Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media
How a controversial rationalist blogger became a mascot and martyr in a struggle against the New York Times.
How a controversial rationalist blogger became a mascot and martyr in a struggle against the New York Times.
Gideon Lewis-Kraus New Yorker Jul 2020 25min Permalink
Six months of life and death in America.
Betsy Morais, Alexandria Neason Columbia Journalism Review Jun 2020 25min Permalink
Black women have been telling the truth about America for a long time. As a Black woman in journalism, my obligation is no less than that.
“After receiving a trove of documents from the whistleblower, I found myself under surveillance and investigation by the U.S. government.”
Barton Gellman The Atlantic May 2020 25min Permalink
The cost of parents sharing their lives on Instagram.
Molly Langmuir Elle May 2020 20min Permalink
A veteran magazine journalist changes jobs at 57.
Austin Murphy The Atlantic Dec 2018 10min Permalink
And unraveled behind the scenes.
Lisa Abend Vanity Fair Mar 2020 30min Permalink
On the shadowy machinations driving pro-Russia conspiracy sites like Zero Hedge.
Seth Hettena The New Republic Mar 2020 15min Permalink
On the past, present, and future of gossip.
Kate Storey Esquire Feb 2020 20min Permalink
What could the political effects be of a media that actually served working-class Americans?
Carla Murphy Dissent Dec 2019 10min Permalink
Five years after his death, friends, family, and the athletes he covered reflect on the legendary ‘SportsCenter’ anchor and ESPN icon.
Bryan Curtis The Ringer Jan 2020 45min Permalink
There’s only ever so much you can control at any job.
David Roth Hazlitt Dec 2019 15min Permalink
On the death of a young reporter named Christopher Allen and the state of conflict journalism.
Charlotte Alfred Huffington Post Dec 2019 25min Permalink
The story behind an Instagram sensation is the story of a changing coastal Maine.
Brian Kevin Down East Dec 2019 20min Permalink
The origins of a misplaced panic.
L.V. Anderson Slate Dec 2019 20min Permalink
On the bohemian poet’s hidden career as a prolific copywriter.
Dale Hrabi The Walrus Nov 2019 25min Permalink
What happened to the National Enquirer after it went all in for Trump.
Simon van Zuylen-Wood Columbia Journalism Review Nov 2019 25min Permalink
For years, Mormon Mommy blogger Natalie Lovin curated a picture-perfect life. Then she left the church—and her husband.
Nona Willis Aronowitz Elle Nov 2019 15min Permalink
When a marketing team found themselves burning out, they shifted their business focus to doing something about it. But if capitalism caused this problem, can capitalism fix it?
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Oct 2019 30min Permalink
“The tragedy of digital media isn’t that it’s run by ruthless, profiteering guys in ill-fitting suits; it’s that the people posing as the experts know less about how to make money than their employees, to whom they won’t listen.”
Megan Greenwell Deadspin Aug 2019 10min Permalink
The twilight of a magazine empire.
Reeves Wiedeman New York Oct 2019 Permalink
No one working at Newsweek can tell me why it still exists.
Daniel Tovrov Columbia Journalism Review Oct 2019 15min Permalink
Maria Ressa, editor of a popular news site in the Philippines, has incurred President Duterte and his supporters’ wrath by investigating his extrajudicial killing campaign.
Joshua Hammer New York Times Magazine Oct 2019 20min Permalink
This presentation was shown to potential recruits for the new Maven SI venture, and it details exactly how the people now in charge of Sports Illustrated plan on turning it into the sort of volume-driven content farm that ruled the web a dozen or so tweaks of the Google algorithm ago.
Laura Wagner, Kelsey McKinney, David Roth Deadspin Oct 2019 30min Permalink
Haley downloaded the app for fun. Now millions of people watch her videos.
Rebecca Jennings Vox Oct 2019 25min Permalink