Here are a few stories/multimedia pieces I’ve read in and out of journalism schools that have inspired or impressed me (I’ll try to keep this updated):
Love, understanding tell story of mom and 10 kids by Shaun McKinnon
The Entrapment of Jessie Snodgrass by Sabrina Ruben Erdely
A toast story by John Gravois
Reaching my autistic son through Disney by Ron Suskind
Mrs. Kelly’s Monster by Jon Franklin
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold by Gay Talese
Dead End on Silk Road: Internet Crime Kingpin Ross Ulbricht’s Big Fall by David Kushner
A lone wolf, his lost dog and an Internet miracle by Scott Craven
Students analyze emotions found in suicide notes by Michael Gordon
For Vietnam vets, one more mission by Colleen Mastony
Ryan house brings care to children, parents by Eugene Scott
Dog and girl an unlikely, winning pair by William Hageman
Detour Company Theatre lets actors with disabilities shine by Karina Bland
10 Boston lives tell the tale of the Civil War by Brian MacQuarrie
Life of young burn victim a tale of courage, survival by Michelle Ye Hee Lee
Phoenix girl with tough spirit, delicate skin sheds cocoon of bandages by Amy B Wang
Arizona immigrant students find way together, without families by John Faherty
Amid ill and dying inmates, a search for redemption by Kurt Streeter
Mysterious visitor brings Christmas spirit to non-profit by Scott Craven
One man’s salvation by Don Bartletti and Marc Martin
Persistence of a father brings news in a killing by Erica Goode
Teens with Down syndrome crowned prom king, queen by Denise Smith Amos
Digging for their lives: Russia’s volunteer body hunters by Lucy Ash
Iran acid attack: Ameneh Bahrami’s quest for justice by Stephanie Hegarty
Jared Loughner case: Mentally ill killers stir anger, then pity by John Faherty
Mexican reporter Luz Sosa’s dangerous job in Juarez by Mike Lanchin
Blind couple step out as parents by Collen Mastony
The Columbine Tapes by Nancy Gibbs and Timothy Roche
For prostitutes, an alternative to the streets by Jacki Lyden
Gabrielle Giffords’ husband prepares for space launch by Jaimee Rose
Haitians forced out of tents to homes just as precarious by Randal C. Archibold
Mapping the Paris underground by Devorah Lauter
Sins of the sons by Miles O’Brien
I am Adam Lanza’s mother by Lisa Long
True grit, odd wit: And fame? No, thanks by Charles McGrath
Chelsey Heath 