Monday, June 30, 2014

Writing on journalists & government secrets - by Fagone and Paterniti

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Two fascinating pieces of recent writing from authors I like quite a bit dealt with the topic of writers and government secrets. For the J...

Great sports writing - by Thompson, Norlander, Keown & Chen

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Four pieces of excellent recent sports writing included one on the World Cup, one the NBA draft and two the Oakland A's. The World Cup...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Favorite soccer writing so far - by Phillips, Ballard, Thompson & Jones

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There's of course been a tremendous amount of writing on soccer since the World Cup began June 12th and my favorite pieces so far have b...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Fast Company writing - on AirBnB, Google X, Preet Bharara & All Power Labs

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Some interesting Fast Company Magazine writing from recent issues included looks at Google X , Airbnb , the Berkeley-based energy startup A...

"Pilgrim's Wilderness" by Tom Kizzia

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Pilgrim's Wilderness by Tom Kizzia  was an interesting book with the subtitle "A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Fro...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Interesting Fast Company writing - on GoPro, DonorsChoose and Dutch flood prevention

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A few different interesting pieces from Fast Company  Magazine included two features and one brief mention of a company. From the November...

ESPN writing - Jones on lessons from his column & Pirlo and Thompson on Messi and Maradona

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Three different pieces of ESPN writing recently struck me as particularly excellent with two short works by Chris Jones and a not all that...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Businessweek writing of note - on IBM, MLB Advanced Media & Tankchair LLC

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Recent issues of Businessweek included three stories that stoood out to me as particularly interesting, with one on an absolutely inspiring...

Excellent basketball writing - by Lee Jenkins & Flinder Boyd

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Two really good recent pieces of basketball writing were "New NBA commissioner Adam Silver is his own man" by Lee Jenkins  for S...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Great sports storytelling - writing by Joe Posnanski & video segments from ESPN

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Two completely different sets of recent pieces struck me as excellent sports storytelling in columns by Joe Posnanski for the NBC Sports we...
Sunday, June 01, 2014

"Show Your Work" by Austin Kleon

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Show Your Work by Austin Kleon was a good book that followed up on and provided much more detail than Kleon's prior excellent book, Ste...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Writing about 9/11, it's aftermath and loss - by Kandell & Thompson

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Two great pieces of writing I came across about a week ago both dealt with loss out of 9/11. For Buzzfeed , Steve Kandell wrote "The W...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Businessweek pieces of note - by Stone, Faris, Stein, Paskin & Brustein

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There were some interesting pieces of writing on a variety of different subjects from recent issues of Businessweek . From the April 24 is...

Outside Magazine story on murder in Papua New Guinea

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The latest issue of Outside Magazine had a captivating piece of writing in "Murder and Revenge in Papua New Guinea" by Carl Hoff...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Writing by Peter Bach on losing his wife to cancer

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Really a remarkable and said story was done recently for New York Magazine with "The Day I Started Lying to Ruth," a first-perso...

"Flash Boys" by Michael Lewis

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Flash Boys by Michael Lewis was a really detailed look at high-frequency trading in the financial markets and a disquieting read due to in...

Excellent sports stories - Wickersham on Derek Carr, Svrluga on a baseball marriage & Michael Sam being drafted

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Over the past few weeks three different sports stories stood out to me, one as particularly well-written, one as being on an interesting top...
Thursday, May 08, 2014

Story on NFL prospect Pierre Desir by Jeff Pearlman

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Really loved a recent story for Bleacher Report by Jeff Pearlman . "For NFL Prospect Pierre Desir , It's Always Been Fatherhood, T...

Louie C.K. GQ story by Andrew Corsello

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The latest issue of GQ Magazine had a great cover story with " Louis C.K . Is America's Undisputed King of Comedy" by Andrew...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Gary Smith retirement writing - by Price, Posnanski, Tomlinson & Reilly

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There was some excellent pieces of writing done recently with longtime Sports Illustrated feature writer Gary Smith announcing his retirem...