For three decades at Columbia Journalism School, Sam Freedman has encouraged students to try long-form narratives. His brand ...

In Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite, the sociologists Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman set out to ...

I talked to Samuel Freedman, a Columbia Journalism School professor, about his recent book about Humphrey and the 1948 Democratic convention in Philadelphia. The book’s title, “Into the Bright ...