The Bobos at 22
In 2000, David Brooks foretold an American utopia that never arrived.
Kevin Mims
· 16 min read
journalism
A collection of 35 posts
Podcast # 194: Canada’s Unmarked-Graves Social Panic: How Did the Media Get This Blockbuster Story So Wrong?
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to National Post reporter (and popular Substack author) Terry Glavin about the blockbuster 2021 claim that hundreds of murdered Indigenous children had been found in unmarked graves, the process by which that story began to unravel in the year that followed, and what the
Quillette
· 1 min read
I Signed Up to Study Journalism. What They Taught Me Was Activism
Even by the hyper-progressive standards of the Canadian education sector, Ryerson University in Toronto has distinguished itself as being unusually energetic in its social justice messaging. Last spring, Indigenous activists destroyed the statue of the university’s namesake, Egerton Ryerson, on the basis that he helped design Canada’s system
Jonathan Bradley
· 11 min read
Bitter Fruit: Marshall McLuhan and the Rise of Fake News
McLuhan’s phenomenal success stemmed from being in the right place at the right time.
Graham Majin
· 16 min read
India’s Increasingly Despotic Crackdown on Journalists
The deadly attacks on journalists, who now work within a tightening entanglement of political bosses and business behemoths, signifies the rise of India’s elected despots.
Debasish Roy Chowdhury and John Keane
· 7 min read
Gulags Are for Artists Like Me
The role that journalists must play to uphold our democratic values is integral to democracy and social cohesion. Journalists hold governments and their agencies to account.
Peter Mousaferiadis
· 6 min read
PODCAST 109: Substack Founder Chris Best on How the Humble Email Newsletter is Saving Journalism
Tech entrepreneur Chris Best talks about Substack, his self-publishing platform that is attracting journalists like Andrew Sullivan, Jesse Singal and Jen Gerson.
Quillette
· 1 min read
Is the New York Times Bad For Democracy?
If the Times is implicated in the declining health of smaller news organizations, then it’s not serving the values of democracy as well as it righteously claims.
Chang Che
· 6 min read
As Newspapers Fade, Journalists Are Finding New Ways to Cover Local News
Less local reporting means less transparency, less informed voters, and lower levels of civic engagement.
Alexandra Hudson
· 7 min read
Preventable Deaths and the Need for Data-Driven Journalism
My primary goal—and Dr. Tyson’s if I read his tweet correctly—is to provide context. It is perhaps inevitable that our biases will continue to inform the responses of the general public on social media.
Evan Balkcom
· 6 min read
On the Vital Importance of (Good) Journalism
Within this fact lies the key to journalism’s power to search for a social truth that applies to all. Yes, I am talking about investigative journalism and the nitty-gritty of covering city council meetings.
Victor Greto
· 6 min read
The Meaning of the Self-Destructive Strike at WSU
History suggests another explanation, which has been left unexamined that radicalized union leadership is part, perhaps the primary part, of the problem.
Evan Osborne
· 8 min read
The Plight of Pitch Wars
In 2019, though, it turns out that yes, you’re entitled to a book deal—as long as you collect enough marginalization points.
J. Avery
· 6 min read
The Virtue Economy
These data are consistent with Amnesty’s findings, where nearly 9 percent of Twitter mentions toward black women were problematic.
Suzie Mulesky
· 16 min read
The Comment Awards Fiasco
That seems itself to be an example of divisiveness and a snub to one form of diversity: that of diverse opinion.
Claire Fox
· 9 min read