Search results for “the pitch” Showing 336 results 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 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 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” ‘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 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 “Star Trek” as a guide to sharing intimate, personal details A PhD researcher in neuroscience finds a useful tool to decide when and how to use personal stories in her science writing June 13, 2023 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 2023 Power of Narrative: Revving the story engine Atavist editor Seyward Darby on the writing craft that drives readers through a story to the end: Plot, characters, scene May 10, 2023 2023 Power of Narrative: Prepping for profiles Washington Post profile writer Geoff Edgers loads up on advance research and background interviews in advance of interviewing a celebrity April 27, 2023 ‘Good versus good’ stories that unravel complex societal problems New Yorker writer Nathan Heller follows a year of change in one San Francisco high school in which there was no clear right or wrong March 10, 2023 Previous 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 … 34 Next
