Graduation was approaching, and Northwestern University journalism student Stephanie Choporis faced a tough job market where her choices were few. She could have sought out a spot at a major newspaper or … Read more
Every weekend, Tom Grundy plays a game of cat and mouse. The Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) editor-in-chief opens his computer to 12 livestreams of the Hong Kong protests while trying to untangle dozens of threads on the encrypted … Read more
In 2016, I attended a photography festival in France that serves as one of the primary annual gatherings for photographers and photo editors. I ran into an editor at a major publication who I knew in passing and we stopped, … Read more
When Melissa Jeltsen Googled Lorena Bobbitt’s name a few years ago, she was surprised to learn that the woman known for cutting off her husband’s penis in 1993 had started a charity to help victims of domestic … Read more
One of the biggest goals for the U.S. journalism industry in covering the 2020 election is to not repeat its mistakes from the 2016 election. So what steps are journalists taking to fulfill that? The industry of 2019 is different … Read more
Ever since the invention of the transistor radio, audio has been a portable, personal medium. As early as the 1970s, Panasonic was making audio wearable, with an AM radio designed to be worn as a bracelet. The Walkman, the iPod, … Read more
“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 month. Last year it was about one in four. Not … Read more
In “The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans & Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity,” published March 5 by PublicAffairs, Amy Webb examines how artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving in China and the U.S. and explores three … Read more
In an essay first published in 1999 that graces his collection “Things That Matter” (2013), the late Charles Krauthammer answered a question posed by Time magazine: Who was the most important person in … Read more
In Silicon Valley startup culture, tech debt results from shortcuts taken over time that lead to broken loops, lack of larger solutions, and daily pain by those entrusted with working on and improving a product. Time and … Read more
