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Children film themselves chewing, whispering and tapping to give their adult audience an ASMR buzz. But at what cost?
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Children film themselves chewing, whispering and tapping to give their adult audience an ASMR buzz. But at what cost?
Amelia Tait Wired (UK) Feb 2019 25min Permalink
What the author learned about himself from Jill Abramson’s Merchants of Truth.
Thomas Morton Medium Jan 2019 Permalink
A profile of Lorena Bobbitt.
Amy Chozick The New York Times Jan 2019 15min Permalink
The making, and marketing, of a 9-year-old meme machine.
Lauren Levy New York Jan 2019 25min Permalink
Thinking about launching your own media startup? You might want to consider my crazy story first.
Jamie O'Grady The Cauldron Jan 2019 25min Permalink
On conservative radio host John Ziegler and “the strange media landscape in which political talk radio is a salient.”
David Foster Wallace The Atlantic Apr 2005 55min Permalink
On the art of the takedown.
Rob Harvilla The Ringer Jan 2019 20min Permalink
A veteran magazine journalist changes jobs at 57.
Austin Murphy The Atlantic Dec 2018 10min Permalink
The author spends time with the reporters fighting to keep news alive in an age when the forces they cover are working equally hard to destroy them.
Zach Baron GQ Dec 2018 25min Permalink
A profile of Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning crime reporter for the Miami Herald during its heyday.
Calvin Trillin New Yorker Feb 1986 30min Permalink
A profile of an influencer.
Sophie Elmhirst The Economist 1843 Dec 2018 20min Permalink
How lies become truth in online America.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Nov 2018 15min Permalink
On the ethics of putting the internet’s spotlight on a neighborhood restaurant.
Kevin Alexander Thrillist Nov 2018 15min Permalink
“Yeah, okay, listen. It’s Sy Hersh. Who the f— do you think I am? Your f—ing wife? What do I look like to you? Your f—ing brother-in-law?”
Ben Wofford Washingtonian Oct 2018 Permalink
How the magazine industry’s identity crisis is playing out on its front page.
Alyssa Bereznak The Ringer Sep 2018 20min Permalink
A profile.
Evan Osnos New Yorker Sep 2018 55min Permalink
A profile of the Fox News commentator.
Lyz Lenz Columbia Journalism Review Sep 2018 30min Permalink
An oral history of the women who transformed Rolling Stone in the mid-70s.
Jessica Hopper Vanity Fair Aug 2018 15min Permalink
A leftist journalist’s bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession.
Ian Parker New Yorker Aug 2018 50min Permalink
“This is the story of the past three years of my life. It’s romance in a way, but it’s also a breakup story.”
Meghan Daum Medium Aug 2018 30min Permalink
The event evolves.
Molly Langmuir Elle Aug 2018 15min Permalink
Dick Cavett, the “last great intellectual talk-show host,” at 81.
Alex Williams New York Times Aug 2018 10min Permalink
He is one of the most powerful people in media and has become a prominent voice in the #MeToo movement. Now six women accuse Moonves of harassment and intimidation, and dozens more describe abuse at his company.
Ronan Farrow New Yorker Jul 2018 35min Permalink
A story of literary ambition, fabulous parties and a hidden past.
Melissa Chadburn, Carolyn Kellog LA Times Jul 2018 15min Permalink
“Why are we protecting these guys?”
Kristen Chick Columbia Journalism Review Jul 2018 40min Permalink