Category: Literary nonfiction

  • Second Sight

    A researcher interviewed me about a women’s photography group that I had joined when starting out on adult life. Asked about our ‘philosophy’, I said: I dunno, we thought women belonged in public spaces, not just private ones.

  • Personal experience, turned outwards

    Reporting – finding out about the external world – can be understand as a form of personal experience, which is deliberately turned outward and tested by verification. Authenticity exists not only in marginal practices, but also mainstream ones.

  • The luxury of thought: Slow Journalism Part 2

    A round-up of references across the English-speaking media, which suggest interest in finding ways to meet the desire for more time to think, and figure out what matters.

  • Write a book and get a degree

    For people working on a book, an MA in Creative Writing is something to consider. It provides a structure, deadlines, support and feedback; the kind of sustained professional help that is hard to find.

  • The ‘slow journalism’ meme

    A round-up of instances that show the history of the Slow Journalism meme, with thoughts on the alchemy of of ideas, and the difficulty of pinning down ownership in the digital realm.

  • Labels for uncertainty

    The important thing in journalism is not perfection but work that is done in good faith, which lets the reader in on the process. When that doesn’t happen, here is one way of asking questions.

  • Facts and feelings

    When President Obama sacked General Stanley McChrystal in June because of the military man’s indiscretions, no one was thinking very much about the literary implications.