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Pivot to Podcasting: A Q&A with Jess McHugh

From Layoff To Pulitzer: A Q&A With Investigative Reporter Yael Grauer

In May 2026, independent investigative reporter and longtime Study Hall member Yael Grauer, alongside a team of full-time reporters at the Associated Press, won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. “It was pretty surreal,” she said on the latest episode of the Study...

A Very Specific Period Piece: On "The Scoop" by Erin Van Der Meer

The Scoop by Erin Van Der Meer. Grand Central Publisher, 320 pages. 2026. The latest episode of Serial is playing in your wired earbuds. You just moved from Kips Bay to somewhere called East Williamsburg. You’ll try that new place Sweetgreen for lunch, sit down with the Gawker...

Vince Guerrieri Wrote About How Cincinnati Redlegs Fans Ruined All-Star Voting

For Defector's theme week, Red Week, Vince Guerrieri wrote about "the Cincinnati Reds, er, Redlegs, and how their fans stuffed the ballot box for the 1957 All-Star Game."

Andrea Javor Wrote About Her Intergenerational Friendship

For Business Insider, Andrea Javor wrote an essay about her friendship with her "writing friend" who is 21 years her junior. mentor. Javor told Study Hall, "[she] is a mentor to me just as I am to her."

Daniel Reale-Chin Wrote About His Personal Connection To Frank Ocean's Music

For Xtra Magazine and the 10-year anniversary of Frank Ocean's Blonde, Daniel Reale-Chin wrote about how his music was "tied" to Reale-Chin's "first queer loves." Reale-Chin wrote, "Ocean’s music helped me understand myself. It soundtracked two great loves in my life. But I’m in...