Into the World of Mushrooms: A Reading List
In the following five pieces, you’ll meet foragers, hikers, researchers, anthropologists, drug dealers and puppies.
In the Land of Missing Persons
Unraveling two missing persons cases in the Alaskan wilderness.
The Complicated Legacy of Ulrike Meinhof
Forty years ago, the world’s most famous terrorist hanged herself in her prison cell. Williams looks at Meinhof’s complicated legacy, and what it reveals about how radical women are perceived.
The Rest is Advertising: Confessions of a Sponsored Content Writer
“As journalists imitate advertisers and advertisers imitate (and hire) journalists, they are converging on a shared style and sensibility.” Dispatches from the front lines of sponsored content.
The Art of the Smear
A journalist discovers that a financier has launched a smear campaign against her after she publishes a few articles looking into his business practices.
Fatal Mistakes
Medical errors kill more people each year than plane crashes, terrorist attacks, and drug overdoses combined. Kliff examines the “second victims” of those errors—the doctors and nurses who must live with their mistakes—and whether hospitals should do more to support providers.
Behind Every Great Chef Is a Great Partner
We are deep in the era of the celebrity chef, but many successful restaurant groups have not one mastermind but two—the star chef, and a co-creator just as important to the business’ success but with a far lower profile.
The Last Lifestyle Magazine
The origin story of Kinfolk, a lifestyle publication known for its carefully curated photo spreads. The magazine is well-loved but is also met with derision.
A Sinking Jail
An account of the environmental disaster that is Rikers Island, where flooding, extreme heat, and air pollution put staff and detainees in danger.
A Marine’s Convictions
A Naval Academy teacher fights to prove he’s innocent of sexual misconduct. Then a lost cell phone is found.
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