Pamela Colloff and Mimi Swartz are executive editors of Texas Monthly.

Colloff: "That sense of loss, that sense of normal life turning on a dime is something that, in a very different way, I’ve experienced. And I carry that with me into some of the more difficult stories."

Swartz: "Here’s this great [public interest] story that nobody’s ever told. Now how can I write it so the maximum number of people want to read it? I try to make the homework part as interesting and compelling as possible."

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Show notes:


@pamelacolloff
Colloff on Longform
[2:15] Longform Podcast #16: Pamela Colloff
[10:00] "A Bend in the River" (Texas Monthly • Jul 2002)
[10:00] "A Question of Mercy" (Texas Monthly • Mar 2014)
[10:30] "The Innocent Man, Part One" (Texas Monthly • Nov 2012)
[10:30] "The Innocent Man, Part Two" (Texas Monthly • Dec 2012)
[14:45] "Innocence Found" (Texas Monthly • Jan 2011)





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@mimiswartz
Swartz on Longform
[25:30] "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives" (Texas Monthly • Aug 2012)
[33:30] "The Ring and I" (Texas Monthly • Jan 2014)
[35:15] "Sexual Misconduct in the Military--and Why Kirsten Gillibrand Is Pushing Reform to the Top of Her Agenda" (Vogue • Feb 2014)
[35:45] "Failure is Not an Option" (Texas Monthly • Oct 2013)
[41:00] Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron (Crown Business • Mar 2004)