On Gawker’s Problem With Women
A former staffer on how the company failed its female employees.
A former staffer on how the company failed its female employees.
Dayna Evans Matter Nov 2015 20min Permalink
A second act for the former head of McSweeney’s.
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Nov 2015 15min Permalink
Five Vietnamese-American journalists were killed on American soil between 1981 and 1990. The prime suspects? Members of the National United Front for the Liberation of Vietnam, a group of former military commanders from South Vietnam.
A.C. Thompson ProPublica Nov 2015 1h Permalink
An attempt to figure out how the Times columnist came to care more about personal morality than politics.
Danny Funt Columbia Journalism Review Oct 2015 20min Permalink
A profile of New York Times obituary writer Alden Whitman.
Gay Talese Esquire Feb 1966 20min Permalink
Life as a crime reporter in one of the most violent places in the world.
Samira Shackle The Guardian Oct 2015 20min Permalink
What the Fresh Air host has learned after 13,000 interviews.
Susan Burton The New York Times Magazine Oct 2015 20min Permalink
When a random person becomes a massive meme.
Darryn King Vanity Fair Oct 2015 10min Permalink
How a Pulitzer-finalist, 34-part-series of investigative journalism vanishes from the internet.
Adrienne LaFrance The Atlantic Oct 2015 15min Permalink
A portrait of Speidi today, complete with crystals, tequila and a vacillation “between having no regrets and having many.”
Andrew Gruttadaro Complex Oct 2015 Permalink
The possibilities and limits of investigative reporting.
Jonathan Mahler New York Times Magazine Oct 2015 25min Permalink
A profile of the writer, now 85.
Michael Lewis Vanity Fair Oct 2015 45min Permalink
Why The Undefeated, a site announced more than two years ago, still hasn’t launched.
Greg Howard Deadspin Oct 2015 15min Permalink
Who we think we are in 2015.
Wesley Morris New York Times Magazine Oct 2015 10min Permalink
A profile of Joe Biden, written not long after the car crash that killed his wife and daughter.
Kitty Kelley Washingtonian Jun 1974 20min Permalink
A profile of Business Insider CEO and editor-in-chief Henry Blodget.
Ken Auletta New Yorker Apr 2013 25min Permalink
Inside the paranoid world of Nike headquarters, where people are worried that Adidas might finally be capable of taking over the sneaker industry.
Matthew Shaer GQ Sep 2015 15min Permalink
How the “genial Bavarian” version of Adolf Hitler became a global media celebrity, “a plain-living gentleman with a soft spot for dogs and children.”
Despina Stratigakos Places Journal Sep 2015 35min Permalink
While a Marine stationed in Afghanistan, Austin Tice decided he wanted to become a war photographer. He entered Syria and filed stories for McClatchy and the Washington Post. Then he disappeared.
Sonia Smith Texas Monthly Oct 2015 35min Permalink
‘‘Just imagine what it was like to be him,’’ Walton added. ‘‘It was 50 years of him being 18 inches taller than everyone and having the brain that he had. Imagine being this jazz head coming up during black power. This is just a dude who has a different head.’’
Jay Caspian Kang New York Times Magazine Sep 2015 15min Permalink
A tale of British gangsters who were determined to be famous.
Duncan Campbell The Guardian Sep 2015 25min Permalink
On a local talk show, Ted Bundy’s mother speaks to the family of one of his victims.
Dana Middleton Silberstein The Morning News Sep 2015 20min Permalink
Chasing stardom in YouTube’s crowded universe.
Ryan Bradley The Verge Aug 2015 15min Permalink
The men and the women of the transactional-love economy. “A thing you should know is that there are very few people to root for in this story.”
Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ Aug 2015 15min Permalink
The three men vying to be the next publisher of the New York Times.
Gabriel Sherman New York Aug 2015 20min Permalink