Lars Anderson of Bleacher Report talked about two stories he’s written recently for the “How I Got the Story” video series. In both, the central figure in the piece had died. In the Shadow...
The second entry in our video series for Bleacher Report’s Advanced Program in Sports Media is up. B/R National Recruiting Analyst Sanjay Kirpalani joined me to talk about a pair of stories he ...
I’ve started a new video series for Bleacher Report’s Advanced Program in Sports Media. It’s called “How I Got the Story,” and it’s as simple as that: A writer telling me how they wen...
Bryan Curtis, who is an essential voice on the media beat at Grantland, told the story last week behind the recent tensions between the Oklahoma Thunder’s two big stars and the media. Distant T...
It’s not exactly Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Interviewing But Were Afraid to Ask*, but this week Steve Buttry’s blog has offered enough interviewing advice from enough smart peop...
You may not have heard this, but Lance Armstrong reportedly admitted to years of performance-enhancing drug use during an interview with Oprah Winfrey that will air Thursday and Friday on her tel...
After I used New Yorker editor David Remnick’s quote about access as the Quote of the Day Monday, Chris Mohney of Tumblr emailed to say that he and Remnick had discussed access in sports report...
Speaking to the subject is the most overrated thing in journalism. I’ve written profiles where you never even meet the person. Janet Flanner wrote an amazing profile of Adolf Hitler. I don’t ...
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What’s your preferred method for interviewing someone? The choice used to be face-to-face or over the phone, but now we’ve got lots of additional options: email, instant message, Skype, texti...
Writing for the Poynter Review Project, ESPN’s ombudsman partnership with the Poynter Institute, Jason Fry profiles John Sawatsky, a former investigative reporter who since 2004 has been the Wo...
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