Journalism | Into the Field Blog

Essays and posts exploring the state of journalism, teaching and nonfiction storytelling.

Tracy Dahlby

Mar 13, 2022
4 min

Down the Hatch

Tracy Dahlby

Aug 31, 2021
5 min

Have Parasites Infected the American Brain?

Tracy Dahlby

Jul 31, 2021
5 min

America’s Liberal vs. Conservative Discourse 'Is Too Puny for What We’re Facing'

Tracy Dahlby

Jun 28, 2021
5 min

A Message From Hemingway for Our Nuance-Challenged Times

Tracy Dahlby

Jun 27, 2021
5 min

Selling a Home Can Be a Painful Loss

Tracy Dahlby

Mar 15, 2021
4 min

Yes, the Internet Has Us Dazed and Confused. But Our Real Problem Is Lack of Civic Trust

Tracy Dahlby

Dec 30, 2020
5 min

Surviving Our Information Frenzy: A New Year's Guide

Tracy Dahlby

Dec 21, 2020
5 min

Learning to Love the Octopus

Tracy Dahlby

Dec 21, 2020
4 min

The News Media Must Come to Grips with Trump’s Popularity

Tracy Dahlby

Jul 29, 2020
4 min

By Dissing Science, Trump Is Turning His Back on What Made America Great

Tracy Dahlby

Jul 8, 2020
5 min

The Challenge of Improving America’s Eyesight on Issues of Race and Equity

Tracy Dahlby

May 26, 2020
5 min

Healing America's Humor Divide Is No Laughing Matter

Tracy Dahlby

May 19, 2020
4 min

What the Zoom Boom Is Doing for America’s Conversational Crisis

Tracy Dahlby

Apr 30, 2020
4 min

Coping with Covid-imposed Isolation By Going Inside — It’s Not Easy

Tracy Dahlby

Jan 12, 2020
5 min

Can America Recapture Its Signature Exuberance?

Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday reminds us that high spirits are essential in distressed, distracted times. This essay originally appeared...

Tracy Dahlby

Aug 15, 2019
7 min

America's Self-Cultivation Crisis

Tracy Dahlby

Jul 31, 2019
7 min

Adolescence Swallowed the Nation— And Now the White House, Too

Tracy Dahlby

Jul 29, 2019
6 min

The Seventies Phones Home with Advice for Solving Today’s Problems

Tracy Dahlby

Jul 22, 2019
8 min

Alexa: What Can Apollo 11 Teach Us About Our Relationship with Technology?

Tracy Dahlby

Jun 19, 2019
3 min

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Down the Hatch

Have Parasites Infected the American Brain?

America’s Liberal vs. Conservative Discourse 'Is Too Puny for What We’re Facing'

A Message From Hemingway for Our Nuance-Challenged Times

Selling a Home Can Be a Painful Loss

Yes, the Internet Has Us Dazed and Confused. But Our Real Problem Is Lack of Civic Trust

Surviving Our Information Frenzy: A New Year's Guide

Learning to Love the Octopus

The News Media Must Come to Grips with Trump’s Popularity

By Dissing Science, Trump Is Turning His Back on What Made America Great

The Challenge of Improving America’s Eyesight on Issues of Race and Equity

Healing America's Humor Divide Is No Laughing Matter

What the Zoom Boom Is Doing for America’s Conversational Crisis

Coping with Covid-imposed Isolation By Going Inside — It’s Not Easy

Can America Recapture Its Signature Exuberance?

America's Self-Cultivation Crisis

Adolescence Swallowed the Nation— And Now the White House, Too

The Seventies Phones Home with Advice for Solving Today’s Problems

Alexa: What Can Apollo 11 Teach Us About Our Relationship with Technology?

An Important History from a Veteran Journalist and Asia Hand