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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…
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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.
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Jessica Kantor
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."
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Brian Ng
Stories That Matter: How a Political Reporter at a Local Non-Profit Broke the Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Story
In a state where higher education is increasingly political, Joe Killian's decades of political reporting helped him earn the trust of both Jones and…
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Stories That Matter: How Exit News Exposed Albanian Politicians Manipulating Public Opinion Through Facebook
In the face of declining media freedom in the country, Alice Taylor reveals how the ruling party is systematically weaponizing social media to influence…
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Aaron Gerry
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.
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Tom Jacobs
Stories That Matter: How Radiolab's Latif Nasser Introduced Listeners to a Guantanamo Bay Detainee
Despite epic red tape, "The Other Latif" put eyes back on the detention center in Cuba, where a man accused of terrorism sat without charges or trial…
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Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips
Stories That Matter: How Time Released a BIPOC-Led Issue With Journalists Covering Their Own Communities
A conversation with Lucy Feldman, the lead editor of a first-of-its-kind magazine issue, and Sanya Mansoor.
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Jessica Kantor
Stories That Matter: How a South Indian Island's Community Radio Station Saved Lives During Cyclone Gaja
India's islands battle the effects of climate change every year. Sibi Arasu's story on Kadal Osai shows how local media can keep residents safe from…
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Aishwarya Jagani
Stories That Matter: How Hunter Harris Wrangled the Ensemble Cast of Fall's Biggest Show
Or how to write about TV shows without accidentally leaking spoilers.
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Brian Ng
Stories That Matter: How Health Reporter Helen Branswell Introduced Us to the Threat of COVID-19
With experience from reporting on the 2003 SARS outbreak, STAT's senior writer saw what COVID might become well before the U.S. reported its first…
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Haley Hamilton
Stories That Matter: How ProPublica's Cezary Podkul Shed Light on Massive Unemployment Claims Fraud Nationwide
While out-of-work Americans battled outdated unemployment insurance systems to file legitimate claims during the pandemic, scammers were cashing in.
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Bobbi Dempsey
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