Our January Roundtable looks at “After the battle, Mike Sword’s war within,” by Beth Macy. In her story, Macy explores the death of a combat veteran in southern Virginia, tracing the effects of the loss on his family and asking what role PTSD might have played in how his life ended. The story, part of [...]
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January Editors’ Roundtable: The Roanoke Times on PTSD and hard questions
January 26, 2012 – 12:49 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 [...]
October Editors’ Roundtable No. 2: New York magazine updates an archetype
October 27, 2011 – 2:24 pm
Our second October Rountable looks at “A Holly Golightly for the Stripper-Embezzlement Age,” by Jessica Pressler. Pressler introduces readers to former stripper Diane Passage, and a world in which a beautiful woman with enough ambition can get what she wants – at least for a while. The story ran last month in New York magazine [...]
September Editors’ Roundtable No. 2: The New York Times on facing death
September 29, 2011 – 6:59 pm
Our second Roundtable of September examines “The Good Short Life,” by Dudley Clendinen. Diagnosed with ALS, Clendinen reflects on the past suffering of those closest to him and decides that he would prefer to approach death on his own terms, ending his life at a moment of his choosing. His essay ran July 9 in the New [...]
July Editors’ Roundtable No. 1: the St. Petersburg Times’ snapshot between before and after
July 5, 2011 – 1:07 pm
For the first Roundtable of July, our editors looked at “Diving headlong into a sunny paradise” by Lane DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times. The story follows a young Wisconsin couple on their first day starting a new life in Florida. Appearing in print on Memorial Day, DeGregory’s piece was edited by Mike Wilson, the [...]
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 [...]
April Editors’ Roundtable: GQ dives into the personal consequences of war
April 6, 2011 – 10:00 am
Stop shopping for your Easter bonnet, and put down those 1040s – it’s time for a new Editors’ Roundtable! This session, our editors are looking at Michael Paterniti’s “The Boy from Gitmo,” which ran in the February issue of GQ. Paterniti’s piece explores the relationship between Mohammed Jawad, a boy who was sent to Guantánamo Bay [...]
