Elizabeth Bruenig News & Updates

What covering the death penalty reveals about faith, forgiveness

The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig has spent years closely covering capital punishment. She’s writ...

Jul 08, 2025 • KCRW

Elizabeth Bruenig on Alabama’s Botched Executions

Elizabeth Bruenig has been named a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. A staff...

May 09, 2023 • The Atlantic

Elizabeth Bruenig On Witnessing Executions

Elizabeth Bruenig on witnessing U.S. executions and wrestling with mercy and justice Pulitzer finali...

Apr 07, 2025 • PBS

Atlantic Writer Elizabeth Bruenig Kicks Off New Public Thinking Lecture Series

Atlantic writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Bruenig gave a public lecture titled “At the...

Apr 16, 2023 • The Chicago Maroon

Atlantic Writer Speculates Elon Musk Could Have ‘100 or More’ Children: ‘Definitely More Than 14’ | Video

Elon Musk is known to have at least 14 children, but the real number could be much higher than that,...

Apr 26, 2025 • TheWrap

Elizabeth Bruenig’s Advice for Young Christian Writers

A chat with a Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist. This piece was adapted from a newsletter series...

Jul 24, 2025 • Christianity Today

Elizabeth Bruenig

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justi...

Jun 08, 2025 • The Marshall Project

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A conversation with Atlantic journalist Elizabeth Bruenig about capital punishment. In this conversa...

Sep 03, 2025 • Christianity Today

Atlantic Editions, Imprint of The Atlantic and Zando, Announces Three New Titles Coming in October

On Human Slaughter, by Elizabeth Bruenig, a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist; On Thinking for Yourself, ...

Jun 13, 2023 • The Atlantic