The Strange, Sad Quest to Match a Severed, Embalmed Head with its Story

The embalmed head found in the woods defied logic. It had been carefully preserved yet carelessly discarded, and appeared almost alive. But who was she and where was her body?

Source: Washington Post
Published: Dec 15, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2,080 words)

The Haunting Link Between Two Mass Shootings

Forty years and 500 miles apart, two friends are linked as mass shooting victims.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Dec 10, 2015
Length: 17 minutes (4,372 words)

A Survivor’s Life

Cheyeanne Fitzgerald, 16, was the youngest person shot in a classroom at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Though the community is moving on, the trauma has continued to affect Cheyeanne and her family.

Author: Eli Saslow
Source: Washington Post
Published: Dec 5, 2015
Length: 23 minutes (5,980 words)

Telling JJ

How a ten-year-old learns that she has HIV.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Sep 18, 2015
Length: 20 minutes (5,100 words)

Go to Sleep

Homeless and searching for a bus driver named Mr. Wonderful: An award-winning 2005 Washington Post story by DeNeen L. Brown.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Sep 20, 2005
Length: 14 minutes (3,500 words)

A Back-Aching, Coffee-Guzzling, Minivan-Driving Classic Rocker

A profile of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Jun 26, 2015
Length: 9 minutes (2,456 words)

The Power Brokers

How the Clintons built their foundation into a $2 billion global empire.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Jun 2, 2015
Length: 20 minutes (5,000 words)

Behind the Headlines

How a doggedly obsessed 71-year-old investigative reporter exposed the FIFA scandal that toppled Sepp Blatter.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Jun 3, 2015
Length: 11 minutes (2,800 words)

Town Waiting for an Eruption Found It After Firing Its First Black Police Officer

In the fall of 2013, Gerry Pickens became Orting, Washington’s first black policeman. He didn’t last there for very long.

Author: Eli Saslow
Source: Washington Post
Published: Apr 18, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,278 words)

The Human Upgrade

How tech billionaires are using money and data to solve for death.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Apr 4, 2015
Length: 20 minutes (5,000 words)