journalism

Adam Weinstein · 01/13/14 04:07PM

The plot behind KellerCancerGate thickens: The note on Emma Keller's since-deleted hit piece on a cancer-fighting tweeter now states, "This post has been removed pending investigation." A spokesman for the Guardian tells Gawker that "aspects of the investigation are on-going."

Adam Weinstein · 01/13/14 12:29PM

Emma Keller's controversial column on the tweets of cancer survivor Lisa Adams "has been deleted with the agreement of the subject because it is inconsistent with the Guardian editorial code," the Guardian reports. Apparently they frown upon publishing DMs without permission.

Tom Scocca · 01/02/14 02:03PM

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, formerly known as Nicholas D. Kristof, who took the time to write a special blog post about his decision to stop publishing his middle initial ("D."), now mourns the frivolity of people reading the item that he decided to write.

Glenn Greenwald: I Defend Snowden 'Like People on MSNBC Defend Obama'

Cord Jefferson · 12/26/13 07:49PM

Glenn Greenwald, who famously worked with Edward Snowden this year to publicize the NSA's massive surveillance program, today rejected the idea that his role in the Snowden affair has gone from journalist to cheerleader, calling that criticism "ludicrous" and questioning his MSNBC interviewer's own partisanship.

Get Me Rewrite! At His Own Funeral, Kaplan Still Gets the Last Word

Tom Scocca · 12/04/13 06:42AM

It takes an extraordinarily brave and clear-eyed writer to compose his own epitaph. Four years ago—four years before his death at age 59—Peter W. Kaplan did. He was speaking to the media reporter for the New York Observer, his media reporter, after he had just told his staff there that he would not be their editor anymore. "I had a little newspaper in New York City!" Peter Kaplan said. "You can't beat that."

Denver Post Goes All In For Pot

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 12/01/13 10:45AM

With the legalization of the sale of marijuana coming into effect in Colorado on January 1st, everyone in the Centennial State has been getting ready for the bloodshot eyes of the nation to be on them. In that spirit, the Denver Post has hired a marijuana editor, and their introductory interview with him is pretty amazing.

Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/09/13 03:28PM

At least 30 journalists have been kidnapped or disappeared in Syria since the civil war began in 2011. The actual numbers are in slight dispute due to a disagreement over the definition of a "journalist," but the AP has compiled a list of some of the missing.

Cord Jefferson · 10/01/13 06:46PM

ThinkProgress has a roundup of how foreign media is writing about the shutdown. France: "Jefferson, wake up, they’ve gone crazy!" Germany: "[Republicans] are not only taking their own party to the brink, but the whole country." Russia: "The 'Elephants' Are Robbing the U.S. Government."

"I'm the Level 3 Sex Offender All Of You Have Been Talking About"

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 09/21/13 01:00PM

Thursday night, a sex offender stepped in front of a microphone and tried to explain himself to his new community of Belmont, Massachusetts. ""My name is Carl Peterson. 'I'm the level 3 sex offender all of you have been talking about," the 48-year-old told his neighbors in the high school auditorium.

Cord Jefferson · 09/12/13 10:45AM

University of Alabama paper The Crimson White does a deep dive into the school's problem of white sororities banning black members. It turns out many of the sorority girls want to desegregate their chapters, but alumnae override them or threaten to cut financial support if a black recruit is admitted.

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 09/01/13 09:23AM

Veteran British broadcaster David Frost, who famously interviewed President Richard Nixon after his resignation, has died at the age of 74. He is the only journalist to have interviewed all British prime ministers between 1964 and 2007, and all U.S. presidents between 1969 and 2008.