Author From Chile, with Thanks My Nieman year gave me a strong sense of the truly globalized conversation in which we can all take part. When I returned to Chile, as the host of a… July 17, 2014 Heart of Darkness Right about the time that my late husband was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer, I started obsessing on vampire novels. There I was, sitting by my husband’s bedside, pondering mortality,… July 17, 2014 Ben Smith: The Complete Transcript When Ben Smith joined BuzzFeed as editor in chief in 2012, the site was better known for cute cat videos and fun lists than for serious journalism. Over the past… July 17, 2014 The Joy of Scrolling When Ben Smith joined BuzzFeed as editor in chief in 2012, the site was better known for cute cat videos and fun lists than for serious journalism. Over the past… July 16, 2014 Missing the Story Even from a country generating waves of extreme news—accounts of Africa’s highest GDP alongside stories of terrorism—the reports of the schoolhouse kidnappings were shocking. About 300 Nigerian schoolgirls had been… July 16, 2014 Talk to the Hand When a chemical spill contaminated the drinking water of hundreds of thousands of people in West Virginia in January, Charleston Gazette reporters Ken Ward and David Gutman repeatedly asked the… July 16, 2014 Quiet Human Moments Amidst Great Strife Many years ago, I asked Anja to show me her favorite picture, the one she liked the most. The photo she sent showed an elegant older man sitting on the… July 15, 2014 “A Sense of Exhilaration and Possibility” In December of 2011, Turkish military jets bombed the village of Uludere, about five miles from the border with Iraq, killing 34. Was the attack a tragic mistake or a… July 15, 2014 Chasing Paper with YanukovychLeaks July 15, 2014 How comics can enhance reader engagement, bring new audiences to narrative nonfiction Shortly after I co-founded Symbolia, a digital publication that merges comic books and journalism, I got an intriguing pitch. Reporter Sarah Mirk wanted to tell the stories of the veterans… July 15, 2014 Previous 1 … 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 … 429 Next
