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.
Imagine getting the reels for this stunner and being like "tell David this is a no-go" https://youtu.be/6462RXQudTY
"Finally when I did get it working and I could listen to the tapes, I started looking through the Coltrane material, and there was this one tape that said, ‘Coltrane … A Love’ on the box" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/arts/music/john-coltrane-a-love-supreme-live-in-seattle.html