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An emotional award for Sally Jenkins after a lifetime of awards

An emotional award for Sally Jenkins after a lifetime of awards

A lame inside joke in many of the newsrooms of America: The sports department is also referred to as “the toy department.” After all,  the coverage focuses on games.Until you…
March 17, 2021
"... a space coffin turned shooting star."

“… a space coffin turned shooting star.”

—From a profile of Laika, the celebrated canine cosmonaut, by Alex Wellerstein in The New Yorker
March 16, 2021
Profiling homeless house-sitters to humanize the housing crisis in America

Profiling homeless house-sitters to humanize the housing crisis in America

"My mission is to make people as excited to understand (housing) as I am," says freelance writer Francesca Mari
March 12, 2021
An award-winning food writer explores the legacy of sexual identity in the food world

An award-winning food writer explores the legacy of sexual identity in the food world

 For Mayukh Sen, a James Beard Award-winning food writer and adjunct professor at NYU, the entry point into food writing has always been the stories of the people behind the…
March 9, 2021
A creative daily distraction became a journey of discovery

A creative daily distraction became a journey of discovery

Daily meanderings that became ephemeral art that became a political statement that became a historical discovery tour have now become a book.A few weeks ago, retired sports editor Cathy Henkel…
March 4, 2021
Pulitzer winner Ellen Barry solved a mystery, then questioned the mysteries of truth

Pulitzer winner Ellen Barry solved a mystery, then questioned the mysteries of truth

"Reader, I should confess that I wanted to write the story."
March 2, 2021
How a national correspondent gained trust to cover COVID in a tiny Kansas town

How a national correspondent gained trust to cover COVID in a tiny Kansas town

Trevor Hughes of USA Today worked his way from the outside-in to write about a rural community besieged by COVID
February 25, 2021
What narrative master Eli Saslow learned about intimacy interviewing by phone

What narrative master Eli Saslow learned about intimacy interviewing by phone

EDITOR’S NOTE: The “Voices from the Pandemic” series has been awarded a 2020 George Polk Award in Oral Histories.Eli Saslow of The Washington Post has made a name for himself…
February 24, 2021
Sharpen your narrative journalism skills in 2021 at these writers’ conferences

Sharpen your narrative journalism skills in 2021 at these writers’ conferences

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was updated on June 1, 2021, with new information. Changes or additions are highlighted.If you’re feeling stalled and rusty in your writing, you’re far from alone.…
February 17, 2021
"... equal was the one thing all men were not."

“… equal was the one thing all men were not.”

—Rye Dolan in the novel "The Cold Millions," by Jess Walter
February 10, 2021