Susan Brownell – SAPIENS

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Table of contents

Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8

Table of contents

Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8

Fiji rugby - A teary-eyed member of Fiji’s women’s rugby team raised the Fijian flag after the men’s rugby team won the Olympic gold medal. Viewers watched on a big-screen TV as team captain, Osea Kolinisau, kissed his wife—a public display of intimacy unusual in Fiji that seemed to move the fans.

The Untold Story Behind Fiji’s Astonishing Gold Medal

Niko Besnier and Susan Brownell

Fiji’s national identity is deeply entangled with rugby, but not everyone is encouraged to play.

Do the Olympics Make Economic Sense?

Niko Besnier and Susan Brownell

The Olympic Games aren’t financially rational, but their value can be explained in other ways.

Olympics Zika - The World Health Organization stated that there was “no public health justification” to postpone the 2016 Rio Olympics due to the Zika virus. Is the fear of Zika at the games overblown?

Zika at the Rio Games: Pandemic or Panic?

Niko Besnier and Susan Brownell

Concerns about the Zika virus are fueled more by fear than by medical science.

Olympic festival -- This public art installation, a 20-meter-high fabric artwork by French artist JR on top of the Hilton Santos building in Flamengo, depicts Sudanese high jumper Mohamed Younes Idris.

photo-essay / Games

Rio’s Olympic Festival in the Streets

Niko Besnier and Susan Brownell

How does the 21st-century technology of big-screen TV square with the age-old human penchant for celebrations?

Brawn Drain - While many people get caught up in the nationalistic pageantry of the opening ceremony, the reality of the international sports world today is one of increasingly fluid citizenship among athletes.

Your Olympic Team May be an Illusion

Niko Besnier and Susan Brownell

In today’s globalized society, many athletes playing for national teams are citizens of the world more than of a single country.