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December 19, 2016
Jeet Heer
In Defense of the Twitter Essay
Some find it obnoxious, but threading tweets is a unique writing form that creates vibrant, democratic conversations.
November 8, 2016
Brian Beutler
Shame on Us, the American Media
The press blew this election, with potentially horrifying consequences.
September 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ron Fournier’s goodbye is the most Ron Fournier article of all time.
August 29, 2016
Sophie Pinkham
Witness Tampering
Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich crafts myths, not histories.
May 20, 2016
Steven Cohen
Glenn Greenwald is pretty good at speaking Portuguese.
May 19, 2016
Jeet Heer
How being “stateless” made Morley Safer a great journalist.
April 21, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Shaun King plagiarism pseudo-scandal is really about the crisis of editing in journalism.
April 12, 2016
Clio Chang
Surprise, surprise: Women and minority journalists face the worst abuse from commenters.
January 19, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Not a joke: Univision buys The Onion.
January 15, 2016
Maggie Foucault
Sean Penn says he regrets El Chapo interview, which “failed.”
January 13, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Al Jazeera America is shutting down.
December 15, 2015
Alex Shephard
Like everyone else, reporters at Nevada’s largest newspaper would like to know who just bought Nevada’s largest newspaper for $140 million.
July 21, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Limits of Gawkerism
Can the website’s ideology survive its worst crisis yet?
July 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Did Gawker Decide to Stop Being Gawker?
July 14, 2015
Glenn Dixon
The Paper Where Ta-Nehisi Coates Learned the Ropes
David Carr's Washington City Paper shaped two of America’s preeminent black writers
April 27, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Forget Staying Beautiful. Women Should Aspire to Eternal Coolness.
Chloë Sevigny, Patti Smith, and Kim Gordon get it
April 17, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Who Is Fair Game for Public Shaming? Here's a Media Rulebook.
April 10, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Why Are Female Journalists Burning Out? Here's a Theory.
April 3, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The New York Times' "Men's Style" Section Is a Win for Women in Journalism
March 30, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Should Young Writers "Wait Their Turn"? This Famous Old Writer Thinks So.

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