Search results for “the pitch” Showing 344 results 5(ish) Questions: Josh O’Kane and “The Ballad of Fogarty’s Cove” The word “lament” is a sadly beautiful thing, its layers and meanings distinct, yet entwined. In music, it is a song of loss, of missing someone or something that is… May 9, 2017 Haven’t read those Pulitzer winners yet? Here’s some great storytelling in this year’s batch This week, journalists had their version of the Oscars (minus the red carpet and catty remarks about who-wore-what). The Pulitzer announcements are always an electric moment in a newsroom. Back in… April 14, 2017 Annotation Tuesday! Kent Russell and “They Burn Witches Here” Some people are made for what they do. Steph Curry was made to play basketball. Dave Chappelle to deliver jokes. You get that feeling with Kent Russell and his writing.… April 11, 2017 The making of binge-worthy serial narratives, from “S-Town” to “Framed” Podcasts and print alike are reinvigorating a form of storytelling that Dickens and Homer used to hook readers: "to be continued..." April 4, 2017 5(ish) Questions: Rania Abouzeid and “The Jihad Next Door” The first line of Rania Abouzeid’s story “The Jihad Next Door” could be the opener of a literary spy novel.“The eight men, beards trimmed, explosive belts fastened, pistols and grenades… March 23, 2017 The unexpected benefits of a springtime blizzard: reading a book by candlelight A spring blizzard this week left me without power for 16 hours, and at first I felt unmoored because there was no heat, no light — and no Internet connection.… March 17, 2017 Annotation Tuesday! Ron Rosenbaum and “The Secrets of the Little Blue Box” Some writers work for decades before one of their pieces gets widespread attention. Ron Rosenbaum managed to pull it off with his second long-form magazine article.Rosenbaum’s 1971 Esquire piece, “Secrets… February 14, 2017 Annotation Tuesday! Adrian Chen and “Unfollow” The New Yorker writer talks about his story on the awakening of a daughter of the reviled Westboro Baptist Church, calling it "a culmination of things I was writing about… January 31, 2017 Annotation Tuesday! Chris Hamby and “The Court That Rules the World” Chris Hamby's recent investigative series for BuzzFeed reads like dystopian fiction. He tells us of a powerful “global super court” that companies use to sue sovereign nations for cutting into… January 24, 2017 In flames: journalism under fire, and the terrible beauty of wildfire photography Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,… January 13, 2017 Previous 1 … 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 … 35 Next
