Category: Behind The Story
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Engaging curiosity and writing without a news peg with Texas Monthly’s Peter Holley
Texas Monthly’s Peter Holley took a long winding journey to his current job, and his latest longform piece, the incredible story of a best friend, his warthog, and a fight for survival.
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How The Washington Post’s Ruby Cramer Tried to Find Humanity Amidst ‘Hate’
To find her latest narrative story for The Washington Post, a piece called “Ripples of hate,” enterprise reporter Ruby Cramer looked within her own neighborhood.
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Q&A: Helene Stapinski and ‘The 40-Year Mystery of Smutty Smiff and the Missing Rockabilly Bass’
For every dozen published hot takes and news peg-centric articles, there’s at least one or two pieces that seemingly appear out of the ether, the destined-to-go-viral expose on a small town gone rogue or a diamond-smuggling mafioso turned beloved middle school teacher. This series, Behind The Story, will unveil the origins of some of the more…
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Q&A: Sophie Elmhirst and ‘The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship’
For every dozen published hot takes and news peg-centric articles, there’s at least one or two pieces that seemingly appear out of the ether, the destined-to-go-viral expose on a small town gone rogue or a diamond-smuggling mafioso turned beloved middle school teacher. This series, Behind The Story, will unveil the origins of some of the…
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Q&A: John Tucker and ‘The Unlikely Story of a Sex Trafficking Survivor and the Instagram Account That Saved Her Life’
For more than five years, freelance journalist John Tucker has aspired to write a longform piece on sex-trafficking, but only recently did he find the source who turned his general topic into a real story.
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