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A blocked writer rediscovers her voice as she discovers America's national parks

A blocked writer rediscovers her voice as she discovers America’s national parks

Dan Zak of the Washington Post toured 800 miles of Iowa in five days to explore the real place behind the political headlines and cultural cliches
Using narrative digression to weave backstory, context and suspense into stories

Using narrative digression to weave backstory, context and suspense into stories

I’m bleary-eyed as I write this. Late last night, I finished several weeks of binge-watching “The West Wing,” all 156 episodes of the nostalgic political series which ran on television…
"If you think of all these words just staggering around, grammar is their social order, their government."

“If you think of all these words just staggering around, grammar is their social order, their government.”

—From "The Grammarians," a novel by Cathleen Schine
Four hundred years of harsh history delivered in 8,000 unflinching words

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
An investigative journalist takes a yearly "leap out of the comfort zone" into fiction

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…
Not just another sappy Christmas story

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…
Gratitude Notes (#25): Classic guides, classy pens, fast keyboards and supportive friends

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…
The chronic pain of runaway medical debt

The chronic pain of runaway medical debt

An investigative narrative exposes a system where the bounty hunter rules
From basketball stardom to rosary beads

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
Coming home from stories of war

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.…