“World On Fire” Finalist for The PEN Literary Non-Fiction Award
A World On Fire: Life and Death In A New Orleans Squat is a finalist for the PenUSA literary non-fiction award, but alas did not win.
investigative journalism
Talk Of The Nation features “A World On Fire”
On The Talk Of The Nation my interview with host Neal Conan was surprisingly cheerful considering the subject was eight young people who died in a fire. The callers, both adults who had been travelers and kids who were traveling, talked not about danger, but about the joy of pure freedom and few responsibilities.
REPORTING IN PUBLIC
Announcing a new way of doing journalism that brings the audience for the story along every step of the way.
IRE, Here It Comes
Today I sent off the SF magazine story to the Investigative Reporters and Editors contest. This was a large effort. Answering the 12 questions took several hours and yielded five single-spaced pages. Then I took the article down to the local copy store where the whole staff helped me copy the article, all 15 pages … IRE, Here It Comes
Good-bye To The Story, Hello To The City
Right about now, all over San Francisco, my magazine piece about the Lembi family is being taken off the shelves and the next issue of San Francisco Magazine is filling that slot. As a writer, it’s always sad when that happens, when the reading public moves on. After working on the story for a year … Good-bye To The Story, Hello To The City