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Media

Food Media

Alison Roman Just Can’t Help Herself

A food-world star’s method and mess.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Dec 2021 Permalink

Media

Inside the One-Man Intelligence Unit That Exposed the Secrets and Atrocities of Syria's War

A profile of Eliot Higgins, whose blog, Brown Moses, has become required reading at intelligence agencies, human rights organizations, and news outlets around the world.

Bianca Bosker Huffington Post Nov 2013 20min Permalink

Health Media

Loving Lies

Stephen Glass, the most notorious fraud in journalism, decided he would live by one simple rule: Always tell the truth. Then he broke that rule.

Bill Adair Air Mail Dec 2021 Permalink

Crime Media

What Lies Beneath: The Secrets of France’s Top Serial Killer Expert

An intrepid expert with dozens of books to his name, Stéphane Bourgoin was a bestselling author, famous in France for having interviewed more than 70 notorious murderers. Then an anonymous collective began to investigate his past.

Scott Sayare The Guardian Nov 2021 Permalink

Sex Media

The Sexfluencers

Platforms like OnlyFans mean people with big followings online can earn money. Where does that leave the sex workers who were there first?

Rebecca Jennings Vox Nov 2021 25min Permalink

Media

Indebted

Dave Ramsey, corporate media, and how we talk about financial distress.

Lucy Schiller Columbia Journalism Review Oct 2021 30min Permalink

Media

Media Theranos

On working at Ozy.

Pooja Bhatia London Review of Books Oct 2021 15min Permalink

Media

The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism

Scare stories on “left-wing illiberalism” display a familiar pattern.

Michael Hobbes Confirm My Choices Oct 2021 20min Permalink

Business Media

A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms

Inside Alden Global Capital.

McKay Coppins The Atlantic Oct 2021 Permalink

Media

Ghostwriting

On the invisible labor that makes media work.

Alex Sujong Laughlin Study Hall Oct 2021 25min Permalink

Media

What We Lost When Gannett Came to Town

We don’t often talk about how a paper’s collapse makes people feel: less connected, more alone.

Elaine Godfrey The Atlantic Oct 2021 15min Permalink

Health Media

Vermont Publishing House Chelsea Green Is Peddling Coronavirus Misinformation

Inside a quirky indie publisher’s turn to Covid trutherism

Chelsea Edgar Seven Days Sep 2021 25min Permalink

Best Article Media

The Journalist and the Pharma Bro

Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?

Stephanie Clifford Elle Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Tech Media

Bad News

Selling the story of disinformation.

Joseph Bernstein Harper's Aug 2021 25min Permalink

Arts Media

Ishmael Reed Gets the Last Laugh

America’s most fearless satirist has seen his wildest fictions become reality.

Julian Lucas New Yorker Jul 2021 30min Permalink

World Media

The Scream

After the election of Narendra Modi in 2014, Muslim journalists covering Hindu extremism noticed a change. The masks came off; the facade of courtesy, once flimsy, crumbled altogether.

Mohammad Ali The Baffler Jul 2021 15min Permalink

Arts Media

How Twitter Can Ruin a Life

The writer of a contentious piece of science fiction, “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter,” drew the internet’s ire. Now she tells her story.

Emily VanDerWerff Vox Jun 2021 25min Permalink

Best Article Media

The Secret History of Gavin McInnes

Gavin McInnes used to be known as a Vice magazine co-founder with controversial political leanings and an affinity for darkly unfunny jokes. Now, he’s also known as the founder of the far-right group the Proud Boys.

Adam Leith Gollner Vanity Fair Jun 2021 Permalink

Media

Nobody Wraps Pat Kiernan

The petty, vindictive, backbiting, lawsuit-laden, career-ruining infighting at everyone’s favorite local NY1 news station.

Caitlin Moscatello New York Jun 2021 35min Permalink

Business Media

The Podcast Hype House From Hell

How China’s biggest audio platform funded one man’s frat boy dreams.

Ashley Carman The Verge Jun 2021 25min Permalink

Media

The Curious Rise of Twitter Power Broker Yashar Ali

In just a few years, he’s become one of the most fearsome media figures in the country—mobilizing his vast Twitter following to promote his famous friends and punish foes. Can his own past survive similar scrutiny?

Peter Kiefer Los Angeles Magazine Jun 2021 25min Permalink

History Media

Diana, the Reporter, and the BBC

Twenty-five years later, the BBC investigates its own reporter.

John Ware BBC News May 2021 25min Permalink

Health Media

The COVID Reporters Are Not Okay. Extremely Not Okay.

A cohort of journalists is drowning in burnout, trauma, and moral injury.

Olivia Messer Study Hall May 2021 Permalink

Business Media

The Untold Story of How Jeff Bezos Beat the Tabloids

When a gossip rag went after the CEO, he retaliated with the brutal, brilliant efficiency he used to build his business empire.

Brad Stone Bloomberg Businessweek May 2021 20min Permalink

Media

The Great Right Hype

Tucker Carlson: The bow-tie is gone, but the moxie remains.

Joel Meares Columbia Journalism Review Aug 2011 15min Permalink

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