As I sat down to write this, I heard a gunshot. Two seconds later, another shot. Two more seconds, another. Then silence. Six months ago, in Los Angeles, the sound of gunshots would have meant two things: a crime, or … Read more
The failure of journalism and of polling to accurately reflect the electorate is not unique to this U.S. presidential election, or even to America. During the June referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union, Faisal Islam, political editor of … Read more
The signs that someone like Donald Trump was coming were right there, in online comments lousy with creatively spelled racial slurs that slipped past even the best filters. They were in the vicious tweets and voicemail nastygrams aimed at journalists … Read more
It’s not news that a substantial segment of the American population despises the news media. We’ve heard allegations of elitism and bias since our industry’s infancy, though recently donned t-shirts advocating our lynching are among the most disturbing displays of … Read more
Sometime late last winter, I began to focus closely on what would happen in the primaries on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016. I realized I really needed to get on top of Donald Trump’s policy proposals. My first step was … Read more
The chasm between the coastal media centers and the country’s heartland is laid bare. Deep discontent, long simmering in the manufacturing Midwest and Appalachian coal country, went largely unrecognized until this year’s populist primal scream. Even then, national coverage often … Read more
There’s a romance to the notion of foreign correspondence–the war-weary, adventure-seeking ink slinger. For me it was the movie “The Killing Fields” that drew me to this work, the idea that I could traipse through villages and jungles, observing the … Read more
Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times from 2011 to 2014, worked at the Times for 17 years. Now she is writing a political column for The Guardian; teaching journalism at Harvard, which is her alma … Read more
Scandinavian media giant Schibsted publishes Verdens Gang or VG, the number one online newspaper in Norway and the nation’s number two print daily. Schibsted’s approach to news is noteworthy because it “boasts some the most … Read more
While Schibsted has capitalized on the power of “user connections”—fostering the development of networks that connect users—Anand’s research also underscored the importance of “product connections.” One example is the case of complements—where a user’s value from consuming two … Read more
