Click here for audio-related links and here for stuttering-related links.
Narrative journalism sites
- The Sunday Long Read, curated by Don Van Natta Jr. and Jacob Feldman, sends out a weekly newsletter with links to the week’s best journalism.
- Longreads has a regular newsletter too.
- Nieman Storyboard, run by Harvard’s Nieman Foundation and edited by the legendary Jacqui Banaszynski, promotes important conversation about narrative non-fiction, including “Why’s this so good?” dissections.
- Wired editor Nick Thompson has a good periodic newsletter of interesting reads. So do writer Tommy Tomlinson and Longreads founder Mark Armstrong.
- The hosts of Longform podcast talk with nonfiction writers about their work.
Barry’s favorite stories by others
A five-year running list, updated each December.
100 journalists you should know about
- Hanif Abdurraqib
- Issac Bailey
- Cecilia Ballí
- Ellen Barry
- Vince Beiser
- Burkhard Bilger
- George Black
- Brendan Borrell
- Victoria Bouloubasis
- Taffy Brodesser-Akner
- Audra D.S. Burch
- Mansi Choksi
- Doug Bock Clark
- Jelani Cobb
- Pamela Colloff
- Jessica Contrera
- Christopher Cook
- Jacqueline Cutler
- Eric Deggans
- Lane DeGregory
- Dave Denison
- Von Diaz
- Caitlin Dickerson
- Bronwen Dickey
- Jack El-Hai
- Helen Epstein
- Kiera Feldman
- Valeria Fernández
- Sean Flynn
- David France
- Kelley Benham French
- Ted Genoways
- Robin Givhan
- Michael Graff
- David Graham
- Christine Grimaldi
- Jonathan Green
- Josina Guess
- Lisa Hamilton
- Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Amy Harmon
- Erika Hayasaki
- John Hendrickson
- Mike Hudson
- Jazmine Hughes
- Mitchell S. Jackson
- Brooke Jarvis
- Jonathan M. Katz
- Brendan Koerner
- Michael Kruse
- Jamiles Lartey
- Janine Latus
- Wendy Lu
- Gabriel Mac
- Apoorva Mandavilli
- Phillip Martin
- Christopher Mathias
- Jane Mayer
- Stephanie McCrummen
- Maryn McKenna
- Tracie M. McMillan
- Ryan Nave
- Fenit Nirappil
- Vann Newkirk II
- Michelle Nijhius
- Ron Nixon
- Todd Pitock
- Lydia Pohlgreen
- Jodi Rave
- Michael Rezendes
- Frances Robles
- Elizabeth Royte
- Robert Samuels
- Eli Saslow
- Kathryn Schulz
- Sarah Schweitzer
- Mosi Secret
- Matthew Shaer
- A.C. Shilton
- Yonat Shimron
- Tonya Simpson
- Kevin Sieff
- Rebecca Skloot
- Clint Smith III
- Leah Sottile
- Wright Thompson
- Tommy Tomlinson
- Jazmine Ulloa
- Carson Vaughn
- Linda Villarosa
- Connie Walker
- Carvell Wallace
- Oliver Whang
- Isabel Wilkerson
- Paige Williams
- Kai Wright
- Ed Yong
- Gordon Young
- Phoebe Zerwick
- Sarah Zhang
Podcasts that tell stories over multiple episodes
- A Killing in Waikiki (Offshore, Season 1)
- Blind Landing
- Bundyville
- Dolly Parton’s America
- Finding Cleo
- Floodlines
- Missed Fortune
- Nice White Parents
- S-Town
- Scam Likely
- Scattered
- Serial, Season 1
- Suspect
- The Blood Calls (Offshore, Season 3)
- The Improvement Association
- The Missionary
- The Other Latif
- Third Squad
- Two Minutes Past Nine
- Uncover: The Village
- Wind of Change
Favorite radio stations
Click here for a music-heavy list.
Interviews with Barry
Politics & Polls: Barry discusses voting rights in North Carolina with Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang, Princeton University, in 2018. Listen here.
Living in Poverty: a 2010 conversation between Barry and Prime Time Radio’s Mike Cuthbert about seniors at the economic margin. Includes audio clips of three family matriarchs interviewed by Barry. Listen below.
Background Briefing: Barry discusses private military companies with Ian Masters, KPFK-FM, Los Angeles in 2004. Listen below.
Barry has been active in the stuttering self-help community for three decades. Click here to read to hear him discuss his journey in a 2021 interview with Allegra Michael.
Here’s a list of work about stuttering by people who stutter. It includes books, essays, poetry, and video.
