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For the record: 18 journalists on how—or whether—they use tape recorders
In early February, Jill Abramson told The Cut that she had never recorded an interview in her decades-long career as a journalist. “I’m a very fast note-taker,” she said in a staid Q&A that generated a mudslide of online criticism from those who took Abramson’s admission as evidence of recklessness. That she was accused, the...
The difference between protest and dissent
“South Africa’s president endorsed Zimbabwe’s government Tuesday, ignoring reports of human right abuses by the military to crush persistent dissent in the neighboring country,” the news article said. Later, it talked about violence in Zimbabwe when “the military again opened fire to put down anti-government protests.” Protesters dissent, and dissenters protest. Is there a difference? Of...
The Intercept, a billionaire-funded public charity, cuts back
On Wednesday, First Look Media delivered the latest in a flurry of bad news for digital media: the company, which includes The Intercept and was founded by a tech billionaire turned Twitter critic of Donald Trump, said it could no longer afford its research team, and was eliminating those jobs as part of a 4...
New Zealand massacre: Journalists divided on how to cover hate
Mass shootings have a way of making the theoretical talk about Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube and their role in spreading hate all too real. Thursday brought yet another horrific example of this depressingly frequent phenomenon, when a white supremacist shot and killed 49 people in a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The killer took things...
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How Esquire lost the Bryan Singer story
On February 11, news broke that Millennium Films was delaying Bryan Singer’s Red Sonja, which was to begin production this year. This was, on the face of it, a remarkable turn of events. Singer’s Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, had just...
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