Laskas' Story Prompts House Judiciary Committee on NFL Head Injuries
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Watch video of the 10.28.09 hearing, Part I. >
Watch video of the 10.28.09 hearing, Part II. >
Jeanne Marie Laskas on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" | 5.18.09
GQ magazine correspondent Jeanne Marie Laskas ventured up the control tower at New York's La Guardia airport, where air traffic controllers "plug-in," making a matrix of decisions that trickle down to the hordes of passengers on thousands of daily flights. Laskas, who wrote the article "Traffic" for GQ's May 2009 issue, talks with Neal Conan.
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Listen to Jeanne Marie's interview with NPR's "Talk of the Nation" about air-traffic controlling. >
Reading in New York | 12.08.08
On December 8, 2008, the American Society of Magazine Editors will host a reading of articles from their forthcoming book, 2008 Best American Magazine Writing. The reading will be held at The Half King, a literary pub and restaurant in Chelsea. Jeanne Marie will read from "Underworld," her GQ feature about coal mining, which was a finalist for the Best Feature Article category of the National Magazine Awards.
Read the full article, "Underworld." >
Go deeper into the mines in a GQ Audio Slideshow. Jeanne Marie Laskas talks about reporting on life as a coal miner. Photos by James Nachtwey. >
Listen to Jeanne Marie's interview with NPR's "Talk of the Nation" about coal-mining culture. >
Laskas selected for Best American Sports Writing 2008 | October 2008
Jeanne Marie Laskas' GQ feature story "G-L-O-R-Y!"—a rousing inside look at the pregame rituals of the Cincinnati Bengals cheerleaders—was selected for inclusion in Best American Sports Writing 2008.
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Hear the Cincinnati Ben-Gals speak for themselves in a special audio slideshow by Lauren Greenfield. >
Jeanne Marie Laskas on BBC's "The Takeaway" | 10.09.08
Alaska’s North Slope is barren tundra, shrouded in mystery for those people who don't live or work there. It's also where we get more than 15 percent of domestic oil. Writer Jeanne Marie Laskas is one of the few people to penetrate the tight-knit world of roughnecks—the men who bring the oil up out of the ground. The Takeaway talks with Laskas about her singular experience documenting the lives of North Slope oil workers.
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Laskas named an National Magazine Award Finalist | 03.25.08
In March 2008, the American Society of Magazine Editors named Jeanne Marie Laskas a finalist for the National Magazine Awards, the magazine industry's highest honor. "Underworld," her May 2007 story in GQ, was nominated in the Best Feature Article category, which honors the stylishness and originality with which the author treats her subject.
Read Laskas's nominated GQ article, "Underworld" >
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New book project: Hidden America: The Unseen World of People Who Make Everything Work
Jeanne Marie Laskas' current book project, Hidden America: The Unseen World of People Who Make Everything Work, will be published by Putnam in 2010. The book will celebrate the unsung heroes who do the hands-on jobs that make America work—from coal miners to Alaska pipeline workers, beef farmers to shipping-port workers. They're people who remain virtually invisible to us, and yet we are utterly dependent on them.
One chapter—"Underworld," which profiles a group of coal miners in Cadiz, Ohio—has already appeared in GQ (May 2007). It was named a finalist for a 2007 National Magazine Award by the American Society of Magazine Editors in the Features category, which honors the stylishness and originality with which the author treats her subject.
Read the full article, "Underworld." >
Go deeper into the mines in a GQ Audio Slideshow. Jeanne Marie Laskas talks about reporting on life as a coal miner. Photos by James Nachtwey. >
Listen to Jeanne Marie's interview with NPR's "Talk of the Nation" about coal-mining culture. >
Read the 6.25.07 Publishers Weekly "Behind the Scenes" article about Hidden America >
"Hey How'd You Write That Ellie-Nominated Feature, Jeanne Marie Laskas?" | mediabistro | 04.28.08
A best-feature nominee tells of how she penned her critically-lauded GQ piece on coal miners.
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Q&A | Washington Independent Writers
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Jeanne Marie Laskas on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" | 08.13.07
Jeanne Marie Laskas discusses the weeks she spent underground with coal miners working for the Hopedale Mining Company in Cadiz, Ohio. Her article, "Underworld," published in GQ, sheds light on coal mining culture.
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