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Coming up on Connections: Tuesday, July 26th

NPR

First hour: "The Voyeur's Motel" and long-form journalism

Second hour: Report from the DNC

"I know a married man and father of two who bought a twenty-one-room motel near Denver many years ago in order to become its resident voyeur. With the assistance of his wife, he cut rectangular holes measuring six by fourteen inches in the ceilings of more than a dozen rooms. Then he covered the openings with louvred aluminum screens that looked like ventilation grilles but were actually observation vents that allowed him, while he knelt in the attic, to see his guests in the rooms below."

So begins the long-form journalism piece called "The Voyeur's Motel." The author, Gay Talese, is one of the leaders of the form known as "New Journalism." But Talese's latest piece has stirred all kinds of controversy, from questions of ethics, to gaps in fact checking. It's even sparked debates about the perils of long-form journalism itself. So our panel will discuss the value of long-form writing in a 140-character world, and the standards we should expect. Our guests:

Jack Rosenberry, associate professor and department chair of communication/journalism at St. John Fisher College
Mary Stone, senior editor/writer for Post Magazine
Eric Grode, regular contributor to the New York Times culture section and Director of the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at Syracuse University

Then, did the DNC's first night, capped off by Bernie Sanders, do enough to unify the party? Sanders delegates on the convention floor were saying no, but polls show that Hillary Clinton is picking up at least 80% of Sanders voters. We'll discuss the state of the race with reporter Karen Dewitt in Philadelphia, and a panel TBD.

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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.