EDITOR’S NOTE: Read an annotation of the prologue and first act of This American Life’s “Anatomy of Doubt.” CAUTION: The stories linked to and discussed in this package describe details of sexual assault, which some readers might … Read more
Pat Beall’s distinguished career at The Palm Beach Post has been marked by exhaustive and meticulous investigations. “I knew I did not want to create a parade of horrors, and in so doing, not only contribute to the canon … Read more
There’s a scene in Evelyn Waugh’s scathing journalism send-up “Scoop” where Wenlock Jakes, the world-beating American reporter (based on John Gunther of the old Chicago Daily News), is sent to the Balkans to write about a war. Read more
Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller found themselves in the odd position of moving from competitors to collaborators, over the course of a phone call or two and a few emails. Miller says calling the lawyer of a potential source … Read more
Emily Yoffe When Emily Yoffe started looking into the issue of young men being expelled from colleges over alleged sexual assaults, she had in mind writing a “cheeky” 2,500-word story telling them what not to … Read more
