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Links

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 Andrew Feldblum, 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 Kirsten Martin (a.k.a. The News Gal) 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.


Outstanding journalists 

Vince Beiser

Burkhard Bilger

George Black

Brendan Borrell

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Audra D.S. Burch

Mansi Choksi

Doug Bock Clark

Jelani Cobb

Pamela Colloff

Jessica Contrera

Christopher Cook

Lane DeGregory

Dave Denison

Bronwen Dickey

David Dobbs

Jack El-Hai

Helen Epstein

Kiera Feldman

Valeria Fernández

Sean Flynn

David France

Kelley Benham French

Ted Genoways

Michael Graff

Jonathan Green

Lisa Hamilton

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Amy Harmon

Brooke Jarvis

Jonathan M. Katz

Brendan Koerner

Michael Kruse

Janine Latus

Gabriel Mac

Tonya Malinowski

Phillip Martin

Jane Mayer

Stephanie McCrummen

Maryn McKenna

Tracie M. McMillan

Vann Newkirk II

Michelle Nijhius

Ron Nixon

Todd Pitock

Elizabeth Royte

Robert Samuels

Eli Saslow

Kathryn Schulz

Sarah Schweitzer

Mosi Secret

Matthew Shaer

A.C. Shilton

Kevin Sieff

Rebecca Skloot

Leah Sottile

Tommy Tomlinson

Carson Vaughn

Linda Villarosa

Carvell Wallace

Paige Williams

Kai Wright

Ed Yong

Gordon Young

Phoebe Zerwick

Carl Zimmer


Podcasts that tell stories over multiple episodes

A Killing in Waikiki (Offshore, Season 1)

Blind Landing

Bundyville

Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen

Dolly Parton’s America

Finding Cleo

Floodlines

Nice White Parents

S-Town

Scattered

Serial, Season 1

Serial, Season 3

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.

https://barryyeoman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pt01262010a-poverty.mp3


Background Briefing: Barry discusses private military companies with Ian Masters, KPFK-FM, Los Angeles in 2004. Listen below.

https://barryyeoman.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/ianmasters.mp3

Stuttering

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.

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Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees, and America at its Best, edited by Susan E. Eaton (The New Press, 2016). Includes Barry’s chapter “Wealth for Everyone.”

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015, edited by Rebecca Skloot (Mariner Books, 2015). Includes Barry’s article “From Billions to None” from Audubon.

The Global Investigative Journalism Casebook, edited by Mark Lee Hunter (UNESCO, 2012). Includes Barry’s article “School of Hard Knocks” from Good Housekeeping. Free download.

27 Views of Durham (Eno Publishers, 2012). Includes Barry’s article “The Morning After Amendment One” from IndyWeek.

The Best American Science Writing 2007, edited by Gina Kolata and Jesse Cohen (Harper Perennial, 2007). Includes Barry’s article “Schweitzer’s Dangerous Discovery” from Discover.

Wanderlust: Real Life Tales of Adventure and Romance, edited by Don George (Villard Books, 2000). Includes Barry’s article “Embraced in Spain” from Salon.com.

Merchants of Misery: How Corporate America Profits from Poverty, edited by Michael Hudson (Common Courage Press, 1996). Includes Barry’s article “The Perfect Job For You” from Southern Exposure.

The Best Business Stories of the Year, edited by Andrew Leckey and Marshall Loeb (Vintage Books, 2001). Includes Barry’s article “Steel-Town Lockdown” from Mother Jones.

The World’s Best Sex Writing 2005, edited by Mitzi Szereto (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2005). Includes Barry’s article “Forbidden Science” from Discover.

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