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The Dodgy, Vulnerable Fame of YouTube's Child ASMR Stars

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

Media

News To Me

What the author learned about himself from Jill Abramson’s Merchants of Truth.

Thomas Morton Medium Jan 2019 Permalink

Crime Media

You Know the Lorena Bobbitt Story. But Not All of It.

A profile of Lorena Bobbitt.

Amy Chozick The New York Times Jan 2019 15min Permalink

Media

Who Was Lil Tay

The making, and marketing, of a 9-year-old meme machine.

Lauren Levy New York Jan 2019 25min Permalink

Media

So, What Really Happed to The Cauldron

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

Media

Host

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

Media

The Art of the Pan: What’s the Point of a Bad Review in 2019?

On the art of the takedown.

Rob Harvilla The Ringer Jan 2019 20min Permalink

Business Media

I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon.

A veteran magazine journalist changes jobs at 57.

Austin Murphy The Atlantic Dec 2018 10min Permalink

Best Article Politics Media

The Fresno Bee and the War on Local News

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

Best Article Crime Media

Covering the Cops

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

Media

My Love-Hate Relationship With Instagram

A profile of an influencer.

Sophie Elmhirst The Economist 1843 Dec 2018 20min Permalink

Politics Media

"Nothing on This Page Is Real"

How lies become truth in online America.

Eli Saslow Washington Post Nov 2018 15min Permalink

Food Media

I Found the Best Burger Place in America. And Then I Killed It.

On the ethics of putting the internet’s spotlight on a neighborhood restaurant.

Kevin Alexander Thrillist Nov 2018 15min Permalink

Media

Why Isn’t Sy Hersh Covering President Trump?

“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

Media

Judging by the Cover

How the magazine industry’s identity crisis is playing out on its front page.

Alyssa Bereznak The Ringer Sep 2018 20min Permalink

Politics Tech Media

Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy?

A profile.

Evan Osnos New Yorker Sep 2018 55min Permalink

Best Article Media

The Mystery of Tucker Carlson

A profile of the Fox News commentator.

Lyz Lenz Columbia Journalism Review Sep 2018 30min Permalink

Media

“It Was Us Against Those Guys”

An oral history of the women who transformed Rolling Stone in the mid-70s.

Jessica Hopper Vanity Fair Aug 2018 15min Permalink

Politics Media

Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance

A leftist journalist’s bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession.

Ian Parker New Yorker Aug 2018 50min Permalink

Politics Tech Media

My Affair With the Intellectual Dark Web

“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

Media

What Will the Miss America Pageant Look Like in a Post-#MeToo World?

The event evolves.

Molly Langmuir Elle Aug 2018 15min Permalink

Media Movies & TV

Dick Cavett in the Digital Age

Dick Cavett, the “last great intellectual talk-show host,” at 81.

Alex Williams New York Times Aug 2018 10min Permalink

Best Article Media

Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

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

Media

Who is Anna March?

A story of literary ambition, fabulous parties and a hidden past.

Melissa Chadburn, Carolyn Kellog LA Times Jul 2018 15min Permalink

Media

Photojournalism’s Moment of Reckoning

“Why are we protecting these guys?”

Kristen Chick Columbia Journalism Review Jul 2018 40min Permalink

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