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On the power of two award-winning features by Mohawk journalist Dan David.
Bill Reynolds
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
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 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle award winners on teaching literary reportage in universities, setting up journalism programs, and…
Isabelle Meuret
Two classic books apply the tools of literary journalism to render Native American life in personal, culturally nuanced, and deeply observed narratives.
John Coward
The Academy Award-winning reporter on leaving a tenured professorship to get into journalism and why it's important to always be hyper-conscious of who…
Callie Long
Digital tools can benefit their users as long as they do not overpower personal relationships and social bonds.
Jacqueline Marino
The Gulbenkian fellowship recipient on literary journalism in Portugal and the differences between reporting for newspapers and reporting for…
Alice Trindade
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Isabel Nery
A series from award-winning authors and teachers of writing literary journalism on what they learned from the experience of titling their books.
Ted Conover
The Belgian writer on why he doesn't use the term "literary journalism," Tom Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson, and the demise of the local press.
Isabelle Meuret
A series from award-winning authors and teachers of writing literary journalism on what they learned from the experience of titling their books.
Madeleine Blais
Famous for his idiosyncratic, exuberant use of punctuation, Tom Wolfe has one of the most distinctive journalistic voices.
Matthew Ricketson
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