Search results for “so you want to write a book”

Showing 795 results

Finding Necessary Evidence to Back Up a Tip

A 17-month investigation about drinking water pollution prompts action.
March 15, 2005

Covering Water When It’s a Commodity

‘Tracking the battles over water isn’t a beat—it’s a career.’
March 15, 2005

Frank del Olmo’s Words Are a Tribute to His Life

While he ‘wrote through Latino eyes, the core themes he explored in his columns—the quest for truth and justice—are universal.’
March 15, 2005

‘Commentaries on His Times’

Here are some excerpts from columns that appear in the book, “Frank del Olmo: Commentaries on His Times:”“A Dissenting Vote on the Endorsement of Pete Wilson,” October 31, 1994… Unfortunately,…
March 15, 2005

Using Narrative to Tell Stories About Water

‘The imperatives of narrative nonfi ction carried me like a current to the book’s last words.’
March 15, 2005

Strong Narrative Writing Features Character

‘Like all the great narrative journalists, [Mark] Bowden must be a relentless asker of questions, a painstaking gatherer of minute detail.’
March 15, 2005

A Prayer for Quality Journalism as Public Media Corporations Focus on Margin and Financial Return

In crunching the numbers, an author argues that investment is necessary to secure a future for news—in newspapers or on the Internet.
March 15, 2005

Making Visible What Is Purposely Hidden

Author Mark Dow writes about what happens, but is usually unseen, in immigration prisons.
December 15, 2004

Portrait of a Courageous Guatemalan Journalist

‘Though the book features events from the past, it should be read as a story that can offer us much to contemplate about our present.’
December 15, 2004

What It Took to Pull Me Through

A journalist discovers what it takes to report fully on adolescents’ lives.
December 15, 2004