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Wells was best known as a journalist for exposing the lies behind the justification for lynching. Negroes charged with recklessly eyeballing a White woman, or worse, were often people who had found prosperity and respect despite the constraints of Jim Crow. The lynchings put them back in their place. Wells nearly met a similar fate, but escaped as
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
A longtime 60 Minutes producer is out—and I have some thoughts. What happened at CBS is bigger than one resignation. It speaks to the pressures newsrooms are under and what that means for the future of journalism. Read my piece at the link in my bio.
instagram.comOpen Letter Urging The New York Times to Commission an Independent Review
Professors and scholars of journalism call on The New York Times to commission an independent review of a front-page story raising questions about its reporting and editorial processes.
washingtonpost.comAlex Magee
@medialab
Laura Helmuth has to go. As an editor, it's her job to not let Scientific American become ideological and unscientitic. And she has utterly failed.
Here are three examples:
1. Men and women would run equally fast, if it wasn't for biases in how they are treated in sports.... See more
Phil Eich
@phileich
How did a formerly respectable, once excellent publication focusing on high quality popularization of cutting edge scientific research turn into a cut rate political rag?
Forget about the masthead. Let's look at the people hiding behind it.
First up: the editor in chief, Laura Helmuth.... See more
MADAME SOLIVA, the eighty-year-old chef whose nom de cuisine was Tante Yvonne, had first told us about an olive oil that she said was the finest in Provence. She had better credentials than anyone we knew. Apart from being a magnificent cook, she was olive oil’s answer to a Master of Wine. She had tried them all, from Alziari in Nice to the United
... See morePeter Mayle • A Year in Provence (Vintage Departures)
