Media
Letter from the U.K.
Watching an American Election from Across the Pond
Louisa Compton is overseeing coverage for Channel 4, trying to explain a strange election cycle to a bewildered Britain.
By Anna Russell
Fault Lines
How Biased Is the Media, Really?
It isn’t some tightly guarded secret that the press corps is mostly made up of liberals. But what does it mean for our coverage?
By Jay Caspian Kang
Infinite Scroll
Taylor Lorenz’s Plan to Dance on Legacy Media’s Grave
A reporter known for chronicling the “extremely online” is making the leap to the creator economy. The most surprising thing is that she waited this long.
By Kyle Chayka
The Lede
Covering the Election in Spanish for a Latino Audience
Spain’s El País ventures into the world’s fifth-largest Spanish-speaking country: the United States.
By Graciela Mochkofsky
Fault Lines
Are We Already Moving On from the Assassination Attempt on Trump?
When an act of violence doesn’t lend itself to a clear argument or a tidy story, we often choose not to think about it.
By Jay Caspian Kang
Fault Lines
Joe Biden’s Cynical Turn Against the Press
After a wave of intense scrutiny, the President and his campaign have begun to target the media, and many of his supporters have followed suit.
By Jay Caspian Kang
The New Yorker Interview
The Culture Wars Inside the New York Times
Joe Kahn, the newspaper’s executive editor, wants to incentivize his staff to take on difficult stories, even when they might engender scrutiny, or backlash.
By Clare Malone
Annals of Communications
Is Hunterbrook Media a News Outlet or a Hedge Fund?
The hybrid media-finance company wants to monetize investigative journalism in the public interest. Is it a visionary game changer or a cynical ploy?
By Clare Malone
The Political Scene Podcast
How Should Reporters Cover Donald Trump?
As Trump faces his first criminal trial in New York, reporters continue to encounter challenges in covering the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee and his supporters.
Under Review
How the Village Voice Met Its Moment
The paper championed a new style of journalism at a time when the persistence of silence and constraint was more plausibly imagined than a world awash in personal truths.
By Michelle Orange
The Weekend Essay
Is the Media Prepared for an Extinction-Level Event?
Ads are scarce, search and social traffic is dying, and readers are burned out. The future will require fundamentally rethinking the press’s relationship to its audience.
By Clare Malone
The New Yorker Radio Hour
For Journalists, “Gaza Is Unprecedented,” and Deadly
The death toll for journalists in Gaza is extremely high, and Israel has been accused of targeting them. Plus, a conversation with the Oscar-nominated director Cord Jefferson.
Podcast Dept.
A Podcast Memorial Service
The audio industry is in turmoil. But, at an event for “Death, Sex & Money,” voices were still keeping people together.
By Sarah Larson
News Desk
The Hamas Propaganda War
Across the Arab world, the group is successfully selling its narrative of resistance.
By David D. Kirkpatrick and Adam Rasgon
Cultural Comment
The Virtues and the Sins of Big-Time High-School Football
Bishop Sycamore, the subject of a new documentary, became a national scandal. But it was part of a larger, and largely unchanged, system.
By Ben McGrath
Our Columnists
A Close Listen to “Rich Men North of Richmond”
The viral country song by Oliver Anthony has been embraced by right-wing pundits.
By Jay Caspian Kang
Daily Comment
Can a New Spanish-Language Media Group Help Donald Trump?
Americano Media hopes to reach a nationwide conservative audience.
By Stephania Taladrid
Daily Comment
Why Israel’s Government Is Attacking Its Public-Broadcasting System
Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition is going after élite institutions, and that’s not good for democracy.
By Nicholas Lemann
The Political Scene Podcast
In a Divided Era, the New York Times’ Publisher Makes a Stand
At a moment of political polarization and attacks on the media, A. G. Sulzberger goes public in defense of traditional journalistic values.
The New Yorker Interview
A. G. Sulzberger on the Battles Within and Against the New York Times
The paper’s publisher discusses bias in reporting, the Times’ financial comeback, and criticisms of its coverage of Trump, trans issues, and the war in Ukraine.
By David Remnick