Ted Conover

Writer for @AAKnopf. Prof Emeritus at @NYU_Journalism.

[Otherwise Magazine @OtherwiseMag]

Our own @Kennedy_writes will be hosting a discussion on #ethnography and #journalism featuring @gilliantett
@tedconover and @Pendygraft

Register here. Not to be missed

https://t.co/waUEmKEoTQ

[Ted Conover @tedconover]

This is such a wise, wistful essay by @sierramurdoch—pleased to have played a small role.

[Off Assignment @OffAssignment]

Surprisingly, what @SierraMurdoch remembers most about Tunis during the Arab Spring is the cast of unlikely characters she found at her hotel.

This is our final "What I Didn't Say" essay guest edited by @tedconover and funded by @neaarts: https://t.co/ijHXIM0NE8

[British GQ @BritishGQ]

In the late 90s, Ted Conover wrote a book about going undercover as a guard at Sing Sing. Now, we have our latest work about the prison.

https://t.co/xtkvhkzcJO

[NYU Journalism @nyu_journalism]

@tedconover’s CHEAP LAND COLORADO is now available in paperback, as well as having recently been published in translation in Italy, Germany and France!
https://t.co/btEewjL62V

[Antonio Prudenzano @PrudenzanoAnton]

"Cheap Land Colorado, Bellezza e squallore ai margini dell'America": viaggio immersivo negli #Usa più rurali

su @illibraio Giulia Ceirano ha letto il libro del giornalista @tedconover

https://t.co/x1kEprCU9Y

#newjournalism @giu_iris

[Antonio Prudenzano @PrudenzanoAnton]

"Cheap Land Colorado, Bellezza e squallore ai margini dell'America": viaggio immersivo negli #Usa più rurali

su @illibraio Giulia Ceirano ha letto il libro del giornalista @tedconover

https://t.co/x1kEprDrZw

#newjournalism @giu_iris

[Gabe V @Gabe_Vascon]

At the @BuildingMuseum in DC to see their Brutalism exhibit and was surprised to see my former professor, @tedconover, quoted!

[Libération @libe]

Entretien avec Ted Conover, auteur de «Là où la terre ne vaut rien» ➡️ https://t.co/yRUBsVikk6

Dans @Libe, l'écrivain américain @tedconover raconte son immersion de quatre ans auprès de marginaux en mobil-homes du Colorado.

On lui demande notamment sa méthode d'écriture. Il nous dit ceci : «Je prends des notes, dans des cahiers que je garde toujours avec moi, et sur mon téléphone de plus en plus. A la fin de chaque journée, je m’assois devant mon ordinateur portable, même dans ma petite caravane, et je les retravaille. Cela fait partie de ma routine.

Avant de m’endormir, je dois écrire tout ce qui s’est passé. J’ai commencé par un Google Docs et, au bout de deux ans, j’avais atteint la taille maximale, soit plus d’un million de caractères. Alors j’ai tout transféré sur Word. J’ai passé environ deux semaines à relire mes notes en surlignant ce qui me semblait essentiel, puis j’ai imaginé une structure. Vous devez décider par où commencer et déterminer l’importance à accorder à chaque épisode.

Donc, pour ce livre-là, quatre ans de prise de notes, puis un peu plus d’un an pour l’écriture du texte lui-même»

Tout lire : https://t.co/yRUBsVikk6

[Alex Heard @alexheard]

On newsstands today: the March-April issue of @OutsideMagazine, featuring our annual travel awards, great feature stories by @tedconover, @BlairBraverman, @tim_neville, @iandille, and more. Special guest star: #Blowhole, the world's naughtiest sled dog.

[Ted Conover @tedconover]

Talon Vance, 13, was taken by his mother and aunt to live "off-grid" in a Colorado forest at 10,000 feet. The mom, frightened by conspiracy theories, wanted to keep him safe. It's a sad story but I think an important one. https://t.co/ZmaTlcNuMH

[Jim LaPorta @JimLaPorta]

Hypothetical: an American reporter has embedded with an enemy unit of the United States during war and they are preparing to ambush an American platoon. Do you film/report it or do you warn the American platoon of the ambush? Westmoreland, Scowcroft, Jennings, and Wallace discuss

[Brooke Kroeger @brookekroeger]

From Food Lion to ag-gag, is it time to revisit undercover reporting as the Fourth Circuit "all but overturns itself"? So asks @sethastern of @freedomofpress. https://t.co/Thwn0B0f9q (attento @tedconover)

[NYU Journalism @nyu_journalism]

This week, Huang published this story for @intelligencer on the efforts being made to reform the class-segregated school district of Athens, Ohio.

https://t.co/LoymCJlgz7

#journalism #class #segregation #ohio #Appalachia

[NYU Journalism @nyu_journalism]

During his undergraduate studies at NYU’s Stern School of Business, 2020 Matthew Power Runner-Up Dan Xin Huang took a course with author James McBride, which he credits with instilling in him a love for journalism and writing.

[Michael Girdley @girdley]

Generation X is weird.

These 43-58 year-olds are so strange it presents golden opportunities.

Here are 10 mind hacks to use with Gen X:

[Kate Manning @KateManning10]

Great conversation @MtnWords lit fest with Justin Farrell interviewing @tedconover about CHEAPLAND COLORADO his terrific book about living on the margins of America— highly recommended! #cheaplandcolorado #sanluisvalley #memoir #crestedbutte

[Gretchen King @gbtking]

Great @MtnWords panel with @J_Farrell and @tedconover about Ted’s new book and the process of ethnographic journalism

[Ted Conover @tedconover]

I'll be speaking at the Fort Garland Museum in the San Luis Valley on Tuesday. https://t.co/I4sif6GdTP

[Mark Stevens @writerstevens]

Honored! And I'm glad it's for a great book - Ted Conover's "Cheap Land Colorado."

Link to the review: https://t.co/FvVwrdieEU

@tedconover #Colorado #SanJuanValley #nonfiction
PS: First place went to another fellow writer from Four Corners Free Press, Carolyn Dunmire.