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To Kill a Story

After Chauncey Bailey was murdered, journalists banded together to finish his investigation.

Out of Print, a Book Reappears—And Earns Its Author Money

‘Because of the Internet and some very slick printing technology, “Little People” remains visible and available. It’s even making me money for the first time since 2002 …’

Journalist to Marketer—With a Book In-Between

‘... being a great reporter is no guarantee that you can successfully sell your book, even when you’ve done cool stories about books.’

Leapfrogging the Book: A Newspaper Story Jumps to Film

‘The desire to have the best—or most salable—story must never undermine our responsibility to challenge even our most compelling material.’

Brief Story, Book Proposal, a Longer Feature, Then a Book

‘… it would be a while before people would say, “Hey, this is a book.” ’

Starting as a Journalist, Ending as a Memoirist

‘I have come to realize that my obsessive precision—a great virtue in a reporter—wasn’t necessarily the greatest quality in a would-be memoirist.’

Newsroom to Classroom: Books as a Thread of Connection

With a forthcoming book about undercover reporting—along with a reporter-friendly database of historic examples—a j-school professor keeps her focus on familiar topics.

A Father’s Life Tugs His Son to Revisit Unsolved Crimes

‘More and more I was looking not just at my father’s story but also at the unfinished business of the civil rights movement.’

Egyptian Journalism: An Oddly Connected Mix of Old and New Media

‘… in this disheartening traditional media landscape, we find encouraging signs of independent media—in the truest sense of the phrase …’

Here’s What People Want to Know: Why Do Journalists Tell These Stories?

Why is what happened then considered news today? Why stir up memories of events that were long ago put to rest? Hank Klibanoff, author of “The Race Beat” and managing…