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Best of The Free Press: Stories That Stirred My Soul
Elias Wachtel treks the Appalachian Trail, passing through the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. (All photos courtesy of the author)
In the latest installment of our holiday series, Margi Conklin recalls the pieces that reminded her what’s really important in life.
By Margi Conklin
12.25.24 — The Front Page
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Welcome back to our holiday series, Best of The Free Press—your essential guide to all the stories you need to read before the year’s end. Each day this week (except Sunday—that’s for Things Worth Remembering), a different Free Presser will nominate a handful of the illuminating, challenging, or just plain delightful pieces we published over the year, a…

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Margi Conklin
Margi Conklin is the former managing editor of The Free Press, overseeing the editorial team and our investigative reports, features, opinion pieces, and more. Previously, she held various senior roles at the New York Post, including editor of the Sunday edition, managing editor of news features, and features director. She has also worked as an editor at multiple national magazines in both the UK and the U.S., including Elle and Harper’s Bazaar.
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