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David Grann Part 2: Craft wisdom and breaking into narrative nonfiction

David Grann Part 2: Craft wisdom and breaking into narrative nonfiction

The renowned author shares insights on vetting story ideas, meticulous research and revision, the value of editors and pitching The New Yorker
January 11, 2024
Peek inside a successful book proposal

Peek inside a successful book proposal

Author Kim Cross annotates the lengthy proposal that landed a contract for the book that revisits the 1993 Polly Klaas kidnapping
November 17, 2023
Will history be served by email clutter?

Will history be served by email clutter?

By Jacqui BanaszynskiAccording to the adage, people don’t regret the things they did in life — only those they didn’t.I don’t buy it — anymore than I buy the assurance…
November 15, 2023
Embedded war reporting with courage and common sense

Embedded war reporting with courage and common sense

"Your eyes and ears and nose should be wide open the whole time." ~ Luke Mogelson of The New Yorker on reporting from the front lines
September 28, 2023
A meditation on violence, grief and healing in Uvalde, Texas

A meditation on violence, grief and healing in Uvalde, Texas

By Trevor PyleWhen a former student killed 19 students and two teachers in a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school last year, the ache spread worldwide. One who felt the pain keenly…
August 24, 2023
Making prison stories relevant and relatable

Making prison stories relevant and relatable

By Jacqui BanaszynskiPrison stories are a special challenge for journalists. The gold standards of journalism are relevance and relatability. But it can be hard for many readers and listeners, if…
July 25, 2023
What a prison writing program taught a professional writer from the inside out

What a prison writing program taught a professional writer from the inside out

Journalist and nonfiction author Lauren Kessler spent three years teaching — and learning from — men who wrote their stories behind bars
July 20, 2023
How a reporter documented the failure of "failure-to-protect" laws

How a reporter documented the failure of “failure-to-protect” laws

Samantha Michaels of Mother Jones followed the story of a woman given harsher punishment than the man who abused her daughter — and her
July 19, 2023
A collaboration through nine months, 14,000 words, 36 chapters and a "leap of faith"

A collaboration through nine months, 14,000 words, 36 chapters and a “leap of faith”

‘We were taking a big leap of faith and trusting readers to be able to figure it out themselves,’ says investigative reporter Raquel Rutledge
July 14, 2023
When a migrant story trail goes cold, fresh reporting finds a deeper truth

When a migrant story trail goes cold, fresh reporting finds a deeper truth

British journalist Samira Shackle likes to revisit incomplete social-issues news that is hyped, spun and incomplete to learn what really happened
July 6, 2023