Search results for “so you want to write a book” Showing 999 results How the magic of mushrooms inspired magical science writing about ecology Ferris Jabr follows a forest ecologist into the woods to listen to the conversations that happen above and below ground February 3, 2021 How 66 days of shell art helped a retired journalist rediscover her writing voice Retired sports editor Cathy Henkel created a daily countdown to the presidential inauguration in shells and stones, and found herself telling stories January 29, 2021 #4 rule of pitching: Know what’s come before The lack of a simple clips search can tank your idea January 20, 2021 When writing news requires a distance from neutrality to “tell it like it is” Writing guru Roy Peter Clark analyzes an "astonishing lead," and unpacks the notions of objectivity and detachment in light of current events January 14, 2021 Why journalists rise up in the face of fear The email that pinged my inbox Wednesday, as an assault on the U.S. Capitol was at its most intense, was quick and blunt:“Aren’t you glad you’re not out there?”I responded… January 11, 2021 Reconstructing the tragedy of COVID from the epicenter of New York City’s outbreak Zooming in on a hard-hit corner of multi-cultural Queens, Dan Barry, Annie Correal and a New York Times team dared to get close and gain trust January 7, 2021 Passports to authentic reporting: a foreign view, and a view through empathy At the end of this, a year that defies easy summary, we abandon attempts to try. Instead, here are two bits of lagniappe that came our way and we pass… December 31, 2020 A very few of my favorite fiction reads of 2020 It was a year of great journalism about hard things — and fiction that soothed along the way December 24, 2020 Journalists on the screen: a conflicted image The pop culture portrayal of reporters in movies and TV mirrors and shapes public perception of the press December 17, 2020 The surprising structure of a journey that inspired a surprising structure of a story Criss-cross bicycle trips through Kazakhstan by riders with palindromic names led to a story with a palindromic structure and palindromic word play December 16, 2020 Previous 1 … 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 … 100 Next