Episode 83, Part 1: Pamela Colloff & Mimi Swartz, Live from Austin

Published: March 12, 2014, 5:21 p.m.

Pamela Colloff and Mimi Swartz are executive editors of Texas Monthly.\n\nColloff: "That sense of loss, that sense of normal life turning on a dime is something that, in a very different way, I\u2019ve experienced. And I carry that with me into some of the more difficult stories."\n\nSwartz: "Here\u2019s this great [public interest] story that nobody\u2019s 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."\n\nThanks to TinyLetter and PillPack for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n@pamelacolloff\nColloff on Longform\n[2:15] Longform Podcast #16: Pamela Colloff\n[10:00] "A Bend in the River" (Texas Monthly \u2022 Jul 2002)\n[10:00] "A Question of Mercy" (Texas Monthly \u2022 Mar 2014)\n[10:30] "The Innocent Man, Part One" (Texas Monthly \u2022 Nov 2012)\n[10:30] "The Innocent Man, Part Two" (Texas Monthly \u2022 Dec 2012)\n[14:45] "Innocence Found" (Texas Monthly \u2022 Jan 2011)\n\nShow notes:\n@mimiswartz\nSwartz on Longform\n[25:30] "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives" (Texas Monthly \u2022 Aug 2012)\n[33:30] "The Ring and I" (Texas Monthly \u2022 Jan 2014)\n[35:15] "Sexual Misconduct in the Military--and Why Kirsten Gillibrand Is Pushing Reform to the Top of Her Agenda" (Vogue \u2022 Feb 2014)\n[35:45] "Failure is Not an Option" (Texas Monthly \u2022 Oct 2013)\n[41:00] Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron (Crown Business \u2022 Mar 2004)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices