We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in investigative reporting. Villarosa’s unflinching examination of giving birth while black in America has stayed with me.
https://longreads.com/2018/12/14/longreads-best-of-2018-investigative-reporting/
Hackastory selected the 40 best digital stories of 2018. We listed the interactives, graphics, longreads, newsgames and data visualizations that make our hearts beat faster. Let these articles and visualizations inspire you to continue innovating in journalism.
https://hackastory.com/the-40-best-digital-stories-of-2018-listed-for-you-by-hackastory/
Italian police have arrested the man said to be the new head of the Sicilian Mafia, along with 45 associates. The dawn raid in Palermo netted 80-year-old jeweller Settimo Mineo. He was reportedly elected Cosa Nostra godfather at a Mafia meeting in May.
As the year draws to a close, some of us like to look forward, and some of us backward—and some way backward.
https://lithub.com/here-are-the-biggest-fiction-bestsellers-of-the-last-100-years/
It is possible, according to many sources, to become invisible, but you must be patient, methodical, and willing to eat almost anything.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/13/sight-unseen-critic-at-large-kathryn-schulz
A few years ago, at a Las Vegas convention for magicians, Penn Jillette, of the act Penn and Teller, was introduced to a soft-spoken young man named Apollo Robbins, who has a reputation as a pickpocket of almost supernatural ability.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/07/a-pickpockets-tale
When it comes to hunkering down with at the bar, New York has long been a standard-bearer. Wait, wait, shiver, delight.
Ricky Jay, who is perhaps the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive, was performing magic with a deck of cards. Also present was a friend of Mamet and Mosher’s named Christ Nogulich, the director of food and beverage at the hotel.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/04/05/secrets-of-the-magus
