Recommend a long-form journalism piece that you loved

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

With people having more free time on their hands (even the lack of commute is freeing up a lot of time for those still working if they are working from home now), I thought it might be cool to for people to suggest long-form journalism pieces that made an impact on them for whatever reason.

I'll start. It's a New York Times article and if you don't have a subscription, it is well worth using up one of your monthly free allowance slots on. It's called 'Death on the CNN Curve' and documents the downfall of a couple of men and one in particular in the aftermath of the rescue of Jessica McClure, the toddler who fell down the well in Texas in the 1980s. It's a very poignant read and really highlights how badly PTSD can affect somebody's life and how little was known about PTSD in the early '90s. It also shows how difficult it can be coping with sudden media attention. It's really stayed with me.

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/23/magazine/death-on-the-cnn-curve.html

Mancomb Seepgood

This is a fascinating piece I read in the Guardian a few weeks ago.It looks at restoring wilderness,the future of agriculture,and the possibilities of fake meats.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/25/the-end-of-farming-rewilding-intensive-agriculture-food-safety

I love these long form articles,if newspapers and magazines are to have a future then it is with this type of content.

Thelonious Monk

Guardian long reads

https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read

Ten of Swords

Mod

Interesting thread but I'm not sure the Covid forum is the right place for it so I've moved it to AH

Joe_ Public

The emphasis here is on "long". I love Wright Thompson and this is one of my favourites. Simple premise - a guy starts out seeking the autographs of all 50 fighters who faced the greatest. He reaches 35 no problem and then struggles to 49. But getting to No.50 remains elusive and throws up many tough questions about boxing and life itself.

http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=091216/JimmyRobinson

Excellent insight into the corporate workings of Boeing and what led to the 737 Max disasters.

https://newrepublic.com/article/154944/boeing-737-max-investigation-indonesia-lion-air-ethiopian-airlines-managerial-revolution

Joe_ Public

Every year before the Kentucky Derby i read Hunter S Thompson "The Kentucky derby is decadent and depraved". Though i believe probably half of it is made up, it is still probably the most fun piece of journalism I've ever read.

Still wondering if I'll actually get to read it this year!

Deebles McBeebles

BBC long reads.

https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cxqvep8kqext/long-reads

dastardly00

'The Secret History of Tiger Woods', written by Wright Thompson, published in ESPN in 2016

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story?_slug_=how-tiger-woods-life-unraveled-years-father-earl-woods-death&id=15278522&redirected=true