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Five ways the media can do better in this critical moment
As a media critic, I often identify what I see as the failings of Big Journalism. I did that here last week in my post titled “The media’s double standard for Trump needs to stop.”
I gave examples of that double standard that too often gi...
American Crisis Extra: Read this to feel better
It’s been quite a few months for Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson. In January, in an unprecedented and shocking move, the FBI entered her home and seized her devices.
This week, she and her Post colleagues won journalism’s highest...
The media's double standard for Trump needs to stop
There’s a lot of great journalism being produced these days, despite a troubled business landscape for the media. Look no further than the Pulitzer Prizes announced Monday to see some of the best, from the Minnesota Star Tribune to the New...
A radical reimagining of the White House correspondents' dinner
Last week, I wrote a Guardian column outlining my longstanding objections to the White House correspondents’ dinner, which predate Donald Trump’s terms in office.
Was it really a wise idea, I wondered, for Washington DC journalists and t...
Why the journalistic 'center' cannot hold
In my last post, I asked you, readers, to tell me what you thought about this concept that seems to intrigue media owners — that their news organization should set out to appeal to an audience that craves some sort of middle ground and iden...
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I’m a pro-democracy media critic, an author and an occasional glass-ceiling breaker. You might know me as the former public editor of the New York Times.
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