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.
My real-life friend and English teacher @bensmithsongs wrote a real-life novel! ‘Darling Energy’ is “a 392-page thank you note” to his students — past, present, and future. Gonna order this https://www.amazon.com/Darling-Energy-Ben-Smith/dp/1651453233
Love this story and its rich watercolor illustrations (Elisha Cooper) of winter-season surfers at Rockaway https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/sports/rockaways-winter-surfing.html
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