We need more diverse voices in journalism, literally
A few months ago we suggested that when we say “poet voice” you knew what we were talking about: a white-washed set of conventions that have come to seem like… Read more »
Failing New York Times doing pretty well, report shows
“Take 98 percent of whatever energy you devote to worrying about the future of the Times and rechannel it into worrying about your local daily, which is very likely approaching… Read more »
Harry Potter volunteered as a fact-checker for The New Yorker
Daniel Radcliffe has done a lot of strange things for his career. … Read more »
Is young adult literature too dark?
Is YA literature breeding pessimism in today’s youth? Has YA become, dare we say, too woke? Such is the verdict from the Wall Street Journal’s op-ed piece in response to… Read more »
The New York Daily News slashes its newsroom in half, calling into question the future of local news
This Monday, the Tronc-owned New York Daily News—one of three dailies still operating in the city—laid off half of its newsroom, another major blow to local news in the twenty-first… Read more »
Chance the Rapper raps about owning the local news site Chicagoist, which happens to be fact
Celebrated rapper and Chicagoan Chance the Rapper has just purchased the defunct Chicagoist, according to Robert Channick at the Chicago Tribune. The local news and culture site was once owned… Read more »
The East Bay Express’s publisher resigns
The East Bay Express: Where #MeToo met up with #WhiteLivesMatter. Welcome to the sad, sad story of Stephen Buel, erstwhile publisher of the Express, an Oakland-based weekly newspaper specializing in investigative journalism… Read more »
Cover the White House? This professor wishes journalists would prefer not to.
Late last month, White House Press Secretary Sarah Hucakbee Sanders was asked to leave a small restaurant in Lexington, Virginia by the owner. “This feels like the moment in our democracy… Read more »
Bryan Goldberg, owner of Bustle and Elite Daily, has bought Gawker at auction
It seems the saga of Gawker as we know it is finally coming to a close: CNN’s Tom Kludt and Oliver Darcy reported Thursday afternoon that Bleacher Report co-founder Bryan Goldberg has purchased the… Read more »
As ICE detains a Latinx reporter in Memphis, a community tries to stay informed
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, is a cruel and predatory organization that has recently focused its efforts on keeping immigrant children separate from their parents. We’ve all… Read more »