LibGuides: MS: Nonfiction Reading & Writing: Investigative Stories

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Investigative Stories

Mrs. Kelly's Monster
by Jon Franklin - 1979 - Pulitzer Prize winner for feature writing.
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Follows a brain surgeon as he operates on Mrs. Kelly
The American Man at Age 10
by Susan Orlean - 1992 - Esquire
The Ballad of Big Mike
by Michael Lewis - September 24, 2006. This article relates to his book, "The Blind Side" , also published in 2006.
The Teen Whisperer: How the author of “The Fault in Our Stars” built an ardent army of fans
by Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, June 9, 2014
The Tweaker: the real genius of Steve Jobs
by Malcolm Gladwell, Nov 11, 2011
An iPhone Tester Caught in Apple's Supply Chain
By Cam Simpson November 07, 2013 in Bloomberg Business Week
No Animals Were Harmed....
by Gary Baum, Nov. 25, 2013
The Impossible Refugee Boat Lift to Christmas Island
by Luke Mogelson, November 13, 2013, in the New York Times magazine
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"More than a thousand refugees have died trying to reach Christmas Island. But faced with unbearable conditions at home, they keep coming."
The Beatles Succeeded Through Talent, Ambition, and a Lot of Arrogance
by Andrew Romano - 11.10.13
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The Fab Four’s success did not come from hours spent on stage in Hamburg or Liverpool—it erupted from a crazy combination of ambition, talent, and—most of all—arrogance.
Excerpt from "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier"
by Ishmael Beah - 2007
Tuxedo Junction
by Mary Roach - July 2001
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Half a million penguins pull up to this bleak shore in Patagonia every year, after one of the most astonishing migrations in all of nature. One woman is trying to keep it that way.
Run Like Fire Once More
by Sam Shaw, August 2007
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Chasing perfection at the world’s longest footrace
Shadow Boxing
by Wright Thompson
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Muhammed Ali fought 50 men. Only one disappeared.
Man and Superman
by Malcolm Gladwell - September 9, 2013
Creation Myth: Xerox PARC, Apple, and the truth about innovation.
by Malcolm Gladwell - May 16, 2011

Multimedia Stories

Struggling over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.....

Library Books

See this list of books in the secondary library relating to creative nonfiction and writing:

MS: Creative nonfiction

Other resources

Authors to follow

Susan Orlean -- online archive of articles
Malcolm Gladwell - online archive of articles
Michael Lewis - online archive of articles

Longer articles online

Podcasts

This American Life
RadioLab -- stories about science
Planet Money -- stories about economics

Storytelling advice

Ira Glass on Storytelling - 4-part video series on what makes a good non-fiction story

Learn more about journalism

Nieman Storyboard
Neiman Storyboard: Annotation Tuesday
Nonfiction articles annotated and discussed by the author and an interviewer
Nieman Storyboard: What is this so good?
Writers pick favorite their nonfiction journalism and discuss why they think it is so good
Poynter.org
The Poynter Institute is a school dedicated to teaching and inspiring journalists and media leaders. (USA)
ProPublica: Journalism in the Public Interest
US-focused

Newspapers online

PressReader
The Newspaper Map
A Google Maps project that shows you newspapers around the world