In an e-mail:
It was a wonderful evening for me, talking to the young reporters, feeling their energy and drive pulsating in the room. It all renewed my cockeyed optimism about the craft itself, no matter how we get it to readers.

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 [...]

Janine Anderson: “I think this workshop could be, for writers who love story, exactly what the Eddie Adams Workshop is for photographers. My husband went through in 2002 — and I’m going home with stories very much like the ones he told me seven years ago.”

Konrad Marshall: “I’d been delaying writing a story about veteran suicide for a year now. There’s a raft of reasons writers procrastinate and dillydally when it comes to the ones that matter. No time for sprawling works. No deadline to answer for passion projects. No advocate for getting the thing in the paper. The Mike [...]

Lee Hill Kavanaugh: “My joy is hanging out.”

Scott Waldman: “This workshop took me back to the beginning when I used to stay up late rewriting nut grafs in my head, when I made time to walk around without a notebook just to hear people’s stories. Thank you for getting me back to that, for allowing me to meet people that reinvigorated my [...]