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Long Reads
« on: October 25, 2012, 02:13:33 PM »
I am a very big fan of long form journalism. I was hoping to post a few articles I've enjoyed recently and others would do the same in this thread. TIA


UCLA Student tells parent's he's sightseeing in Egypt, Fights with Libyan Rebel's Instead

http://news.yahoo.com/spring-break-libya-133500440.html

Heartbreaking story about a high school baseball player that was killed in a car accident and it's affect on the town.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1206189/1/index.htm

Crazy story about that guy that kept all those wild animals at his farm, let them all out, and shot himself.

http://www.esquire.com/features/zanesville-0312


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Re: Long Reads
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2012, 02:16:07 PM »

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Re: Long Reads
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2012, 02:36:42 PM »
Crazy story about that guy that kept all those wild animals at his farm, let them all out, and shot himself.

http://www.esquire.com/features/zanesville-0312

i hate when people that know nothing about animals write about them.  this one is better than many, but still.
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Re: Long Reads
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2012, 05:17:11 PM »
Somehow the article made the freedom fighter bro a pretty unsympathetic figure.  He seemed to be in it more for the party than the bringing freedom to an oppressed people thing.
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Re: Long Reads
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2012, 05:37:33 PM »