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Jul 23, 2019

Bias on the Border

I spent a few days this summer training a group of journalists in the border city of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, how to report on the Central…

Bias on the Border

Fernanda Santos

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Sep 19, 2017

The (nonfiction) books about citizenship and American identity my friends told me I should read

The other day, I asked my friends on Facebook to recommend books that dwell on questions of citizenship and American identity, and told…

The (nonfiction) books about citizenship and American identity my friends told me I should read

Fernanda Santos

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Jul 12, 2017

Saying goodbye to The New York Times (but not to journalism)

Friday, July 14, is my last day at The New York Times. I am taking the buyout.

Fernanda Santos

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Jun 13, 2017

Why — and how — I write

I sent this last week to my newsletter subscribers. (You could be one of them, too.) It talks a bit about how I write, and why I write.

Fernanda Santos

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May 7, 2017

Writing a book was the hardest thing — and greatest thing — I’ve ever done

When I was a little girl, my parents had a nickname for me: cabeça dura. It’s pronounced KAH-beh-sah DOO-rah, and it means “hard-headed” in…

Fernanda Santos

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Apr 29, 2017

Survival Tips for Aspiring Journalists

This spring, I taught a seminar in short-form narrative at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. Friends of…

Survival Tips for Aspiring Journalists

Fernanda Santos

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Mar 16, 2017

19 lessons on reporting from the editor of The Boston Globe’s Pulitzer-winning Spotlight team (yes…

One of the perks of teaching a journalism class at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University is that I’m…

Fernanda Santos

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Nov 11, 2016

“Speak English!”

I was driving back home from a meeting on Wednesday and craving a cup of coffee. The drive-thru line was too long, so I parked, walked in…

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Jul 3, 2015

Screw you, Depeche Mode!

I took my first step toward the summit of Piestewa Peak walking like an Egyptian. By the time I got up there— 1,180 feet, a quart of water…

Screw you, Depeche Mode!

Fernanda Santos

Fernanda Santos

Award-winning author of “The Fire Line.” Journalist. Professor. Immigrant. Mother. "Overall Badass." Writer of random things, published here.

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