Published in the San Francisco Chronicle, February 25, 2021 The mainstream news media may feel vindicated by Donald Trump’s fall, and why shouldn’t they?
From Mother Jones on February 5, 2021. With Donald Trump grabbing the public gaze one last time via the valedictory assault on the Capitol that he
There is historical precedent for the critique known as poverty porn, in this case the objection that contemporary media are drawn to the slow-motion collapse of Detroit by the unsavory appeal of a picturesque and compelling misery.
It has been a dark time for American journalism. Reporters are routinely scorned (if not beaten) by politicians and cops, to public applause
This column originally appeared in The New York Times, April 26, 2019 Credit…Illustration by Adam Maida; Photographs by aaaaimages and Boris Roessler/picture alliance, via Getty
This column originally appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 2018. James A. Wolfe, former head of security for the Senate Select Committee for
This column originally appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 30, 2018. The story on Babe.net, an online news site styled for hip young women,
Published in Journal of Media Ethics, Vol. 2, Issue 2, April-June 2017. Expanded version appeared in After Snowden, Privacy, Secrecy and Security in the Information
A conversation with the new Treasury Secretary when she became Fed chair. from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen held on January 18, 2017 Janet L. Yellen,
Published in The San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 14, 2016 The news media have assigned themselves a generous role in getting Donald J. Trump elected, which
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