Search results for “the pitch” Showing 342 results So you want to write a book? Brace yourself for some serious self-promotion and, yes, TikTok It was the mid-1990s. I was sitting across a white damask table-clothed table at a midtown Manhattan steak house watching my editor, Bob Loomis, alternately cut into a ribeye and… July 13, 2022 A science writer with comedic timing profiles an alligator with star power Great story ideas are everywhere, and Corinne Purtill spotted a gem on a family trip to the Los Angeles Zoo, where she learned the story of a celebrity with a… June 21, 2022 A reporter explores the laws and emotion involved in helping her father die Bloomberg investigative reporter Esmé Deprez researched a range of death-with-dignity issues after becoming her father's end-of-life partner June 8, 2022 A writer’s tribute to Roger Angell: For the love of the reading journey For all my life, I’ve been a baseball agnostic. The thing I like most about baseball is that, by and large, it is played outside in the summertime, generally in… June 3, 2022 So you want to write a book? Part 1: Have a strong story and resilient ego All the great writers have proffered wisdom on the craft, the best-in-show quote being Norman Mailer’s: “Writing books is the closest men come to childbearing.” But the literary sages have… February 22, 2022 Reporting trauma: Jessica Ravitz on farmer suicides “It’s scary.”Jessica Ravitz, a freelance reporter and storyteller, reported on the prevalence of suicide in rural America for CNN Digital in August 2018. According to a 2015 CDC report, Montana… February 3, 2022 An obit gets honest and goes viral “A plus-sized Jewish redneck lady died in El Paso on Saturday.” That’s the first line of the unforgettable obit of Renay Mandel Corren, who died in December at age 84.… January 25, 2022 An editor’s sensitive guide to interviewing victims of trauma Narrative editor Jan Winburn created a class at the University of Montana focused on "The Worst Day Ever: Writing about Trauma" January 20, 2022 How Rachel Aviv of The New Yorker exposed the “troubled teen industry” Aviv scoured court records, social media and personal journals to reveal the abuses of a system of unregulated Christian boarding schools January 6, 2022 The peak posts of 2021: Hemingway, sensitive sourcing and self-editing Another year, another trove of excellent journalism — so much that I’ve given up on keeping up. I take some comfort in that as our profession continues to struggle with… December 22, 2021 Previous 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 … 35 Next
