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When the best form for a complex narrative is a simple structure

When the best form for a complex narrative is a simple structure

A standard — some would say ideal — approach to effective narrative nonfiction is to follow a single, primary character through an intimate journey that illuminates a larger social situation.…
October 20, 2022
What to do when you write the kinds of stories you find hard to read

What to do when you write the kinds of stories you find hard to read

Every morning I wake up and do exactly what selfcarefederation.org and everydayhealth.com and verywellmind.com and all those other “take care of yourself” sites and blogs and organizations tell me not…
September 20, 2022
Cutting through compassion fatigue with sensory writing

Cutting through compassion fatigue with sensory writing

War can become an abstraction unless, of course, you’re in the middle of it. We can read about it or see images, which often are more powerful than words in…
August 29, 2022
Four years of reporting follows new threads in a previously reported crime story

Four years of reporting follows new threads in a previously reported crime story

Katia Savchuk spent a year pre-reporting before she pitched The Atavist on a nuanced story of crime and mental illness
August 17, 2022
Bear essentials and beyond

Bear essentials and beyond

A few shares on bears and books, puppies and propaganda, football and failures of leadership
July 28, 2022
How Rolling Stone revisited a mass tragedy to 'humanize the horrendous'

How Rolling Stone revisited a mass tragedy to ‘humanize the horrendous’

After the Florida condo collapse, Matt Sullivan vowed not to forget a teen survivor. The year-later profile has credibility, empathy and a haunting ending
July 26, 2022
When your saved story becomes one more overstuffed space

When your saved story becomes one more overstuffed space

One of the few things I appreciate about Facebook, besides tours of my friends’ faraway lives and photos of the babies being born to my former “Baby Js”, is the…
July 12, 2022
The vital scramble after news that will reverberate forward

The vital scramble after news that will reverberate forward

The predicted reversal of Roe v. Wade, and threat to other civil rights, requires vigilance from the press — and the public
June 28, 2022
A viral image, a question of provenance and a consideration of truth

A viral image, a question of provenance and a consideration of truth

In the 100-plus days since Vladimir Putin ordered his Russian army into Ukraine, I have done something I rarely do on social media: Forwarded shares, many days a week, of…
June 16, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court leak: Resisting the erasure of human rights

The U.S. Supreme Court leak: Resisting the erasure of human rights

A friend came to the house on a recent evening with all he needed in his grocery tote. He took over my kitchen and let me chatter as he made…
May 11, 2022