Meghan Murphy: Adam Bosch definitely used some workshop tips on a daily crime story in today’s Record. Note that he asked the neighbors exactly what they were doing (vacuuming and tinkering with the leaf blower) when Elisabeta ran into their garage screaming, with a hole in her shoulder “the size of a half dollar.”

Adam Bosch: “In the days of rush, rush, rush journalism, it was great to slow down and think about what we’re doing and how to report stories in a way that resonates with readers. This was the best workshop I’ve ever attended — personal, focused and practical. Mike would have been proud to read our [...]

Adam Bosch:
Leroy Pritchard’s family sits on the back porch sifting through their memories of him. It’s warm and sunny and breezy outside, so one idea keeps popping up.
Leroy would have loved to fly a kite today.
Family members flash back to 1979, when Leroy, then 18, was working as the first mate on a cabaret party [...]

Meghan Murphy, Adam Bosch and Christian Livermore are here from the Times Herald-Record here in New York’s always gorgeous mid-Hudson Valley. David Filkins, Scott Waldman and Pete Iorizzo are here from the Times Union in Albany. Tim Bontemps is here from the New York Post. Lee Hill Kavanaugh is here from the Kansas City Star. [...]