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Free writing: Releasing your inner artist

Free writing: Releasing your inner artist

Somewhere in the early pages of “Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process,” John McPhee gives a nod to daily news reporters. The author and New Yorker writer was explaining…
January 23, 2020
Four hundred years of harsh history delivered in 8,000 unflinching words

Four hundred years of harsh history delivered in 8,000 unflinching words

Nikole Hannah-Jones anchors "The 1619 Project" in the New York Times with a reported essay that weaves historical events and personal experience
January 17, 2020
An investigative journalist takes a yearly "leap out of the comfort zone" into fiction

An investigative journalist takes a yearly “leap out of the comfort zone” into fiction

Every journalist has an unfinished novel or a screenplay tucked in their desk drawer or hard drive. Of course, that’s not true in every case, but there’s no doubt a…
January 15, 2020
When the story we cover becomes our own

When the story we cover becomes our own

It’s an all-too-familiar story. Another American factory closes, the latest in a long line in the last three decades that has seen American manufacturing devastated by foreign competition. This time…
January 10, 2020
Not just another sappy Christmas story

Not just another sappy Christmas story

Reporters of a certain place and time — Eugene, Oregon, in the 1970s — loved to tell stories about how they were hired. At the time, the Eugene Register-Guard was…
January 3, 2020
A career newspaperwoman visits the Newseum in its final days

A career newspaperwoman visits the Newseum in its final days

Today is the last day for the Newseum, that glitzy, over-the-top temple to journalism in Washington, D.C. It lasted 11 years, eight months and 20 days — shorter than most…
December 31, 2019
Gratitude Notes (#28): A writer's wish for the ages

Gratitude Notes (#28): A writer’s wish for the ages

Editor’s note: We close 2019, and our month of Gratitude Notes, with a last note of reflection and aspiration. It seems fitting as we go forward. My father read newspapers out…
December 31, 2019
Gratitude Notes (#25): Classic guides, classy pens, fast keyboards and supportive friends

Gratitude Notes (#25): Classic guides, classy pens, fast keyboards and supportive friends

Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers. [dcI[/dc] am thankful for William Zinsser’s book…
December 27, 2019
The chronic pain of runaway medical debt

The chronic pain of runaway medical debt

An investigative narrative exposes a system where the bounty hunter rules
December 24, 2019
“Failure is the best. After you fail, you’re free.”

“Failure is the best. After you fail, you’re free.”

—Musician and artist Tunde Adebimpe
December 12, 2019