A conversation between freelancers Eva Holland, Josh Dean, Jason Fagone, and May Jeong about pitching stories, negotiating contracts, and breaking into a tough industry.
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Longreads Best of 2014: Business Writing
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in business writing.
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The Intersection Between Religion and Mental Health: A Reading List
This week, I’ve compiled four pieces about the intersection of religion, mental illness, safe spaces and alternative caregiving.
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Home Is Where the Fraud Is
At the height of the housing crisis, one woman’s bureaucratic odyssey to discover who really owns her home leads her to startling revelations about the housing market.
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Longreads Best of 2015: Under-Recognized Stories
Stories that deserved more attention in 2015.
Posted inMember Pick, Nonfiction, Story
The Peacemaker: A New Story by Eva Holland and Pacific Standard
For our latest Longreads Member Pick, we’re excited to share early access to a new story by journalist Eva Holland, to be published next week by Pacific Standard. “The Peacemaker” tells the story of Schaeffer Cox, the 30-year-old activist and founder of the Alaska Peacemakers Militia who was sentenced last year to 26 years in […]
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Longreads Best of 2016: Under-Recognized Stories
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in under-recognized stories.
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The Intersection Between Religion and Mental Health: A Reading List
This week, I’ve compiled four pieces about the intersection of religion, mental illness, safe spaces and alternative caregiving.
Posted inReading List
The Bureaucracy of Death: A Reading List
Although more and more countries are abolishing capital punishment, over half the world’s population lives in four of the countries that continue to use it: India, Indonesia, China — and the United States. U.S. public opinion continues to move against the death penalty, but while some states have overturned capital punishment (or never had it), most still sentence people […]
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The Day My Brother Took a Life and Changed Mine Forever
I grew up idolizing my brother. Then he killed a man.
