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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.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus New Yorker Jul 2020 25min Permalink

Media

The Story Has Gotten Away from Us

Six months of life and death in America.

Betsy Morais, Alexandria Neason Columbia Journalism Review Jun 2020 25min Permalink

Media

8 Journalists on Reporting While Black, With the Weight of History on Their Shoulders

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.

Glamour Jun 2020 20min Permalink

Politics Media

Since I Met Edward Snowden, I’ve Never Stopped Watching My Back

“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

Media

Motherhood Through The Looking 'Gram

The cost of parents sharing their lives on Instagram.

Molly Langmuir Elle May 2020 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

Media

How Kinfolk Defined the Millennial Aesthetic

And unraveled behind the scenes.

Lisa Abend Vanity Fair Mar 2020 30min Permalink

World Media

Is Zero Hedge a Russian Trojan Horse?

On the shadowy machinations driving pro-Russia conspiracy sites like Zero Hedge.

Seth Hettena The New Republic Mar 2020 15min Permalink

Media

The Secret History of Page Six

On the past, present, and future of gossip.

Kate Storey Esquire Feb 2020 20min Permalink

Media

Why We Need a Working-Class Media

What could the political effects be of a media that actually served working-class Americans?

Carla Murphy Dissent Dec 2019 10min Permalink

Sports Media

The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Stuart Scott

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

Media

The Year in Pivoting to Video

There’s only ever so much you can control at any job.

David Roth Hazlitt Dec 2019 15min Permalink

Media

Death of a Freelancer

On the death of a young reporter named Christopher Allen and the state of conflict journalism.

Charlotte Alfred Huffington Post Dec 2019 25min Permalink

Media Travel

This Maine Fish House is an Icon. But of What, Exactly?

The story behind an Instagram sensation is the story of a changing coastal Maine.

Brian Kevin Down East Dec 2019 20min Permalink

Sex Health Media

How Herpes Became a Sexual Boogeyman

The origins of a misplaced panic.

L.V. Anderson Slate Dec 2019 20min Permalink

Media

Elizabeth Smart Died in 1986. Her Work Still Haunts Me

On the bohemian poet’s hidden career as a prolific copywriter.

Dale Hrabi The Walrus Nov 2019 25min Permalink

Media

Bad Romance

What happened to the National Enquirer after it went all in for Trump.

Simon van Zuylen-Wood Columbia Journalism Review Nov 2019 25min Permalink

Health Media Religion

The Education of Natalie Jean

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

Business Media

The Company That Branded Your Millennial Life Is Pivoting To Burnout

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

Best Article Media

The Adults in the Room

“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

Media

What’s Left of Condé Nast

The twilight of a magazine empire.

Reeves Wiedeman New York Oct 2019 Permalink

Media

Dropshipping Journalism

No one working at Newsweek can tell me why it still exists.

Daniel Tovrov Columbia Journalism Review Oct 2019 15min Permalink

World Media

The Journalist vs. the President, With Life on The Line

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

Sports Media

Inside TheMaven's Plan To Turn Sports Illustrated Into A Rickety Content Mill

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

Tech Media

The Not-So-Secret Life of a TikTok-Famous Teen

Haley downloaded the app for fun. Now millions of people watch her videos.

Rebecca Jennings Vox Oct 2019 25min Permalink

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