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Encounters on the line between control and conditions.

Journalists, podcasters, and news influencers on the erosion of access—what it’s worth, and what it isn’t.

Introducing the Access Issue.

The Faustian bargain of embedding with the Israeli military in Gaza.  

Pete Hegseth restricted journalists’ access. They managed to do essential reporting anyway.

Lauren Chen, a right-wing influencer, ran an alleged Russian-backed media company until the DOJ shut it down. Now she’s back—with a new podcast.

Harvey Levin sent in a team of reporters who break the mold—and reach a new audience.

Jonathan Choe, “the news influencer slash journalist,” as he says, used to work in local TV. Now he is part of the MAGA-endorsed “future of independent journalism,” squeezing through cracks in the traditional press.

Coverage of the 2026 World Cup promises to bring politics off the sidelines.

Partying with the lewd, literary cool kids of On the Rag.

The Post looked down and out. Robert Allbritton made his move. 

Looking back at a New York Times magazine story to examine what responsible coverage of sex trafficking looks like—and what it doesn’t.

The White House Correspondents’ Association has been working hard to maintain diplomacy with Donald Trump. To what end?

The Anderson Valley Advertiser has attracted a cult following by collapsing the walls between neighborhood news and outsider fascination, writer and commenter, fact and fiction.

A recent wave of coverage has drawn attention to settler violence—and forced the Israeli government to talk about it.