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“Have more faith and trust in the public to be able to digest challenging information and to actually be looking for that”

“Have more faith and trust in the public to be able to digest challenging information and to actually be looking for that”

Mother Jones, the 43-year-old San Francisco-based publication named for the intrepid activist Mary Harris Jones, has been reinvigorated since Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery took over as co-editors in 2006.…
May 20, 2019
“1968 was a moment when [the idea of liberal media bias] got nationalized”

“1968 was a moment when [the idea of liberal media bias] got nationalized”

Heather Hendershot’s most recent book is “Open to Debate: How William F. Buckley Put Liberal America on the Firing Line,” which one review described as “a thoroughly researched work replete…
April 11, 2019
“The bubble is getting bigger, but not bursting”

“The bubble is getting bigger, but not bursting”

“I think we hit a tipping point” is how the findings of a recent survey examining podcasting habits was described. Nearly one in three people listen to a podcast every…
March 28, 2019
"I’m not sure that the trust problem is going to be solved independent of solving the diversity problem"

“I’m not sure that the trust problem is going to be solved independent of solving the diversity problem”

While the media industry faces many critical challenges these days, Jill Abramson and Nancy Gibbs—who previously held the top editorial positions at The New York Times and Time magazine, respectively—remain…
November 28, 2018
“Collaboration Is Really Our Best Protection”

“Collaboration Is Really Our Best Protection”

A French investigative journalist and filmmaker, Laurent Richard is the co-founder of the popular French public television newsmagazine “Cash Investigation,” produced by Premières Lignes. He has also produced several long-form…
April 17, 2018
“There were huge consequences for anybody who talked to us”

“There were huge consequences for anybody who talked to us”

Months prior to the #MeToo movement and the cascade of men in leadership positions facing accusations of sexual assault and harassment, New York Times reporters Emily Steel and Michael S.…
March 20, 2018
“There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate"

“There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate”

Matthew Caruana Galizia is a data journalist and software engineer at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). He is a founding member of ICIJ’s data and research unit, which…
March 8, 2018
Jay Lauf: “We think audio is an interesting and important format for spreading the journalism. What’s less clear to me on these new platforms thus far is meaningful monetization.”

Jay Lauf: “We think audio is an interesting and important format for spreading the journalism. What’s less clear to me on these new platforms thus far is meaningful monetization.”

After a stint as advertising director and publisher of Wired magazine, Jay Lauf became vice president and publisher of The Atlantic in 2008. Four years later, he moved over to…
March 1, 2018
“Journalistic Solidarity Can Move Mountains”

“Journalistic Solidarity Can Move Mountains”

Elena Milashina, who studied music in college, planned to write about arts and culture when she was hired by Novaya Gazeta (“New Newspaper”) in 1997. Instead, she became an investigative…
February 26, 2018
“Duterte has said that a free press is a privilege, not a right. That's something very worrying. A free press is a right guaranteed by our own constitution.”

“Duterte has said that a free press is a privilege, not a right. That’s something very worrying. A free press is a right guaranteed by our own constitution.”

John Nery is associate editor of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the biggest newspaper in the Philippines. A staff member for more than 15 years, he writes opinion pieces and editorials.…
February 14, 2018