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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When visual tricksters play with perception, things are not always what they seem. -
In America, there's a fine line between gimmicky wrestling and performance art. -
Circa 1900, Americans wore gaudy costumes and bizarre masks, and some roved the streets begging for candy and treats — on Thanksgiving Day.
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When it comes to on-the-spot answers to simple historical and political questions, some people don't have a clue. -
Young girls and boys take a little trip into the future of matrimony. -
In the Land of Plenty, Americans put the eat in compete. -
Courting-and-sparking practices in America have been very weird for a very long time.
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Fright Night is not just for kids anymore. Never really was.
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Many Americans are not scared to reuse old clothes for new Halloween costumes. -
More than 100 years old, the organization offers young American girls the chance to succeed. So why is membership falling?
