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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...

Katherine Prange Wrote An Essay About AI and Foundational Writing Skills

For Real Clear Education, Katherine Prange wrote an "an evidence-based, anecdotal op-ed that covers the importance of foundational skills in an English classroom." Prange told Study Hall, "I wanted to share the importance of the human voice and the need for practice and...

Stan Alcorn Wrote About Ancient Instruments

For Audubon Magazine, Stan Alcorn profiled "Argentine nü-metal drummer turned "archaeo-ornithologist" Esteban Valdivia, his bold theory about the true purpose of ancient American instruments, and the questions it raises about the origins of music and the knowability of the past....

Jacqueline LeKachman Wrote About a Rare, Underdiagnosed Form of Alopecia That Mostly Impacts Women

For Slate, Jacqueline LeKachman published an essay about a rare form of alopecia. LeKachman told Study Hall, "I wrote about trying to cope with my rare hair loss disease, including both the physical treatment and the mental toll of convincing myself, as a 25-year-old woman, that...