Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1142 results Four hundred years of harsh history delivered in 8,000 unflinching words Nikole Hannah-Jones anchors "The 1619 Project" in the New York Times with a reported essay that weaves historical events and personal experience January 17, 2020 An investigative journalist takes a yearly “leap out of the comfort zone” into fiction Every journalist has an unfinished novel or a screenplay tucked in their desk drawer or hard drive. Of course, that’s not true in every case, but there’s no doubt a… January 15, 2020 Not just another sappy Christmas story Reporters of a certain place and time — Eugene, Oregon, in the 1970s — loved to tell stories about how they were hired. At the time, the Eugene Register-Guard was… January 3, 2020 Gratitude Notes (#25): Classic guides, classy pens, fast keyboards and supportive friends Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers. [dcI[/dc] am thankful for William Zinsser’s book… December 27, 2019 The chronic pain of runaway medical debt An investigative narrative exposes a system where the bounty hunter rules December 24, 2019 From basketball stardom to rosary beads Twenty-five years after a college athlete keeps a promise to God, ESPN follows up with a rare story from inside a cloistered convent December 10, 2019 Coming home from stories of war Last month, journalist, filmmaker and military veteran Zack Baddorf made a plea, in an essay for Nieman Reports, that more veterans consider careers in journalism and more newsrooms hire veterans.… December 4, 2019 Dishing up some sides of gratitude with notes Journalists take a moment to remember what they're thankful for: from editors to decent pay help. November 28, 2019 The 1619 project: Tracing steps backwards to find a way forward How a USA Today team helped a woman search her ancestral roots in Angola, home to the first Africans sold into slavery in what would become the U.S. November 26, 2019 Some warbly thoughts on “voice” Defining a writer’s “voice” has always stumped me. It came up again recently, when a journalism professor put me on speaker phone with her class of college freshmen, who had… November 22, 2019 Previous 1 … 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 … 115 Next
