Creating a Bookshelf of Valuable Resources

By Maryn McKenna• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2007

As a media fellow at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Maryn McKenna, author of “Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service” (Free Press, 2004), participated in the conference, “The … Read more

The Book as an Investigative Vehicle for News

By Steve Weinberg• Opinion• March 15, 2007

A journalist explores why news organizations too often fail ‘to treat the investigative discoveries of the book authors as headline grabbers.’ Read more

The ‘P’ Word in the Book Business

By Margaret Engel• Opinion• December 15, 2006

‘Newspapers constantly editorialize about other professionals hiding their misdeeds, but with this they were silent.’ Read more

Editor and Reporter: A Writing Journey Together

By Stuart Warner• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2006

‘Then Joanna found her vision. It was crisp and clear. She made me see it, too.’ Read more

Creating Digital Newsbooks

By Roger Fidler• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2005

Newspapers use them to bring enterprise reporting to a new audience on the Web. Read more

Strong Narrative Writing Features Character

By Russell Frank• Opinion• March 15, 2005

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

Writing Stories to Reach Young Adults

By Leslie Koren• Features• December 15, 2003

‘I put more of myself in stories by integrating my experiences and my thoughts and preferences in what I write.’ Read more

Lacking a Worthy Story, a Columnist Retreats From Writing About Race

By Jack E. White• Opinion• September 15, 2003

‘Race is a subject that needs lowered voices, or even some benign neglect.’ Read more

The Extraordinary Adventure That Is Science Writing

By Jon Franklin• Features• September 15, 2002

‘Once you’ve done it you can’t imagine doing anything else.’ Read more

Meshing Science, Money and Politics in a Book About AIDS Vaccines

By Patricia Thomas• Features• September 15, 2002

‘Narrative was an obvious tool for approaching such a story….’ Read more