Today’s installment of Ask TON kicks off a series of posts, each of which in its own way addresses ethical issues that can arise when writers shadow scientists long enough to cross the line from journalist to buddy. To get things started, here’s today’s Ask TON: I will be embedded with a scientist whom I [...]
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Ask TON: Embedded with scientists
Posted by Jeanne Erdmann and Siri Carpenter on November 9th, 2011
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Tags: Ask TON, Ethics, Field Reporting, Harmon, Henig, Nijhuis, Rogers, Vastag 
3 Comments »Amy Harmon follows a young autistic man into the world
Posted by David Dobbs on October 10th, 2011
On September 18, 2011, the front page of the Sunday edition of The New York Times carried a story remarkable to find in any newspaper: a 7,300-word story that was almost all narrative. Autistic and Seeking a Place in an Adult World, written by Times staffer Amy Harmon, followed a young autistic man named Justin [...]
Posted in Behind-the-Story Interviews Tags: Dobbs, Guest Contributor, Harmon, Narrative, Notes, NYTimes, Writer Interview 9 Comments »