On the Beat

with Wendy MacNaughton

You might see her leaning against a building on the street or sitting across from you on your morning commute, pad in hand. Or you might not have noticed her at all. Wendy talks about her "drawn journalism" -- sketches and snippets of conversation that convey little slices of life and connect us to the folks we might have missed. Ultimately, she says, drawing helps her to "stop and see."

Woman seated in an artist's studio surrounded by painting materials

Wendy MacNaughton, featured in DOT Magazine, Jan. 18, 2017

Image credits:

Rhonda, Guard, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington , DC / Image courtesy Wendy MacNaughton
How to Say Goodbye (excerpt) courtesy Wendy MacNaughton
Power Tchotchkes featured in, "Power Tchotchkes, Four Small Objects that Keep Some People Going," New York Times, Sunday Business, March 1, 2019
At Work with the Bootmaker of Spring City, UT featured in, "What Goes Into a $4500. Pair of Handmade Boots? " New York Times, Sunday Business, Jan. 10, 2019 
Hospice at San Quentin featured in, "Meanwhile in San Quentin" California Sunday Magazine, June, 2018
"Meanwhile in the San Francisco Public Library" (excerpt),  Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in its Own Words, Chronicle Books, March 2014

Notes:

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