Stories - Life Stories
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Our stories are about how people make sense of their own lives, how they can shed light on our lives, and how we are connected to one another, to history, and to the larger human story.
King's northern campaign for fair housing and limits of media framing
Bradlee's devotion to The Post and lessons in questioning authority from the Navy
Coverage of the Doolittle Raid and early World War II assignments
Janet Cooke's fabricated story and the racial dynamics behind it
Katharine Graham and Ben Bradlee's early partnership in building The Washington Post
Uncovering the Nixon campaign's network of dirty tricks and sabotage
Meacham's approach to journalism as illuminating history and finding a way forward
Shift in advertising portrayals of women from housewives to "superwomen"
Katharine Graham and Ben Bradlee's relationship to establishment power and ideology
The muckrakers' role in exposing industrial society's ills and shaping public opinion
How technology and society have shaped the craft of presidential politics over time
“I consider mentoring a process of showing your scars instead of your successes. I've always been awed by how many people resonate when I tell the story of my life. Often it's the first time they've ever told anyone their own story.”
Loretta Ross
Jackie Kennedy's appeal as a subject for Life Magazine covers
Reflections on Life Magazine's legacy and the photography industry
Bradlee's character, journalistic principles, and relationship with Kissinger
The importance of accuracy and credibility in journalism
Finding common ground on gun rights through one-on-one dialogue across political divides
Prospects for liberal democracy and anti-Western sentiment in the Middle East
Fear of cowardice and becoming a war photographer as a personal crusade
Gordon Parks's documentation of poverty's long-term impact on Black families
Uncertainty surrounding the capture and sale of Jim Foley and John Cantlie
