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Press Passes: The NYPD giveth and the NYPD taketh away
Last week, before heading out to report on New York City’s intensifying protests over the death of George Floyd, I cut a patch out of a white T-shirt, scribbled press on it with a black Sharpie, and pinned it to my backpack. A few days later, feeling the need for an added measure of security,...
As publishers rethink editorial norms, social media policies must follow
This article is excerpted from the Tow Center’s weekly newsletter. To stay updated about the Tow Center’s work on how technology is changing journalism, subscribe here. At one of the most tumultuous times in US domestic political history, news organisations are struggling with key questions about both their internal practices and their purpose in a...
Trump wants to use reporters as props. We don’t have to let him.
President Trump's Rose Garden event Friday, called ostensibly to tout surprisingly good job numbers, had most of the usual elements. There was his usual distancing from the truth, on topics ranging from the covid-19 death toll to his self-acclaimed role in securing veterans’ benefits. There was one of Trump’s usual insults, so often aimed at...
America’s labor crises hit a depleted beat
A normal day of reporting on labor in America is busy. But these are not normal days. Precarious labor conditions under the Trump administration—including the repeal of the Fair Play and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, the appointment of a corporate-friendly labor secretary, and numerous other anti-worker policies—have turned catastrophic. Since mid-March, one in five Americans...
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists may be the only outlet whose approach to climate change is explicitly existential
In November, just before I went to see Jerry Brown at the annual meeting of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, some eleven thousand climate experts signed a statement declaring “clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate...
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