{"product_id":"the-best-american-newspaper-narratives-volume-2-9781574415957","title":"The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 2","description":"This anthology collects the twelve winners of the 2013 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest, run by the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The event is hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas. The contest honors exemplary narrative work and encourages narrative nonfiction storytelling at newspapers across the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First place winner: Eli Saslow, \"Into the Lonely Quiet\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), follows the family of a 7-year-old victim of the December 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, six months after the shooting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Second place: Eric Moskowitz, \"Marathon Carjacking\" (\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), is the story of \"Danny,\" who was carjacked by the suspects of the Boston Marathon bombing three days after the bombing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Third place: Mark Johnson, \"The Course of Their Lives\" (\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e), an account of first-year medical students as they take a human dissection course. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Runners-up include Christopher Goffard, \"The Manhunt\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e); Stephanie McCrummen, \"Wait--You Described It as a Cloudy Feeling?\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e); Michael M. Phillips, \"The Lobotomy Files\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e); Aaron Applegate, \"Taken Under\" (\u003ci\u003eVirginian-Pilot\u003c\/i\u003e); Meg Kissinger, \"A Mother, at Her Wits' End\" (\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e); Michael Kruse, \"The Last Voyage of the Bounty\" (\u003ci\u003eTampa Bay Times\u003c\/i\u003e); Shaun McKinnon, \"Alone on the Hill\" (\u003ci\u003eArizona Republic\u003c\/i\u003e); Mike Newall, \"Almost Justice\" (\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e); and Sarah Schweitzer, \"Together, Despite All\" (\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781574415957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 5.95w x 0.96d","brand":"George Getschow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537425625269,"sku":"9781574415957","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_de0b08db-b31c-4a67-a094-840ce0d6b161.jpg?v=1779169495","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-best-american-newspaper-narratives-volume-2-9781574415957","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}