Write Like Journalists & Essayists
The reporters, essayists, and new journalists who made nonfiction sing. Sharp observation, narrative depth, and distinctive voice.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Urgent, personal, historically grounded racial commentary.
Matt Taibbi
Savage, funny, profanity-laced investigative takedowns.
Nora Ephron
Witty, personal, everything-is-copy essayist and screenwriter.
Gay Talese
New Journalism. Novelistic detail in nonfiction narratives.
Tom Wolfe
Exclamatory, status-obsessed, white-suited New Journalism pioneer.
Matt Levine
Dry financial humor. Bloomberg's 'Money Stuff' — banking made entertaining.
Tim Urban
Wait But Why. Complex ideas with stick figures and humor.
Maureen Dowd
Acerbic political wit, pop culture references, sharp one-liners.
Bob Woodward
Just-the-facts investigative authority. Watergate sobriety.
Annie Dillard
Nature writing as spiritual practice. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek intensity.
Anthony Bourdain
Visceral travel writing with raw honesty and anti-pretension. Kitchen Confidential swagger meets global empathy.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Precise, commanding prose spanning fiction and feminist essays. The danger of a single story, dismantled.