In the new book “Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting,” set for publication on May 23 by the University of Illinois Press, Josh Shepperd surveys the origins of public broadcasting and the advocacy of the National … Read more
In 2018, The Trump administration’s Zero Tolerance border policy separated over 5,000 children from their families, hundreds of whom have still not been reunited. Caitlin Dickerson, now a staff writer at The Atlantic, was one of the many reporters covering … Read more
The Asheville Watchdog is a tiny nonprofit in far western North Carolina, but its editorial meetings could double as a get-together of the Pulitzer alumni club. The project came together on the back deck of the house shared by retired … Read more
William Bender, an investigative reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, got thrown onto covering Doug Mastriano’s campaign for governor of Pennsylvania during the 2022 midterms. It wasn’t a traditional gubernatorial bid for many reasons … Read more
For Dina Kraft, NF ’12, writing Hannah Pick-Goslar’s story was a chance to keep her memory alive When I started helping Hannah Pick-Goslar, one of Anne Frank’s best friends, write her memoir earlier this year, I knew we were in … Read more
The news that Elon Musk was actually going through with the purchase of Twitter came as a genuine surprise to me. From the start I somewhat assumed Musk was throwing his money and influence around, hoping to affect change at … Read more
Journalists face physical dangers when they are out on the field. But they are also increasingly dealing with trolling, doxing, and death threats online — especially women and journalists of color. Online harassment can undermine journalists’ ability to do their … Read more
Elsie Robinson was not simply one of the 20th century’s most prominent women journalists: “I am not a columnist. I am a factory,” Robinson wrote to her editor at Hearst. “You’ve not been getting a feature. You have been getting … Read more
“I am at home everywhere, and nowhere. I am never a stranger and I never quite belong.” That quote by Belgian writer Georges Simenon hung above my 10th grade English teacher’s desk when I was in high school in Dubai, … Read more
In writing about Sarah Palin and her 2022 bid for Congress, T.A. Frank made a promise to readers — and to himself. A past Palin critic, Frank set out on the reporting with “an avowedly open mind,” as he … Read more
