Search results for “writing+the+book” Showing 1163 results Literary Forensics: How to edit (and self-edit) from the inside out Here is a self-editing origin story:I was back from my first truly big reporting assignment, which was to cover the 1984-85 famine in the sub-Sahara. I was exhausted, emotional about… October 15, 2021 How a lifestyle reporter tamed the tiger of Twitter The behemoth of Twitter has been a game-changer for journalism. It has become a tool for breaking stories, making — or breaking — careers, calling attention to issues, and giving… October 14, 2021 Jim Sheeler’s legacy to journalism: Empathy, decency and stories that last In late August, Jim Tankersley, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, learned he was going to be the pool reporter following President Biden to Dover Air Force… October 13, 2021 How to turn a theme and 900 words into sense-of-place poetry Kim Cross used smart pre-reporting, creative hustle and a night on a trampoline to find freedom in a reported essay about freedom October 6, 2021 Lane DeGregory: Intimate access to a Florida COVID-19 ward, with conditions As a writer who routinely embeds in her subjects’ lives, the COVID pandemic was a blow to Lane DeGregory’s reporting. She was barred from sit-down interviews, where she would normally… September 30, 2021 Jim Sheeler turned the simple obituary into a high and reverent art A brief anecdote in a Denver Post story about Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Sheeler describes how a new reporter was seated next to him in the newsroom of the Rocky… September 23, 2021 The New Yorker explores a dilemma in Ultra-Orthodox divorce: What about the children? Writer Larissa MacFarquhar is drawn to stories that help her sort out issues that have no clear solutions September 21, 2021 Reporting through privacy and pain to expose the scandal of Black amputations National Magazine Award winner Lizzie Presser documents the discrimination that leaves Black diabetes patients without easy and affordable care September 15, 2021 Tracking shards of grief for 20 years, and daring to love your story subjects Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic goes on a quest to find what a friend lost to 9/11 left behind, and delivers a meditation on love and grief September 10, 2021 A 9/11 survival story: Honoring accuracy and voice in eyewitness accounts Writing scholar Roy Peter Clark reprises a cousin's escape story, and finds lessons for writers who help people recount personal stories September 9, 2021 Previous 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 … 117 Next
