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Paige Williams

Paige Williams, a staff writer, writes U.S. Journal, a series that Calvin Trillin created, in The New Yorker, in 1967. She is the author of “ The Dinosaur Artist ” and the winner of a 2024 Mirror Award.

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6 picks · 2013–2023

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The Wrong Way to Fight the Opioid Crisis
a reporter at large ·

Paige Williams reports on the people struggling with addiction who share a lethal dose of drugs and are then prosecuted as killers.

Turning Bystanders Into First Responders
a reporter at large ·

In the mass-shooting era, civilians must help one another in a crisis and keep victims from bleeding to death, Paige Williams writes.

The Tallest Trophy
our far flung correspondents ·

An Alaskan tribe’s monument found its way to John Barrymore’s Beverly Hills estate. Paige Williams on an artifact’s journey.

Double Jeopardy
a reporter at large ·

Shonelle Jackson may become the first American to be executed despite a jury’s unanimous vote for life. Paige Williams reports from Alabama.

Bones of Contention
a reporter at large ·

Paige Williams on a Florida man’s curious trade in dinosaur fossils from Mongolia.