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The First Person in Journalism Must Be Earned
Journalism, and our written culture generally, has been moving in the direction of more first person over the past 30 or 40 years, but its use should be…
 • Ted Conover
The Orgy Next Door: Ethical Relationships in Gay Talese's 'Thy Neighbor's Wife' and 'The Voyeur's Motel'
On the balance between loyalty to the reader and to the investigated subject or community, and the need for self-awareness in literary journalism.
 • Julie Wheelwright
The Essential Janet Malcolm
Every word the famously concise New Yorker staff writer wrote was essential, of course, but here is where to begin.
 • Kate Wheeling
Stories That Matter: How the Los Angeles Times Brought Down the Golden Globes
A six-month investigation by Stacy Perman and Josh Rottenberg unearthed the corruption and racism behind the glitz and glamour of one of Hollywood's…
 • Tom Jacobs
Stories That Matter: How Serena Daniari Is Highlighting Trans Pandemic Triumphs
Daniari's work at Condé Nast's Them is centered around her community, and proving that reporting on what you know firsthand is an undeniable strength.
 • Jessica Kantor
Trans People Are Experts in Our Own Experience
Journalism should represent trans, nonbinary, and agender people's humanity, expertise, suffering, and triumphs. As a nonbinary writer, I asked what's…
 • Rey Katz
Do No Harm: A Code of Conduct to Follow When Interviewing Trauma Survivors
A guide for journalists and documentarians that calls for ongoing informed consent, collaborative decision-making, and psycho-education for all…
 • Louise Godbold
Stories That Matter: How Ben Mauk and The New Yorker Took Readers — and Viewers — Inside China's Gulag State
Years of reporting on Xinjiang led to what's been described as "the most ambitious immersive visual storytelling [the magazine] has ever undertaken."
 • Brian Ng
Community-Centered: The Evolution of Journalism
The standards we follow when reporting and writing serve a purpose, but they must evolve with the world we're trying to cover.
 • Jessica Kantor
Welcome to The Postscript
An experiment, and a place where we can all share and learn from some of the best reporting and writing being done today — and the people and places…
 • Nicholas Jackson
Stay Close: A Guide to Pushing Journalism Forward
Tips from notable reporters and editors that are pushing back against journalism's unwritten rules to advance the profession by making it more…
 • Jessica Kantor
Stories That Matter: How The New York Times Magazine Busted the GMO Myth
Jennifer Kahn digs into the reasons underlying our fear of such products, and describes their enormous potential.
 • Tom Jacobs
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