Search results for “the pitch” Showing 342 results How an “immersionist” held up the story of one homeless child as “a mirror to America” Pulitzer-winner Andrea Elliott of The New York Times followed a homeless child named Dasani for eight years, from newspaper project to book December 10, 2021 A profile of one family divided by vaccine politics reflects the divide of a nation With Thanksgiving upon us, families across America will gather around tables laden with roast turkey and pumpkin pie. Or not.During the Trump era, squabbles over politics disrupted a holiday that… November 23, 2021 Nut grafs: Getting to the heart of the story Renowned editor and writing coach Jack Hart urges writers to build stories around a theme statement that establishes meaning and guides structure October 19, 2021 How a lifestyle reporter tamed the tiger of Twitter The behemoth of Twitter has been a game-changer for journalism. It has become a tool for breaking stories, making — or breaking — careers, calling attention to issues, and giving… October 14, 2021 How to turn a theme and 900 words into sense-of-place poetry Kim Cross used smart pre-reporting, creative hustle and a night on a trampoline to find freedom in a reported essay about freedom October 6, 2021 Reporting through privacy and pain to expose the scandal of Black amputations National Magazine Award winner Lizzie Presser documents the discrimination that leaves Black diabetes patients without easy and affordable care September 15, 2021 What the “Insect Apocalypse” reveals about faulty human memory EDITOR’S NOTE: The report released this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change does not equivocate: Global warming is real, human-caused, catastrophic — and leaves a narrowing window to… August 12, 2021 Collected reflections on John Hersey’s “Hiroshima” Today is the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. That’s not a notable number in the rather arbitrary realm of anniversary stories. But the event itself just seems to… August 6, 2021 Tools from fiction build a sophisticated National Magazine Award feature finalist Tamara Dean thinks a lot about the elements of story, whether she is writing for magazines such as The Progressive; essays for Orion or Creative Nonfiction; or a fictional short… August 5, 2021 How a writer’s kaleidoscopic mind learned to still the distractions with haiku I learned much of what I value about writing from a man who lost his voice. A slender, black-eyed Panamanian, José Quintero was a legend in the American theater and… July 29, 2021 Previous 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 … 35 Next
