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Narrative Voice & Feature Writing: NBC | THE WRIGHT WREPORT
Selected writing samples demonstrating narrative depth, engaging voice and feature-storytelling craft
Aug. 12, 2018, 10:53 AM EDT
By Vee Wright
Ron Stallworth remembers when his police chief ordered him to destroy files from a recently completed undercover investigation. Stallworth, the first black police detective and officer in Colorado Springs' history, didn't listen.
The files and his experience infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1970s became the basis for his 2014 memoir: "Black Klansman."
With the help of a white colleague on the force, Stallworth not only infiltrated the hate group, he prevented multiple cross burnings and tried to expose Klan members who held positions of power in the community.
April 23, 2017, 4:28 PM EDT
By Vee Wright
From Kenny G to the Notorious B.I.G. — the range of recording artists signed and nurtured by Clive Davis over his 50-year career is quite vast.
This and much more is revealed in the documentary "Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives," which was the opening film of the 2017 Tribeca film Festival (April 19-30).
Chris Perkel's documentary is essentially a story with an astonishing musical track about a little Jewish boy from humble beginnings in Crown Heights who done good. Very good. Davis went to Harvard Law but would soon find his nonmusical self in the music biz, head of a music label.
April 23, 2016, 2:42 AM EDT
By Vee Wright
When N.W. A. released the single, “F**k tha Police," nearly 30 years ago, it caused a firestorm of criticism. The group had its defenders, but far more people were shocked and outraged. The general hue and cry among many, regardless of ethnic background, could be summed up as “What were they thinking?!”
If that single were released in the last two or three years — in the wake of an alarming number of tragic police interactions with young black men in particular — there would be some public denunciation.
However, it would be far more muted. Most would exclaim, “What were they thinking?!” except they would be referring to the police.
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Thursday, September 9, 2021
2021 US Open: Halep Outshines Competition in Nike's Gold&Blue NY Slam Dress, and Here's Why
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
To Be Mesmerized by a Certain Frig Is Reason Enough to Visit the Experience That Is Samsung 837
Friday, April 26, 2013
Matthew McC, the ACTOR. His Name and Film Are 'Mud.'
BY V.W.
NO, your eyes have not deceived you. They are seeing double, triple, quadruple and more.
Yes, they have seen the same gold&blue tennis dress nearly every day of the 2021 US Open. On a different player. Many different players, from Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic to Amanda Anisimova of the United States.
The dress is a pandemic at this year's US Open and the vector is Nike.That gold&blue number is called the Nike Fall NY Slam Dress. Besides binary blue and university gold, it comes in gorge green. The slam dress in the two color schemes is the lone style in dresses available to Nike-sponsored WTA players.
Does this uniformity — Nike is hardly alone (Adidas, among others) — signal the beginning of the end of the days when major players got the bespoke treatment and everybody else threw on whatever they could find? Let's hope not!
BY V. W.
FLORENCE + the Machine will always have a special tie to Samsung 837. The British indie rock band has the unique distinction of being the first act to perform at Samsung’s North American flagship space.
Incidentally, as of 11:30 a.m. today, Samsung 837 is open to the public. As its name alludes, the three-level, 40,000 square foot glass and steel structure is situated in New York City’s Meatpacking District at 837 Washington Street (at 13th street).
Do note that Samsung 837 is not a store. This writer used the S-word last night and was soon apprised of the error of her ways. “It’s not a store, it’s an experience,” General Manager Zach Overton gently corrected.
We were seated next to each other during the concert, agreeing at least that Florence Welch reminds us of Stevie Nicks.
BY V.W.
IT’S as if a few years ago Matthew McConaughey went to his agent, Jim, and the conversation went something like this: ...
JIM: What’s wrong? Your girlfriend break up with you?
MM: Naw, man. Nothin' like that?
(With a concerned look)
JIM: What then? You don’t look like yourself.
(Shrugging his shoulders, not making eye contact)
MM: It’s nothin' …
(Arms folded; waiting)
JIM: Yeah? …
(Looking up as he worries the tattered threads on the right knee of his faded Levi’s):
MM: It’s my career.
(Walking around his desk to sit down; looking uneasy)
JIM: What about your career? It’s booming. You’re a movie star.
MM: That’s the problem, Jimmy. I’m a movie star.
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