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180. The Deserter
28:31||Ep. 180Sarah Topol, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, talks about the long journey to tell the story of a Russian soldier. Read the award-winning story here.
179. In the Dark
28:53||Ep. 179The New Yorker's Parker Yesko discusses a four-year effort to investigate why U.S. Marines weren't held accountable for war crimes in Iraq.Listen to the award-winning podcast In the Dark at this link.
178. History Lessons
37:17||Ep. 178Dana Hedgpeth of The Washington Post talks about the privilege of telling the stories of our elders. To read Dana's award-winning project about sexual abuse in Native American boarding schools, click here.
177. Home-Field Advantage
32:48||Ep. 177L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez uses his voice to improve the community where he's lived for a quarter of a century. Read one of Lopez's award-winning columns here.
175. Life of the Mother
29:05||Ep. 175ProPublica's Kavitha Surana was pregnant and then a young mother as she pursued the story about women who'd died in the wake of restricted abortion access. Read Life of the Mother here.
A Conversation with Eli Saslow: What Makes a Feature Story?
42:34|The Society for Features Journalism hosted a conversation between Lane DeGregory and New York Times writer Eli Saslow to discuss what makes a feature story. Read the article about it here: https://featuresjournalism.org/tag/pulitzer/
The Swan Project
25:51|Students at the PACE center for girls come from difficult backgrounds. Some have been homeless, in jail, or are teen moms. Lane DeGregory followed them for months, trying to see whether learning to be “ladies” would change their lives.You can read the story here: THE SWAN PROJECT
A Message from Roger
22:07|A reader called the newspaper: He’d found a note in an ancient Pepsi bottle behind his house. Lane DeGregory set out to find whoever wrote it. And helped make a heart-breaking connection.You can read the story here: A MESSAGE FROM ROGER | Poynter