Columbia Journalism Review

Kicker host @megreenwell spoke with @MaxRivlinNadler, a co-owner and copublisher of @HellGateNY, about how reporting on Zohran Mamdani is different from covering his predecessor, Eric Adams. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wel…

State attorneys general are trying to stop Paramount Skydance from merging with Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s the best shot left at preventing—or at least stalling—what seems inevitable. cjr.org/analysis/if-th…

“There’s riches in the niches,” Farnoosh Torabi tells Amos Barshad. Torabi and Michael Schreiber, cohosts of The Montclair Pod, bring audio journalism to small town obsessions. cjr.org/local_news/hyp…

By issuing subpoenas to five Times journalists, the Trump administration reveals its first response to unwanted national security coverage: go after reporters. cjr.org/the_media_toda…

When Getty intern Finn Gomez saw Roswell Encina surrounded by masked white nationalists in a crowded Washington, DC subway car, he introduced himself and asked if he could take some photos. Read this week's Laurels and Darts by @BGrueskin. cjr.org/laurels-and-da…

The @HellGateNY team has managed to turn election night reporting—one of the most staid forms of news—into something lively and fun that offers some of the smartest political coverage in the city. @MaxRivlinNadler joins @megreenwell on The Kicker. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wel…

Our own Max Rivlin-Nadler had a nice chat with @megreenwell at @CJR about all things Hell Gate—from our model, to differences between covering Adams and Mamdani, to how our livestreams come together. Give it a spin: cjr.org/kicker/welcome…

How Restoration News, a media outlet funded by conservative donors, is “waging a permanent campaign to defeat the radical left,” by C.J. Robinson. cjr.org/tow_center/ins…

And now for something completely different—a site with personality big enough for the city it covers. @hellgateny's @MaxRivlinNadler joins @megreenwell on The Kicker. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wel…

"A story like this asks you to hold two things at once: real sensitivity toward a source who is describing a traumatic experience and real rigor in testing the account," Politico's Jessica Piper tells @CJR. Read our analysis of the reporting on the Graham Platner allegations. cjr.org/analysis/repor…

Freelance photographers are organizing against a new contract at the Wall Street Journal that they say opens their work up to AI training. @dzalcman, a leading photojournalist, assesses the stakes. cjr.org/analysis/expos…

After a historic earthquake, Tony Frangie Mawad was among the Venezuelan journalists who connected people in need to those who could help. @ivanlnagy learns how he got the story. cjr.org/getting-the-st…

A pair of CPJ announcements, one public and the other intended to be private, set off a widespread debate about whether one of the world’s most influential press advocacy groups was caving to political pressure on the Israel-Gaza war.  cjr.org/the_media_toda…

That time Mayor Brandon Johnson ran away from reporters. Block Club Chicago's @melodymercadotv talks access with @megreenwell on The Kicker. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why…

Journalists using LLMs should know about the implications for their First Amendment protections. Read Anika Collier Navaroli. cjr.org/ask-anika/does…

Local press took a back seat to influencers at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. @melodymercadotv talks access with @megreenwell on The Kicker. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why…

"Rupert Murdoch would call Trump three or four times a day to encourage him to attack Iran. And I know that because I’ve talked to Trump about it many times." cjr.org/the-interview/…

Is Tucker Carlson a journalist? A concerned American? “What category do I occupy? I haven’t the faintest idea. I'm not interested at all in defining it! I’m not a politician, that's for sure." cjr.org/the-interview/…

I’m really grateful to have joined Megan Greenwell and the Columbia Journalism Review for this important conversation. Thank you for having me and for creating space for this discussion.

Local elected officials across the political spectrum seem less likely than ever to talk to journalists. Block Club Chicago's @melodymercadotv and @megreenwell discuss the ever-changing relationship between Mayor Brandon Johnson and the press. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why…