Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Matt Kiser worked in news for many years, and now he works as a product manager at an algorithm startup in Seattle. But every day, Matt spends upwards of six hours working by hand on his single-subject blog, which launched in January. Starting a new project to track what the fuck just happened today. https://t.co/p64yr6BKJ3…
Another day, another half a dozen stories of extreme dysfunction within the Trump Administration. Omarosa Manigault, the former Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice reality TV star who now heads communications at the Trump White House (the most terrifying reality TV show experiment of all time), “physically intimidated” a journalist outside the Oval Office last week according…
After president calls on two questioners who fail to ask about Flynn, reporters from other outlets cry foul. Reporters expressed frustration with President Donald Trump and anger toward their fellow journalists after Trump managed to avoid addressing the question of the day at his Monday press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — the…
The White House correspondents’ dinner is a fixture of the Washington scene, a spring event at which the cream of political journalism shares bonhomie, fine food and comedy roasting with the politicians it reports on – including the president. Under Donald Trump, however, the dinner is facing uncertainty. Trump, who has repeatedly attacked “the very…
.post-thumbnail .entry-header First of all, THANK YOU! We received some very strong submissions for this first installment of Version 5.0. There are some still waiting to see what we’re going to do next, including my own later today). We’re looking forward to those who’ve already committed to submitting a piece next month. Now… This month’s…
Kill the article. That was the theme of the Global Editors Network hackathon that I participated in with Seattle Times teammates Ben Turner and Justin Mayo. This was one of 20 hackathons happening worldwide, with winners of each event going to Barcelona to compete against each other. Unfortunately, we didn’t win. But we still think…
Since the election, many people I know who don’t work in news have taken a break from the news, social media or some combination of the two. This is healthy and normal. Taking a small break from the news is recommended by psychologists who study the negative health effects caused by constant bad news. The…
On Monday I was fired from my job as a journalist at Marketplace, where I have worked as a news reporter since May 2016. I was fired for publishing a post on my personal blog about being a transgender journalist exploring what it means to do truthful, ethical journalism with a moral compass in this…
This year, Samantha Bee won’t be a guest at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner — she’ll be hosting her own. Bee, the host of “Full Frontal,” on TBS, will be skewering President Trump on the same night that journalists are hobnobbing with their sources during a televised banquet in Washington, D.C. The event, called…
Four more journalists have been charged with felonies after being arrested while covering the unrest around Donald Trump’s inauguration, meaning that at least six media workers are facing up to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine if convicted. [if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif] Matt Hopard. Photograph: Handout A documentary producer, a…