Ten years ago I bought a copy of the annual Best American Magazine Writing collection. It contained a story called “Hollywood’s Information Man,” by Amy Wallace, originally published in Los Angeles magazine. I was just out of college then, working my first daily newspaper job, and this story knocked me over. It showed the astonishing possibilities of a magazine story, the combination of wit and humor and investigative reporting that an expert could weave under just the right circumstances. Now, over at Nieman Storyboyard, Elon Green has done a version of Paige Williams’ Annotation Tuesday with Amy Wallace on the piece. If you’re just starting out, this is a road map for success. And if you’re a veteran looking for a spark, it just might fire you back up. Take a look.
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