Articles Megan O’Grady, NF ’12 When I met Brit Bennett, in 2016, it was to discuss her first novel, “The Mothers,” a Baldwin-inspired tale of the friendship between two Southern California girls growing up amid all kinds… September 20, 2018 Phillip Martin, NF ’98 The late Danny Schechter’s examination of apartheid-era South Africa shaped my path from radio intern in the 1970s to senior investigative reporter at WGBH in Boston exploring social injustice. Schechter,… September 20, 2018 Nicholas Quah, NF ’17 “What a Fraternity Hazing Death Revealed About the Painful Search for an Asian-American Identity” was the article that broke me wide open. I was born and raised in Malaysia, but… September 20, 2018 Alisa Sopova, NF ’17 When I think about what influenced me as a journalist, a classic example of excellent Russian journalism—which is, I believe, extremely relevant now—comes to mind. In an undergraduate class on the… September 20, 2018 Wonbo Woo, NF ’16 Robert Krulwich is best known today as the co-host of NPR’s “Radiolab.” But before launching the pioneering podcast and radio show with his friend Jad Abumrad, Krulwich was a longtime correspondent… September 20, 2018 Maciek Nabrdalik, NF ’17 In the summer of 2015 while I was in Greece documenting the refugee crisis I had a disturbing encounter with another photojournalist. He said he doesn’t like it when refugees arrive… September 20, 2018 Johanna van Eeden, NF ’15 It is April 1994. I’m a final year student at a university in South Africa—on the threshold of a career in journalism. It is eerily quiet on campus. Most of the… September 20, 2018 Dina Temple-Raston, NF ’14 You don’t find books; books find you. That’s what essayist Joseph Epstein told us in our writing classes at Northwestern. All these years later, I still think he’s right. Barbara W.… September 20, 2018 Stuart Watson, NF ’08 When I was just a kid growing up in Albany, Georgia, I pulled down from my dad’s bookcases a coffee-table book published by Life magazine. On page 460 in “The Second… September 20, 2018 Gary Knight, NF ’10 “Vietnam Inc.” changed the way I looked at what photojournalism could be. It had a point of view, subtle and clearly stated, but definitely not overstated. It was the result of… September 20, 2018 Previous 1 … 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 … 433 Next
