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Indigenous Literary Journalism, Saturation Reporting, and the Aesthetics of Experience
On the power of two award-winning features by Mohawk journalist Dan David.
Bill Reynolds
Nov 11, 2021
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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
Oct 19, 2021
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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
Dec 14, 2021
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The Orgy Next Door: Ethical Relationships in Gay Talese's 'Thy Neighbor's Wife' and 'The Voyeur's Motel'
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'Literary Journalism: News That Stays News': Barry Siegel and Amy Wilentz in Conversation
The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle award winners on teaching literary reportage in universities, setting up journalism programs, and…
Isabelle Meuret
Aug 26, 2021
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'Literary Journalism ... It's News That Stays News': A Conversation With Barry Siegel and Amy Wilentz
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Writing From the Edge: Journeys Into the Native American Experience
Two classic books apply the tools of literary journalism to render Native American life in personal, culturally nuanced, and deeply observed narratives.
John Coward
Nov 9, 2021
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Writing From the (Indigenous) Edge: Journeys Into the Native American Experience
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'Journalists at Heart Are Storytellers': A Conversation With Elinor Burkett
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
Oct 7, 2021
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'Journalists at Heart Are Storytellers': A Conversation With Elinor Burkett
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The Tech Threat: Literary Journalism in the Age of Interruption
Digital tools can benefit their users as long as they do not overpower personal relationships and social bonds.
Jacqueline Marino
Nov 4, 2021
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The Tech Threat: Literary Journalism in the Age of Interruption
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'Write About Reality and Do Literature': A Conversation With Susana Moreira Marques
The Gulbenkian fellowship recipient on literary journalism in Portugal and the differences between reporting for newspapers and reporting for…
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Isabel Nery
Sep 28, 2021
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'You Can Write About Reality and Do Literature': A Conversation With Susana Moreira Marques
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Searching for the Perfect Title: Ted Conover on 'Rolling Nowhere' and 'Newjack'
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
Dec 9, 2021
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Searching for the Perfect Title: Ted Conover on 'Rolling Nowhere,' 'Coyotes,' and 'Newjack'
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'Show the Ambiguities of a Reality': A Conversation With Pascal Verbeken
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
Oct 14, 2021
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'Storytelling Makes It Possible to Show the Ambiguities of a Reality': A Conversation With Pascal Verbeken
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Searching for the Perfect Title: Madeleine Blais on 'The Heart Is an Instrument'
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
Dec 30, 2021
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Searching for the Perfect Title: Madeleine Blais on 'The Heart Is an Instrument' and 'Uphill Walkers'
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'What Inna Namea Christ Is This?' The Origins of Tom Wolfe's Journalistic Voice
Famous for his idiosyncratic, exuberant use of punctuation, Tom Wolfe has one of the most distinctive journalistic voices.
Matthew Ricketson
Oct 21, 2021
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'What Inna Namea Christ Is This': The Origins of Tom Wolfe's Journalistic Voice
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