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How to turn a theme and 900 words into sense-of-place poetry

How to turn a theme and 900 words into sense-of-place poetry

Kim Cross used smart pre-reporting, creative hustle and a night on a trampoline to find freedom in a reported essay about freedom
October 6, 2021
Lane DeGregory: Intimate access to a Florida COVID-19 ward, with conditions

Lane DeGregory: Intimate access to a Florida COVID-19 ward, with conditions

The Pulitzer Prize winning reporter spent 18 months asking for access, 12 hours inside, and four days to deliver a take-you-there story
September 30, 2021
The New Yorker explores a dilemma in Ultra-Orthodox divorce: What about the children?

The New Yorker explores a dilemma in Ultra-Orthodox divorce: What about the children?

Writer Larissa MacFarquhar is drawn to stories that help her sort out issues that have no clear solutions
September 21, 2021
Reporting through privacy and pain to expose the scandal of Black amputations

Reporting through privacy and pain to expose the scandal of Black amputations

National Magazine Award winner Lizzie Presser documents the discrimination that leaves Black diabetes patients without easy and affordable care
September 15, 2021
An editor annotates her own column from 20 years ago about Sept. 11

An editor annotates her own column from 20 years ago about Sept. 11

On Saturday, the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, I was listening to coverage on NPR and wonder whether there was anything meaningful I could say on…
September 14, 2021
A 9/11 survival story: Honoring accuracy and voice in eyewitness accounts

A 9/11 survival story: Honoring accuracy and voice in eyewitness accounts

Writing scholar Roy Peter Clark reprises a cousin's escape story, and finds lessons for writers who help people recount personal stories
September 9, 2021
"The Simulation of Jessica:" Chapter 2 unfurls an intimate chatbot conversation

“The Simulation of Jessica:” Chapter 2 unfurls an intimate chatbot conversation

The Jessica Simulation:Love and loss in the age of A.I.The death of the woman he loved was too much to bear. Could a mysterious website allow him to speak with…
September 1, 2021
What the "Insect Apocalypse" reveals about faulty human memory

What the “Insect Apocalypse” reveals about faulty human memory

From the archives: Brooke Jarvis takes windshield wipers to environmental blindness and reveals why we should heed the bugs
August 12, 2021
A conversation with Nathaniel Rich on "Losing Earth," human inertia and storytelling as "a moral act"

A conversation with Nathaniel Rich on “Losing Earth,” human inertia and storytelling as “a moral act”

From the archives: The New York Times Magazine devotes an entire issue to history's failure to heed the siren warnings about climate change
August 11, 2021
#6 rule of pitching: Stay focused

#6 rule of pitching: Stay focused

A good pitch is not a scattershot, but a clearly stated central idea or question that is fresh, relevant, and a fit for the publication
July 8, 2021