the interview

Tucker Carlson on pitying Donald Trump, never listening to podcasts, and planning a new political party—while selling you nicotine pouches. 

Ligaya Mishan on how the New York Times’ Top 100 Restaurants list is made.

Helen Branswell on the difficulty of reaching public health officials and credible experts amid the hantavirus outbreak. 

Tracy Clark-Flory went looking for her lost sister. She found a system that thrived on women’s shame.

Fifty years after a car bomb killed Don Bolles, an investigative journalist in Arizona, Jeremy Duda reconstructs a murder story that resonates.

“Africans are not just victims. We have a role in these stories and a perspective on them.”

Michelle Amazeen says oil and gas money is fueling conflicts of interest.

Jeremy Caplan, a journalism teacher and newsletter author, on the potential of AI and its limits.

Filmmaker Sebastian Walker on the journalistic benefits of a “direct conversation” with Iranian leaders, despite draconian restrictions.

As bombs rain down, Babak Rahimi, a scholar of the Middle East, challenges the US press to convey the “messy” reality on the ground. 

Les Carpenter, an Olympics reporter, was one of hundreds of Washington Post journalists laid off last week. He still feels responsible to the audience of what he calls “the last American sports section.”

The history of kidnapped journalists is filled with tragic tales of reporters being mistaken for spies

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