Americans Hate the Media
Where goes truth when a new Gallup poll indicates American trust in the media is (yet again) at an all-time low?
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Getting to Know What We Do Not Know
A new study shows how little we know about current and historical events. This affects strategies for how we understand and process the news.
Language, Militias and Occupation
What should the media call an armed group that takes over federal property and makes political demands? Oregon gives us a chance to consider.
Is it Smeagol or Gollum?
Turkey debates Lord of the Rings to decide whether a doctor will spend two years in jail over a Facebook post.
Biking While Hot
Biking through New York City in the summer heat. Queens to Brighton Beach and back again.
Publishing the News When it’s Already Everywhere
What do publishers and news consumers do in a world of infinite choice?
Let’s Praise Books… Unless We Don’t Need to Read Them
We love books but there’ve been too many for about 500 years now.
If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript
A new book exploring the intersection of literature and code is a delightful romp through some of the Western world’s most celebrated writers and the imagined JavasScript they would have — could have — slung had they been so inclined.
Welcome to the Filter Bubble
Republicans hear what they want to hear. Think everyone supports them.
Thank You, New York
Heartfelt thanks to those who helped when I went head over handlebars while riding my bike in New York.
Nonlinear Storytelling and Atomic Units of Content
No matter the content you produce, it will be broken down and remixed by your audience into its smallest – and most durable – units of sharability.
Can Robots Tell The Truth?
As the Washington Post tries to create a near real-time fact checking system for political speeches, how might it work? And do we want it to?