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.
"Embracing birtherism meant embracing the idea that American citizenship only truly belongs to white people, a principle from which Trump has never wavered since" https://t.co/p8lBnZUnSp
Brazil through the eyes of comics artists https://t.co/H8vAe3glIG
Indeed. The nasty fantasy, "...rather see you dead" was based on "Baby, Let's Play House," which was written by a blues artist named Arthur Gunter. Lennon heard Elvis's cover apparently