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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.…
Dishing up some sides of gratitude with notes

Dishing up some sides of gratitude with notes

Journalists take a moment to remember what they're thankful for: from editors to decent pay help.
The 1619 project: Tracing steps backwards to find a way forward

The 1619 project: Tracing steps backwards to find a way forward

How a USA Today team helped a woman search her ancestral roots in Angola, home to the first Africans sold into slavery in what would become the U.S.
Some warbly thoughts on "voice"

Some warbly thoughts on “voice”

Defining a writer’s “voice” has always stumped me. It came up again recently, when a journalism professor put me on speaker phone with her class of college freshmen, who had…
A needle in time to heal pains of the past

A needle in time to heal pains of the past

The Power of Storytelling: A journalist and novelist with a painful legacy picks up threads of the family story she's never known how to write
"As they say, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes."

“As they say, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.”

— Margaret Atwood, from her dystopian novel "The Testaments"
Is it real? Or is it Instagram?

Is it real? Or is it Instagram?

The Internet of 2019 is rife with social-media influencers and articles about them. Much of the coverage is fawning and superficial: how to become one, how to make $3,000  per Instagram…
Three core story principles, along with tea, baked goods and endless enthusiasm

Three core story principles, along with tea, baked goods and endless enthusiasm

Venerable breaking news site Reuters ventures into narrative journalism with former L.A. Times and Storyboard editor Kari Howard at the helm
These boots were made for discovery

These boots were made for discovery

Tom Curwen’s new boots, size 17AAA, handmade by boot maker Randy MerrellThey say every good narrative is a journey.Los Angeles Times reporter Thomas Curwen starts his by looking down. Literally.…