Search results for “nut grafs” Showing 67 results Reconstructing a murky maze of blame Lauren Smiley of Wired spent four years tracking the first pedestrian fatality involving a bicyclist, Uber and a self-driving car June 1, 2023 Writing practice with a purpose A career journalist ponders the imperfect mastery that comes from daily deadline writing, with a nod to Yoda January 3, 2023 When the best form for a complex narrative is a simple structure A standard — some would say ideal — approach to effective narrative nonfiction is to follow a single, primary character through an intimate journey that illuminates a larger social situation.… October 20, 2022 Viewing the COVID divide through tensions in one rural community AP reporter Tim Sullivan found a small town on the Minnesota prairie to explore the political chasms exposed by COVID February 8, 2022 How narrative moments can elevate a non-narrative story Little gems of character, dialogue, description and scene make a complex explanatory piece more compelling May 11, 2021 A narrative on the political divide reported from the inside-out Jose A. Del Real of The Washington Post uses phone, email and texts to profile a family torn apart by conflicting beliefs in "facts" April 20, 2021 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 Reporting beyond the first headlines A Washington Post team went back to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and found a story that defied easy narratives and cardboard characters October 14, 2020 A day-in-the-life profile of a grocery store during the coronavirus shutdown With a cell phone, an eye for evocative detail and 50 pages of notes, Brittny Mejia of the Los Angeles Times turned a day at a grocery store into a… June 2, 2020 A religion reporter profiles a charismatic community drawn to a “miracle Bible” Surprising stories spring from any number of places. Investigative or narrative or explanatory stories often start with curiosity sparked by a local news story or feature. That’s what happened when… April 14, 2020 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
