Linton Weeks
Linton Weeks joined NPR in the summer of 2008, as its national correspondent for Digital News. He immediately hit the campaign trail, covering the Democratic and Republican National Conventions; fact-checking the debates; and exploring the candidates, the issues and the electorate.
Weeks is originally from Tennessee, and graduated from Rhodes College in 1976. He was the founding editor of Southern Magazine in 1986. The magazine was bought — and crushed — in 1989 by Time-Warner. In 1990, he was named managing editor of The Washington Post's Sunday magazine. Four years later, he became the first director of the newspaper's website, Washingtonpost.com. From 1995 until 2008, he was a staff writer in the Style section of The Washington Post.
He currently lives in a suburb of Washington with the artist Jan Taylor Weeks. In 2009, they created The Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation to honor their beloved sons.
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Strung together into a short video, images of the construction of the Library of Congress in the late 19th century illustrate a nation's commitment to knowledge. -
In the early 20th century, Americans wore gaudy costumes and bizarre masks, and some roved the streets begging for candy and treats — at Thanksgiving time. -
The campus can be a laboratory of great experimentation — especially when it comes to American English. -
Designed to provide pleasure, street pianos in 19th and 20th century America were also magnets for some mischief and malevolence. -
How certain words related to sexual behavior have shifted over the past two centuries.
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Communication breakdown is not a new phenomenon. American history features a mass — and a mess — of misunderstood messages. -
Remembering cool words that are no longer cool — or even used much. -
How certain words related to addictive behavior have shifted over the centuries — in 14 colorful charts.
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For 100 years the pen has been mightier than the boredom for crossword puzzle aficionados. -
Finding poetry / In the news of the moment / Can be meaningful.
