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.
Spent the last couple weeks e-mailing (!) with Joni Mitchell (!!) about “Morning Glory on the Vine,” her new collection of lyrics & drawings. It’s a gorgeous book: warm, substantive, & tough. Read more in @NewYorker: https://t.co/jwkttX0VGS
Incredibly difficult to land pitches, most editors fielding/seeking pitches on far more prominent/visible works from much better-known genres & mediums, epic amount of work for totally abysmal pay, rinse/repeat