‘So Jayson Blair Could Live, The Journalist Had to Die’
The first profile of the disgraced journalist.
The first profile of the disgraced journalist.
Sridhar Pappu The New York Observer May 2003 15min Permalink
Diary of a veteran gadfly.
George Gurley The New York Observer Mar 2013 35min Permalink
An appreciation of the hometown team.
Woody Allen The New York Observer May 1998 10min Permalink
Bruce Cawsey Waite has no home, no office, and wears a dead man’s suit.
Lisa Taddeo The New York Observer Oct 2012 Permalink
A remembrance of JFK, Jr.
Frank DiGiacomo The New York Observer Jul 1999 10min Permalink
A chess prodigy vanishes.
Sarah Weinman The New York Observer Jul 2012 Permalink
A profile from Cooper’s early days an an anchor.
Choire Sicha The New York Observer Mar 2004 15min Permalink
A profile of Ann Coulter, “the glowing scimitar of the American right.”
George Gurley The New York Observer Aug 2002 15min Permalink
On the last weekend of April 2011, two things happened in Washington D.C.: the annual White House Correspondents Dinner and the decision to raid Osama bin Laden’s compound. This is the story of how both transpired.
Inside a restaurant lawsuit.
Michael Chow’s complaint, which sought $21 million in damages, alleged that the team behind Philippe, including chef Philippe Chau, restaurateur Stratis Morfogen (also behind the well-received Ciano) and several codefendants, appropriated the Satay recipe and 11 other Mr Chow standbys, the “modern” decor of Mr Chow’s restaurants and even the name Chow—thereby engaging in deceptive trade practices, swiping trade secrets and infringing on the Mr Chow trademark.
Aaron Gell The New York Observer Feb 2012 15min Permalink
A former colleague visits the ‘Fire Fiend’ in prison.
Aaron Gell The New York Observer Dec 2011 15min Permalink
A profile of gallery owner Paula Cooper.
Michael H. Miller The New York Observer Sep 2011 20min Permalink
Because of what happened in Georgia, Ms. Grace has said over and over, she knows firsthand how the system favors hardened criminals over victims. It is the foundation of her judicial philosophy, her motivation in life, her casus belli. And much of it isn’t true.
Rebecca Dana The New York Observer Mar 2006 10min Permalink
A profile of the founding editor of Radar and current editor of The Fix, penned by a former employee.
Aaron Gell The New York Observer Jun 2011 20min Permalink
A profile of the up-and-coming comedian just after the cancellation of his VH1 talk show, Late World with Zach. His sentiment at the time: “Hollywood is just such a fucking idiot machine.”
Jason Gay The New York Observer Jul 2002 10min Permalink
A profile of the up-and-coming New York politician, who at the time was toying with a run for mayor.
Doree Shafrir The New York Observer Dec 2007 10min Permalink
How a 22-year-old with five warrants for her arrest in Utah conned her way through Brooklyn armed with nothing more than a dirty mouth and a penchant for faking pregnancy and/or cancer.
Doree Shafrir The New York Observer Apr 2009 Permalink
Two sisters, heirs to the Bronfman fortune, may have blown $100 million supporting the cult-like group NXIVM.
Moe Tkacik The New York Observer Aug 2010 Permalink
Scott Dadich, 34, has been described by a former boss as a “combination of Pelé and Jesus” and is now tasked with figuring out the future of the magazine. All he’s got in his new Times Square office: an iPad and a book of George Lois’ Esquire covers.
John Koblin The New York Observer Aug 2010 Permalink