How’d We Do? The press corps failed badly in the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq. Was coverage of the Iran war any better? June 22, 2026 By Jem Bartholomew
The TikTok Ticktock April 3, 2025 By Klaudia Jaźwińska TikTok is running out of time (again) to find a US buyer or face a ban. Will it be saved?
Q&A: Phil Tinline on the Deep Historical Roots of Conspiracy Theories April 2, 2025 By Yona TR Golding “There’s a difference between finding truths expressed in fiction, and thinking that fiction is factual evidence.”
Is Le Pen Mightier Than the Sword? April 1, 2025 By Jon Allsop The media dynamics behind a consequential conviction.
The Tug-of-War Between Trump and the Press March 31, 2025 By Jon Allsop The media is vulnerable to Trump’s attacks. But that doesn’t mean it’s powerless.
Section 230 Is Under Attack (Again) March 27, 2025 By Sarah Grevy Gotfredsen The latest bipartisan push to reform a crucial internet law.
Q&A: Omar El Akkad on the War in Gaza and the Failure of Journalistic Institutions March 26, 2025 By Aida Alami A conversation with the author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
Signal and the Noise March 25, 2025 By Jon Allsop On the Goldberg-group-chat mess—and what it overshadowed.
The Battle over AI and Copyright Enters a New Phase March 20, 2025 By Klaudia Jaźwińska Google and OpenAI want Trump to open up the rules. News publishers have some thoughts.
Q&A: Viola Zhou on the Challenge of Covering Chinese Tech March 19, 2025 By Camille Bromley The Trump administration thinks of Chinese tech as a dangerous rival to Silicon Valley. How do Chinese companies see it?
A New Era of Pandemic Anniversaries March 18, 2025 By Jon Allsop The media’s collective memory of COVID is still in flux.
Playing with FOIA March 13, 2025 By Sarah Grevy Gotfredsen Pushing back on DOGE’s lack of transparency.
Q&A: David Enrich on the Right-Wing Plot to ‘Murder’ Libel Protections March 12, 2025 By Jon Allsop “This is not a campaign to protect innocent people. It is about getting the media to pull punches or shut up altogether when powerful people’s interests are on the line.”