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The Delacorte Review
Real True Stories (and how they happen)
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The Big Roundtable is a home for writers with true stories and readers seeking compelling tales. Our aim is to publish wide-ranging narrative nonfiction (aka longform) as well as experiment editorially — from choosing varied story topics to navigating the digital landscape — to connect nonfiction writers with readers who will support their work. While we make Medium our new home platform, view our archives here: http://www.thebigroundtable.com/

Editors
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The Big Roundtable
Reclaiming #tldr. The Big Roundtable publishes surprising, but true longform stories. www.thebigroundtable.com
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Michael Shapiro
Founder, The Big Roundtable; Author, The Last Good Season and Bottom of the Ninth; Professor Columbia Journalism School
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mike hoyt
Editor, The Big Roundtable. Ex-editor, CJR. Teacher, Columbia Journalism School. Shoes, brown.
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Anna Hiatt
Reporter | annahiatt.com
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Cissi Falligant
Senior Editor, The Big Roundtable
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Priyanjana Bengani
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Kate Cough
Human • Journalist • @ColumbiaJourn • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaitlin.cough/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/kaitlincough • http://kaitlincough.com/
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Matt Higginson
Writers
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Shaun Raviv
Freelance journalist based in Atlanta.
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Luke Yoquinto
Science writer|Words at @WashingtonPost @Slate @BRTable @NewScientist @Smithsonianmag...|You should read this: http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/
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Noah Sneider
Writer. Occasional photographer. Moscow Correspondent, The Economist. Follow me @noahsneider.
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Anna Hiatt
Reporter | annahiatt.com
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Selin Thomas
Writer; former fellow at The Big Roundtable; researcher; tweet: @selinpthomas
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Zak Kostro
Gave up drink slinging for journalism. Native New Yorker. @columbiajourn #cjs16
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Phil McKenna
Energy and Environment Reporter @InsideClimate
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Miriam Wasser
Freelance journalist based in Boston — @MiriamWasser
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Kenneth R. Rosen
http://www.kennethrrosen.com
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Rachel Pieh Jones
Writing, running, raising three kids in Djibouti.
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Alexander Abnos
SI podcast person. SI soccer person. Music person (in @secretcitiesss). I like ghorme sabzi, faloodeh, and mail. anabnos@gmail.com
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Pete Vernon
Columbia Journalism Review | Past: Reuters and Coumbia Journalism School | Former Teacher, Bx and Botswana | Trusting the process
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John Lancaster
John Lancaster is a veteran foreign correspondent and magazine journalist with deep experience in South Asia and the Middle East.
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Caitlin Dwyer
Writer — education, identity, travel
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Brice Particelli
Writer and Teacher / Work at www.briceparticelli.com / Faculty in the English Department, Pace University
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Lisa Whittemore
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Adnan Firoze
Geffen Scholar for magazine writing, Google scholar, writer at @brtable. Columbia Journalism/CS alumnus. Writes about humans, machines and the life in between.
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Caitlin Gunther
Caitlin is a writer for Bon Appétit, Food52, Travel + Leisure, Vogue Business & more.
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Daniel A. Gross
Journalist. Writes about the lives of stuff and the stuff of life.
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Peter Birkenhead
The Week, Daily Beast, Washington Post, Salon, The NY Daily News, The Awl, HuffPost, Marie Claire, MORE, LA Review of Books, US News, The Morn
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CJ Bartunek
Writer and teacher in Athens, GA. Drop me a line at cjbartunek@gmail.com.
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Dean Myers
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Mariya Karimjee
Freelance writer in Karachi. Trying to figure out how I fit into this world. I love coffee, bite my finger nails, and am always planning vacations.
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Jaime Joyce
jaimejoyce.com; @jaime_joyce
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Robert W. Fieseler
I'm a journalist and an author who writes about money and class, of which I have neither. Contributor @BRTable. Doggie lover to the max.
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Sonja Sharp
Writer of note(s) Reporter of crime, culture, &c. No.1 balagan @wsj @vice @columbia | Send me ur tips, ur rumors, ur huddled mischief yearning to breathe free
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Stephen Franklin
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Erika Hayasaki
author of The Death Class: A True Story About Life @simonschuster; professor of literary journalism @UCIlitj; www.erikahayasaki.com
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Yepoka Yeebo
Photographer. Chaser of weird stories. @columbiajourn alum.
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David Báez
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Lisa Whittemore
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harrietheydemann
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Michael Shapiro
Founder The Big Roundtable. Columbia J-School Prof. Wishes the Dodgers never left Brooklyn.@shapiromichael
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Karla Bruning
http://RunKarlaRun.com + http://KarlaBruning.com @NYCMarathon & @NYRR announcer, @Shape_Magazine writer, TV host, runner, triathlete, traveler, singer, dog mom
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Ben Saxton
reading, writing, teaching, pokering
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Katy Olson
Executive Editor at EAL [editoratlarge.com], the daily news source for interior designers. Proud Columbia Journalism School grad. Native New Yorker.
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John Sheehy
Writer, journalist, linguist, photographer
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Mary Claire Kelly
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Chuck Smithson
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Ana Arana
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Aron Rose
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Jennifer Blowdryer
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The Vindicator
The Valley's Homepage - Youngstown, Warren, OH. Follow @VindyRadio, @Valley24 and @VindySports - http://Vindy.com
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Camila Kerwin
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Sabrina Imbler
Staff writer at Atlas Obscura and essayist online. Forthcoming chapbook DYKE (GEOLOGY) from Black Lawrence Press, spring 2020. Follow her @aznfusion.
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Sean McGowan
Writer | Reporter
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Ivor Hanson
Ivor Hanson is the author of the memoir, “Life on the Ledge: Reflections of a New York City Window Cleaner”.