Search results for “twitter” Showing 502 results “Why’s this so good?” No. 93: Ta-Nehisi Coates and the case for reparations It’s hard to know where to begin when attempting to grapple with the sprawling legacy of racial discrimination and oppression in America. But Ta-Nehisi Coates knows there to start. “The Case For… June 3, 2014 Five great weekend reads: 2014 CRMA winners The City & Regional Magazine Association announced its latest winners this week. The annual prizes are administered by the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. Five great stories for… May 23, 2014 “Why’s this so good?” No. 92: David Foster Wallace and the view from the Midwest David Foster Wallace grew up in the Midwest but it was not really his home. Yet in September 2001, he was teaching at Illinois State University and living in Bloomington.… May 20, 2014 Two writers, one tough subject Two notable narratives for your consideration this week, both on the loss of a loved one, to cancer:In “The Day I Started Lying to Ruth,” a long reported essay in New… May 16, 2014 What we’re watching: Scholars talking literary journalism This year’s International Association for Literary Journalism Studies* started today in Paris, and you can follow along via #IALJS9 or watch the events live. The full conference program is here. Ten recommended panels or presentations:“Hearing Their Voices:… May 15, 2014 #crowdsourced: great examples of the write-around Last week, a student asked for notable examples of the write-around, that subgenre in which the journalist had limited to no access with the story subject. The most famous examples… May 9, 2014 Keeping it simple: On plain language A few years ago an intern did a study of the writing that showed up in our newspaper. He ran our stories through a computer program that measured the reading… May 8, 2014 National Magazine Award winners + bonus reads Five stories that you must stop and read, right now: last night’s winners in the National Magazine Awards for feature writing, reporting, essays, multimedia and fiction (you don’t need us… May 6, 2014 “Why’s this (sentence) so good?” Editor’s note: This is the inaugural installment of our “Why’s this (sentence) so good?” series, in which a writer analyzes a favorite line from a piece of journalistic storytelling. As… April 28, 2014 In praise of the sentence The first chapter of How to Write a Sentence (and How to Read One), by Stanley Fish, begins with this paragraph:In her book The Writing Life (1989), Annie Dillard tells the story of a… April 25, 2014 Previous 1 … 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 … 51 Next
