Evolution of a Journalist: From Literary Reviews to Investigative Reporting

Evan Hughes is a journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Atlantic, The Atavist and many others. His book, just out in paperback, is Pain Hustlers: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup.

“It should be called slow-form journalism…. It is heavily edited. It’s heavily fact checked. And chances are, you’re not going to be the first. Maybe you’re going to be first to reveal some piece of it. I have made peace with like, I’m not the scoop guy. I’m the person who comes in and I’m good at telling the story in a thorough and deep way.”

Show notes:

• evanhughes.co
• Pain Hustlers: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup (Anchor • 2023)
• 03:00 "Longform Podcast #503: Evan Osnos" (Longform Podcast • Sep 2022)
• 03:00 "The Trials of White Boy Rick" (Atavist • Sep 2014)
• 04:00 "The Shocking True Tale of the Mad Genius Who Invented Sea-Monkeys" (The Awl • Jun 2011)
• 06:00 "Just Kids" (New York Magazine • Oct 2011)
• 07:00 Literary Brooklyn: The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American City Life (Holt • 2011)
• 12:00 "The Fugitive, His Dead Wife, and the 9/11 Conspiracy Theory That Explains Everything" (GQ • Jun 2016)
• 20:00 "Trial by Fire" (David Grann • New Yorker • Aug 2009)
• 25:00 Opioids, Inc. (Frontline • 2021)
• 25:00 The Crime of the Century (HBO • 2021)
• 47:00 Pain Hustlers (Netflix • 2023)
• 54:00 White Boy Rick (LBI Productions • 2018)
• 60:00 Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Michael Lewis • W.W. Norton • 2004)
• 60:00 Moneyball (Columbia Pictures • 2011)
• 61:00 "The Man Who Moves Markets" (Atlantic • Mar 2023)
• 63:00 "Bringing Down the Hachette" (Slate • May 2014)

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