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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...

Karli Poliziani Wrote A Travel Guide To Saint-Tropez

For Condé Nast Traveler, Karli Poliziani wrote about "the best places to eat, stay, and drink rosé in Saint-Tropez for Summer 2026, before the debut of the highly anticipated The White Lotus season 4—set to make Saint-Tropez an even buzzier hotspot for the Euro summer

Topacio "Topaz" Servellon Wrote About The Impact of Expanding The DeConcini Border Crossing

For Tucson Spotlight, Topacio "Topaz" Servellon reported on how "a federal proposal to expand the DeConcini border crossing would demolish a historic Nogales neighborhood." Servellon told Study Hall:"No one really talks about the mental health toll that comes with covering the...

Nana Asfour Wrote About Her Childhood In Lebanon

For McSweeney's, Nana Asfour reflected on growing up during Lebanon's brutal civil war. Asfour told Study Hall: "In a hybrid first-person narrative and reporting essay for McSweeney’s new non-fiction section, I wrote about war, childhood friendships, shelters and giant