"My suggestion is to read book-length journalism by top-tier journalists. Below are some examples. Also, you should check out the [Longform podcast,](http://longform.org/podcast) which has interviews with journalists about their careers and their work. David Carr - [*The Night of the Gun*](http://smile.amazon.com/Night-G...) David Remnick - *[Reporting: Writings from the New Yorker](http://smile.amazon.com/Reporti... Jennifer Gonnerman - *[Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett](http://www.amazon.com/Life-Ou... Ta-Nehisi Coates - *[The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood](http://www.amazon.com/Beautif... Jessica Mitford - *[The American Way of Death Revisited](http://smile.amazon.com/America... Wendy Ruderman &..." - Kevin Bondelli