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Making good journalistic trouble, Part V: Expanding perspective and empathy

Making good journalistic trouble, Part V: Expanding perspective and empathy

Stories that explore social issues through a solidarity frame can help readers relate to the people most affected
Making good journalistic trouble, Part IV:  Tracing the cause and effect of social issues

Making good journalistic trouble, Part IV: Tracing the cause and effect of social issues

Stories reported through a "re-specification" frame point to the core origins and ultimate consequences of social problems
Making good journalistic trouble, Part III: Stories of empowerment and action

Making good journalistic trouble, Part III: Stories of empowerment and action

A Vanderbilt professor argues for stories that help readers and affected people alike see that they can make a difference in the face of social ills
Making good journalistic trouble, Part II: Highlighting urgency and proximity

Making good journalistic trouble, Part II: Highlighting urgency and proximity

Nonfiction stories should include reporting that shows that distant-seeming problems are closer and more immediate than realized
Making good journalistic trouble, Part I: Exposing overlooked problems

Making good journalistic trouble, Part I: Exposing overlooked problems

A Vanderbilt professor argues that nonfiction writing can connect writers, readers and social issues through a re-frame of traditional story approaches
How narrative journalists can make "good trouble" to tackle social problems

How narrative journalists can make “good trouble” to tackle social problems

A Vanderbilt history professor makes the case for re-framing social-issues stories in ways that partner with rather than preach to readers
The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part III: Analysis and meaning over scoops

The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part III: Analysis and meaning over scoops

Ian Millhiser of Vox views the Court through a political lens and draws on his law school degree to translate "demon" legal language
The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part I: authoritative, clear and fast

The mastery of Supreme Court reporting, Part I: authoritative, clear and fast

Robert Barnes of the Washington Post strives to make his coverage accessible without losing complexity or context; legal experts help
Reading and redefining the "classics"

Reading and redefining the “classics”

By Jacqui BanaszynskiA long-time aspiration of mine has been to read more of the classics. My formal dip into that kind of literature was in high school, reading and discussing…
What empathy is, and isn't, in journalism

What empathy is, and isn’t, in journalism

An author who profiles sensitive subjects makes a case for "the journalism of empathy" and how to practice it