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5(ish) Questions: Andy Kopsa and the slow payoff of freelance longform work

5(ish) Questions: Andy Kopsa and the slow payoff of freelance longform work

With fewer staff writers at newspapers and magazines, freelance journalists have more opportunities to take on longform features – both on and offline.[pq]Q: What would you tell other freelancers who…
August 17, 2017
"The charm and the pain and the humanity" -- what great storytelling is all about

“The charm and the pain and the humanity” — what great storytelling is all about

A weekly roundup of some favorite things, for your reading and listening pleasure
June 9, 2017
5(ish) Questions: Nathan Thornburgh talks mind-blowing drugs and Anthony Bourdain

5(ish) Questions: Nathan Thornburgh talks mind-blowing drugs and Anthony Bourdain

The co-founder of the unapologetically longform travel-food-politics site Roads & Kingdoms talks about teaming up with the chef-raconteur and reporting while under the influence of the hallucinogen ayahuasca
April 27, 2017
5(ish) Questions: Peter Frick-Wright and "What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980?"

5(ish) Questions: Peter Frick-Wright and “What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980?”

Thirty years ago, a plane took off in Paraguay and smashed into a mountain in Bolivia. In the decades since, the accident left secrets trapped – and conspiracy theories festering…
December 12, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Rachel Monroe and "Have You Ever Thought About Killing Someone?"

Annotation Tuesday! Rachel Monroe and “Have You Ever Thought About Killing Someone?”

Rachel Monroe has two journalistic obsessions: crime and utopia. She’s fascinated by how people deal with extreme situations, when the stakes are high and things fall apart. The two aren’t…
December 6, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Jon Mooallem’s “The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community”

Annotation Tuesday! Jon Mooallem’s “The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community”

Every once in a while you read a story that feels so authentic and true, you wish you’d written it. That’s how I felt reading Jon Mooallem’s New York Times…
August 23, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Ashley Powers and "The Man in the Woods"

Annotation Tuesday! Ashley Powers and “The Man in the Woods”

Ashley Powers spent the first decade of her career at the Los Angeles Times, working her way up from intern to breaking news reporter to national correspondent. When she left…
June 28, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Sarah Scoles and “How to Save People from Snakebites”

Annotation Tuesday! Sarah Scoles and “How to Save People from Snakebites”

Science presents particular challenges for narrative writers, like deciphering the often arcane language of scientific studies, or coaxing pithy quotes from scientists accustomed to speaking in academicese, and wary of…
March 1, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Matt Negrin and "Silence in the Favela"

Annotation Tuesday! Matt Negrin and “Silence in the Favela”

Matt Negrin writes politics, not sports. Just 29, the Bloomberg Politics reporter’s first job after college was live-blogging about President Obama for Politico, and he’s also written for ABC’s World News. Two years…
February 16, 2016
Annotation Tuesday! Teju Cole on “Far Away From Here”

Annotation Tuesday! Teju Cole on “Far Away From Here”

The novelist/essayist/photographer on how he blended his diverse interests and influences into a compelling essay on his own photography
February 2, 2016