Search results for “writing the book” Showing 1161 results 7 Fatal Flaws of Story Pitches How to identify common mistakes that get in the way of landing that big idea September 3, 2020 Economic Hardship Reporting Project seeks story pitches that personalize poverty The Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) was born from a situation of precisely that: financial insecurity. Barbara Ehrenreich, author of the seminal 1996 work, “Nickel and Dimed,” co-founded the journalism… September 2, 2020 How reporting through time and place reveals character With transportation stymied by a pandemic, Wright Thompson couldn’t exactly hop on a plane to research a story on Michael Jordan. Instead, the ESPN senior reporter built a time machine,… August 28, 2020 One cold case murder. Two narrative forms. On Oct. 9, 1983, the body of Timothy Wayne Coggins, a 23-year-old Black man, was found in the woods off a power line easement in Griffin, Georgia. He had been… August 26, 2020 How a high school journalist geared up to cover protests in Portland, Oregon As federal law enforcement officers descended on Portland, Oregon, last month and clashed with protesters demanding an end to police brutality, Eddy Binford-Ross — who lives in Salem, about 45… August 20, 2020 Two veteran newswomen learn podcasting to retell the story of women’s suffrage Today marks the centennial of the 19th amendment, which says “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or… August 18, 2020 Bearing witness inside a funeral home at the pitch of the COVID pandemic Josh Sanburn went deep into a place of death — and found a story that teems with life.In “The Last of the First Responders,” published in June in Vanity Fair, … August 14, 2020 Extraordinary access: A reporter follows a police officer on a mental health call The street actions rolling through American cities have aimed a spotlight on police. Sometimes the light is harsh: police seen as militarized enforcers who act with impunity in a culture… August 11, 2020 The enduring power of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima”: the first “nonfiction novel” Seventy-five years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, a plane called the Enola Gay, manned by a crew from the U.S. Army Air Force, flew over the Japanese city of Hiroshima… August 6, 2020 How the “Beyonce of earthquakes” uses storytelling to explain science Call her the “Beyonce of earthquakes” or simply “the Earthquake Lady.” But when the foundations get shaky — whether it’s during a temblor or, now, a pandemic — Lucy Jones… August 4, 2020 Previous 1 … 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 … 117 Next
