1, 2021