Press Rewind
What one journalist learned by vicariously sitting in on David Carr’s master class—with only his teacher’s reputation, extant syllabus, and students’ recollections to guide the way.
The Combination Lock Test
A man dies, leaving behind, among other things, a combination lock. Opening it may just prove the existence of the afterlife.
Feeding the Beast
What should readers demand from their reporters? Find the shadows. Examine the complex problems. And captivate us. Journalists from Slate, Deadspin, ProPublica, NPR, and more on what readers should expect.
Explaining the Inexplicable
Readers of science reporting often find their heads spinning. Some of the science reporters do, too. A look at how the best of them make inexpertise an asset.
The Best Ways to Ask Questions
Parsing the noun and verb of “interview.”
Checking Facts Like Freddie and Eleanor
Facts should be the oxygen of journalism.
Finding Boundaries to Cross
Journalists must go further in search of the full story.
One Person’s Version
What Watertown teaches us about sourcing in journalism.
How to Headline a Tornado
The best way to find our way through the news is to understand how it’s made.
Edward Snowden and Exploring Terra Incognita
How to read the news.
Here There Be Monsters
A professor teaches his students skepticism by instructing them to create hoaxes with the web as their laboratory.