These are the pieces of reporting, essays, culture writing, etc. that stayed with me over the course of 2017.
Tag: journalism
Chasing criminals west of the Schuylkill
Fitted with bracing illustrations, a harrowing longform story about gun violence and a West Philly drug gang went live this week at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
More stories than we could use
In the summer of 2013, a 26 year-old fortuneteller in New York City’s Times Square secured $2,500 for a consultation with a new client over his bout of lovesickness.
Clickable: Longform writing in 2015
Longform writing 2015: Like many people, I spent a lot of time reading long articles last year.
The AP finds that Trump admin is holding “tender age” children, “including some under the age of 5” at shelters in South Texas https://t.co/cUw2z3CQZn
@dominicumile update: I'll have ice cream as of Friday https://t.co/16eq19qxGz
Grimm, an ex-convict who literally threatened a reporter’s life four years ago, shouldn’t be anywhere near kids, ever, let alone be asked for his idiotic opinions on Trump’s abhorrent policy