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Don’t Make My Mistakes: A Guide to Reporting in Unfamiliar Places

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...

Brittany Kooienga Wrote About Women Leaving Their Marriages Due To "Heated Rivalry'

For Elle, Brittany Kooienga wrote about "the divorcees of Heated Rivalry." Kooienga told Study Hall, "For some viewers, the hit show was a wake-up call about what’s missing in their own relationships."

Lela Nargi Wrote About States And Municipalities Combatting Food Insecurity

For The Guardian, Lela Nargi covered the "way large supermarket chains have made food deserts out of untold numbers of communities by using restrictive covenants on lease agreements, keeping other grocers at bay." Nargi told Study Hall, "In the absence of movement to end this...

Andrea Javor Wrote About Finding Her "Perfect Hollywood Ending"

For the Los Angeles Times' "L.A. Affairs Column," Andrea Javor wrote about finding her truth in Los Angeles. She writes, "In a city that had manifested an entire industry out of rewriting stories, I wondered whether the secret was simply to write a new one for myself." Javor...