The Interview

Raney Aronson-Rath on Frontline’s expansion and the growing global appetite for cinematic investigative documentaries.

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.

An expert on competition policy says the antitrust system has become a political tool.

Nozlee Samadzadeh on restarting Gourmet with a profit-sharing plan for freelancers and space for foods that look gross but taste delicious.

Dustin Gouker, the author of a Substack about prediction markets, says the media could benefit from keeping an eye on Kalshi and Polymarket.

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

Trump brought drama. Bravo sheds light. Brian Moylan has seen and covered it all.

An Atlantic reporter says far-right influencers such as Nick Fuentes offer clues to where US politics is going.