Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1161 results J-school everywhere, everyday The start of a new school year is upon us. That may have some feeling excited — days spent with old and new friends, new adventures in learning and all… August 16, 2022 Unlearning old-school lessons from a J-school education Two months into my just-the-facts-ma’am, inverted pyramid life as a novice reporter assigned to cover every commission had that ever been formed anywhere in any municipality on Earth at any… August 11, 2022 Bear essentials and beyond Stand-out story craft never loses its luster. But it really is time to start sharing gems from my STORYBOARD SAVED file before they lose their sparkle. With no particular order… July 28, 2022 How Rolling Stone revisited a mass tragedy to ‘humanize the horrendous’ In the first half of 2021, Matt Sullivan and his family took refuge in Miami from the pandemic in New York City, and to finish his first book, “Can’t Knock… July 26, 2022 Raise your glasses to four lessons all writers can learn by judging craft beer Maybe not 99, but at least a few dozen bottles of beer are along the wall. We take one down, pass it around, make sure the barcode on the bottle… July 15, 2022 A tribute to the consummate reporter/writer: Francis X. Clines EDITOR’S NOTE: This tribute is shared with permission from our friends at The Poynter Institute.Frank Clines arrived at The New York Times in 1958, one year before the death of… July 14, 2022 A science writer with comedic timing profiles an alligator with star power Great story ideas are everywhere, and Corinne Purtill spotted a gem on a family trip to the Los Angeles Zoo, where she learned the story of a celebrity with a… June 21, 2022 What to do when words fail you Sometimes the words just don’t work. I don’t mean they don’t come together easily or work well or string together in pretty rhythms. Those are annoyances we seldom get to… June 13, 2022 A reporter explores the laws and emotion involved in helping her father die Bloomberg investigative reporter Esmé Deprez researched a range of death-with-dignity issues after becoming her father's end-of-life partner June 8, 2022 A writer’s tribute to Roger Angell: For the love of the reading journey For all my life, I’ve been a baseball agnostic. The thing I like most about baseball is that, by and large, it is played outside in the summertime, generally in… June 3, 2022 Previous 1 … 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 … 117 Next