Into the World of Mushrooms: A Reading List

In the following five pieces, you’ll meet foragers, hikers, researchers, anthropologists, drug dealers and puppies.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 20, 2016

In the Land of Missing Persons

Unraveling two missing persons cases in the Alaskan wilderness.

Author: Alex Tizon
Source: The Atlantic
Published: Mar 15, 2016
Length: 26 minutes (6,588 words)

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.

Source: Latterly
Published: Mar 18, 2016
Length: 9 minutes (2,290 words)

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.

Source: The Baffler
Published: Mar 1, 2016
Length: 19 minutes (4,872 words)

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.

Published: Mar 16, 2016
Length: 18 minutes (4,613 words)

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.

Source: Vox
Published: Mar 15, 2016
Length: 20 minutes (5,180 words)

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.

Source: Eater
Published: Mar 9, 2016
Length: 19 minutes (4,912 words)

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.

Source: Racked
Published: Mar 14, 2016
Length: 26 minutes (6,686 words)

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.

Source: Grist
Published: Mar 15, 2016
Length: 22 minutes (5,672 words)

A Marine’s Convictions

A Naval Academy teacher fights to prove he’s innocent of sexual misconduct. Then a lost cell phone is found.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Mar 16, 2016
Length: 31 minutes (7,949 words)