This week on CJR's The Kicker, I speak with the brilliant Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers about their Polk-winning documentary report on the Wagner Group -- and why video news can't seem to get the respect it deserves. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Columbia University’s president hasn’t talked to the editors of Columbia’s student newspaper in over six months.

Whoever is advising Shafik to do that is making a huge mistake.

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The Columbia Journalism Review does not cover events at Columbia, but we don’t ignore them either. Read Jon Allsop on the heroic work of the Columbia Daily Spectator, and a campus in crisis cjr.org/the_media_toda…

My friends made a podcast, 'Hold Fast,' through Audible, about the alt weekly world. It was so good it inspired me to write about that world too.
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Thrilled to see Hind Hassan back in the field and back on camera, telling us stories that matter instagram.com/reel/C5dQc6iOO…

I've written a lot for CJR about how the deat of state capitol newsrooms is damaging communities and worsening political polarization.

News from the States is seeking to fill that void—and they're now officially in all 50 states.

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My podcast debut! A conversation with Josh Fine, a longtime producer for HBO's Real Sports, about the worrisome decline of sports journalism--and what we can do about it. Produced by the great Amanda Darrach podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

The venerable CJR examines the future of sports journalism. Thanks to Josh Hersh for including me in the discussion. cjr.org/business_of_ne…

Wrote about sports gambling, Shohei, and why I’ve changed my mind about a few things, namely I don’t think it’s good for leagues and sports media to partner this aggressively w gambling apps. We are gonna see a lot of scandals and nobody’s ready for them newyorker.com/news/fault-lin…

I spent a day on the set of Foul Territory, a new digital show about baseball, hosted by retired players. Like McAfee/Kelce Bros, these shows are fun, and seem to be everywhere.

But is athlete-produced content pushing out independent sports journalism?
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For CJR, I wrote about the McAfee-cation of sports media, and what kind of room is left for investigative sports journalism, especially on TV cjr.org/business_of_ne…

When the South Dakota governor posted an endorsement of a Texas dentist on social media, it put a spotlight on the murky, unregulated world of online influencers. Feven Merid looks at one place (yep, Reddit) where they don't get away with it cjr.org/analysis/reddi…

An important point:

“⁦⁦Kristen Welker⁩ interview with McDaniel was one of the best I’ve seen on any such show in years: it was tenacious, devastatingly so, without being performatively confrontational or rude.”
Via ⁦Jon Allsop⁩ / ⁦CJR⁩ cjr.org/the_media_toda…

.Margaret Fleming asked a few baseball historians how they thought the Ohtani issue might be handled.
The answers ranged from *meh* to “This is Pete Rose 1989 all over again” (@KeithOlbermann)
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I talked to former Trump WH Press Sec. Stephanie Grisham her old boss suing Stephanopolous.

'It’s a bully tactic: ‘This is what will happen to you if you say something against me.'

'Suing for defamation is just one of his many fucked-up tools in his toolbox.'

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For ProPublica and Outside, a story I've been working on for nearly 2 years: about wildland firefighters and the government that employs them. Thanks to the wildland firefighters who shared so much. And to the inimitable Kit Rachlis propublica.org/article/wildla…

What a joy to work with Belle Cushing on this charming story about the high schoolers bringing back print newspapers cjr.org/analysis/the-e…