Kristof

I love how Kristof utilizes Op-Ed to bring in a wide range of topics to cover a story that wouldn't traditionally sound very news worthy. Like "The Power of Mockery" sounds like the topic for an essay or a section of a novel, but he's able to use it in the Op-Ed style to make it relevant and in a short readable form. He brings in the revolutions in the Middle East, anti-smoking campaigns, and a group that worked to stop gang violence to address how violence or police action isn't the best solution. He still provides sources and specific examples, but he is able to use his own voice to weave them together into a more cohesive piece.
Another tactic of Kristof's that I appreciated was used in "What About American Girls Sold on the Street?". He uses Girls Like Us by Rachel Lloyd as a window into breaching the topic of teen prostitution in the United States. He is not merely copying or condensing her piece, but he uses examples from it to help prove his bigger point. This kind of overlap is cool because he's providing publicity for her book and simultaneously using her expertise to make his piece deeper and have a more human aspect to it.
One trait I noticed about his pieces is that they're all pretty easy reads. I don't mean this in a negative way, but they could be read pretty quickly and there were very few lulls where I felt like setting my computer down or moving on to a new article.