A few journalists worth reading - find your own!

You can always find examples of great writing at the Pulitzer Prize Web site.

Reporters

DeNeen Brown (Washington Post)
Search: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/searches/mainsrch.htm

David Finkel (Washington Post)
Search: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/searches/mainsrch.htm

Hank Stuever (Washington Post)
Search: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/searches/mainsrch.htm

Tamara Jones (Washington Post)
Search: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/searches/mainsrch.htm

Katherine Boo (Washington Post)
Search: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/searches/mainsrch.htm

Anne Hull (Washington Post)
Search: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/searches/mainsrch.htm
Former award-winning journalist at the St. Petersburg Times now makes her home with the Post.

Rick Bragg (New York Times)
Search: http://search.nytimes.com/search/daily/

Winnie Hu (New York Times)
Search: http://search.nytimes.com/search/daily/

Stephanie Simon (Los Angeles Times)
Search: http://www.latimes.com/archives/

J.R. Moehringer (Los Angeles Times)
Search: http://www.latimes.com/archives/
This Pulitzer Prize winning journalist seldom writes anymore, but when he does, the stories are worth reading.

Kevin Robbins (Austin American Statesman)
Search: http://www.austin360.com/aas/
standing/7days.html
Only the previous week's stories are free. Choose a day, (he usually writes for the Life section), and the best thing to do is scan for Kevin's byline. Stories older than a week, you have to pay for to retrieve. Using the archive search engine, even if it is for a story within the last week, usually requires payment.

Lisa Pollak (Baltimore Sun)
Search: http://www.sunspot.net/search/entry/

Ken Fuson (Des Moines Register)
Search: http://DesMoinesRegister.com/help/search.html

Tom Hallman (Portland Oregonian)
Search: http://www.oregonlive.com/search/

Vanessa Ho (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Search: http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/search

Columnists

Note the difference between the columnists and reporters. Columnists are allowed to use their opinions in their work. Reporters are not.

Mitch Albom (Detroit Free Press)
Search: http://www.freep.com/index/albom.htm

Joe Posnanski (Kansas City Star)
Search: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/
kansascity/sports /columnists/joe_posnanski/

David Waters (Memphis Commercial-Appeal)
Search: http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/columnist/
0,1426,MCA_646_3123,00.html

Source:

Speere, Lance. Analysis of "Must Read Journalists," Journalism 310: Writing for Mass Media. 13 Jan. 2002. Southern Illinois University. 13 Jan. 2002. .