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Leupp’s Famous Onion Rings
Chris Begay (left) and Genevieve Gonnie (right) are the owners of the L.A. Fresh Grill in Leupp, Ariz. You can see Leupp from miles around, where it’s perched on a small plateau overlooking the high...
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Navajo Entrepreneurs Struggle to Rebound from Recession
Wind whips along U.S. Route 160, a two-lane rural highway that stretches like an obsidian necklace across the sandstone hills and valleys of the Navajo Nation. Sand blows from one dusty shoulder to...
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Stop the Presses: Is This The End of the Daily Newspaper?
This fall, New Orleans will become the largest American city without a daily newspaper. After 175 years, the venerable Times-Picayune will lay off a portion of its staff, move to a web-focused news...
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Fears of a First-Time Freelancer
The last few days have been tense. I’ve been checking my email and PayPal account obsessively. You see, last week I wrote a freelance article for a new website and after a few days of not hearing from...
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Name In Lights
This is not my first byline. I’ve been published many times before. But it is my first published work as a freelance writer and the first article I’ve sold since moving to Washington two months ago....
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Is the NSA Spying on Me?
I was just starting to write freelance articles on foreign affairs and conflict areas when the full scope of the NSA’s domestic spying program came to light. We learned that the government is tapping...
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Speed and the Inverted Pyramid
My fingers are not happy with me. I’m racing against time and turkey to finish a week’s worth of freelance articles by Wednesday night. In pursuit of my goal, I’ve written four articles in the past...
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The Journalist I Could’ve Been
I haven’t set foot in a newsroom in years. These days, I research my foreign policy articles at Starbucks while sipping on chai. I studied Journalism and Political Science in college and served for a...
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The Secret of the Masters
For regular readers of this blog, what I’m about to write is going to seem strange. Last week, I wrote about not feeling qualified to give writing advice. Today, I’m going to give some writing advice....
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Let’s Change the Narrative About Mass Shootings in America
We need to do something about gun violence. This week, a student opened fire in a high school outside of Portland, Oregon, killing one student and injuring a teacher. It would be shocking enough if the...
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