Search results for “so you want to write a book” Showing 1014 results Stories are read twice in readers’ minds: Once for information, then for meaning EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece is published in partnership with the Poynter Institute.I have come to believe that all readers read all stories twice — all the time.The first reading comes… March 11, 2020 What journalistic process can teach both kids and scientists Janica Johnson flipped her reporter’s notebook open to an empty page as she and her team prepared for an interview with Donna Shows, a cell biologist from the Benaroya Research… February 28, 2020 In good writing, clarity is job one After 40-some years of practicing journalism, I decided there was much I still had to learn about the craft. So I became a teacher. Any of you who have gone… January 30, 2020 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 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 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 The chronic pain of runaway medical debt An investigative narrative exposes a system where the bounty hunter rules December 24, 2019 Gratitude Notes (#14) 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. I am grateful for Chuck Cicconetti, the… December 15, 2019 From basketball stardom to rosary beads Twenty-five years after a college athlete keeps a promise to God, ESPN follows up with a rare story from inside a cloistered convent December 10, 2019 Coming home from stories of war Last month, journalist, filmmaker and military veteran Zack Baddorf made a plea, in an essay for Nieman Reports, that more veterans consider careers in journalism and more newsrooms hire veterans.… December 4, 2019 Previous 1 … 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 … 102 Next
