Our February Roundtable looks at “Law creates barriers to getting care for mentally ill,” by Meg Kissinger. In her narrative, Kissinger touches on violence, mental health and 40 years of debates over patients’ rights. The story of Martha Wilson, who feared the violence her son might commit, is paired with that of Alberta Lessard, whose [...]
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February Editors’ Roundtable: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on patients’ rights
February 7, 2012 – 1:40 pm
November Editors’ Roundtable: GQ’s close-up on the people who bring you breakfast (and lunch, and dinner)
November 17, 2011 – 2:21 pm
Our November Roundtable looks at “Hecho en América,” by Jeanne Marie Laskas. Laskas immerses herself in the world of migrant workers picking blueberries in Washington County, Maine, and illuminates the distance between the worlds of those who pick the berries and those who eat them. The story ran in the September issue of GQ magazine.
Laurie [...]
Amy Harmon on getting readers “to think about the limits of their own tolerance”
October 14, 2011 – 4:31 pm
Our latest Editors’ Roundtable looks at “Autistic and Seeking a Place in an Adult World.” Amy Harmon’s story follows Justin Canha, an autistic man in his early 20s, and the many people trying to help him learn to live independently. A reporter for the New York Times, Harmon has won two Pulitzer Prizes: one in [...]
October Editors’ Roundtable No. 1: The New York Times on autism and adulthood
October 14, 2011 – 4:31 pm
Our first October Rountable looks at “Autistic and Seeking a Place in an Adult World,” by Amy Harmon. Harmon tells the story of Justin Canha, a 21-year-old illustrator hoping to live on his own but facing challenges both predictable and surprising in that quest. The story ran on September 18 on page 1 of the [...]
September Editors’ Roundtable No. 1: The Virginian-Pilot on saving soldiers in Afghanistan
September 15, 2011 – 7:07 pm
Our first Roundtable of September examines “A Chance in Hell,” by Corinne Reilly. Visiting a combat hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Reilly shows the endless challenges of trauma medicine just a helicopter flight away from the front lines. The project, which includes photos and video by Ross Taylor, ran last month in The Virginian-Pilot.
For full bios of [...]
June Editors’ Roundtable No. 2: The Seattle Times, a first pitch, and the Queen of Samoas
June 15, 2011 – 11:01 am
We’re fine-tuning our Editors’ Roundtable, moving toward more frequent postings and smaller groups of editors looking at each story. As part of those changes, today we highlight our second June Roundtable (if you missed the first, you can see it here).
One classic daily newspaper narrative is the story of the very sick child. A member of [...]
June Editors’ Roundtable: The Washington Post finds order in chaos
June 6, 2011 – 3:47 pm
For the first Roundtable of the month, our editors looked at “Ala. tornado twists two families together” by Stephanie McCrummen from The Washington Post. The story, published early in May, covers an unusual connection between strangers after a twister roared through Rainsville, Ala.
We’ve switched things up a little this installment, freeing editors from a pesky [...]
May Editors’ Roundtable: St. Petersburg Times dives into missing man mystery
May 4, 2011 – 11:02 am
This month, the Editors’ Roundtable looks at “When a diver goes missing, a deep cave is scene of a deeper mystery” by Ben Montgomery of the St. Petersburg Times. The story, our first newspaper narrative for the Roundtable, tells the tale of Ben McDaniel, who disappeared at Vortex Spring in August of last year.
Each month, we talk [...]
