Tag: journalism
Composers: Create the Music for Our Upcoming Podcast
We're launching a contest to select the music for our upcoming podcast The Scene.
“Curious Incident” and Autistic Actors on Broadway
Why would "thousands" of people protest actor Tyler Lea?
Was Jeb Bush Really Being “Pedantic”?
"The 20 years I've spent as a copy editor won't allow me to let her get away with misusing the word."
How to Write about a Terrible Performance
Critic James Jorden demonstrates a constructive way to loathe a performance.
Remembering the Brilliant Stories of Mavis Gallant
"The New Yorker" fiction writer, who died last year, is unfairly too obscure.
Interfering for Good in Human Matters
Avoid Jacob Marley's regrets and stand with the powerless from the start.
Critical I: Misha Berson, Seattle Times
"It takes a special person (or masochist) to self-select this job..."
Why Is the ADL Wasting Its Time with Nicki Minaj?
I'm pretty sure Minaj isn't hell bent on exterminating the Jews.
The Dramaturgy of Television News
If TV news looks believable, sounds accurate and feels objective, that doesn’t mean it is.
Journalism by the Riff Raff
Journalism can be practiced well or poorly -- by anybody at all.
Highlights of a Chat with Williams Biographer John Lahr
Much ado about how "Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh" evolved.
Fashion Mags Play the September Numbers Game
Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Glamour are down for the count.
Roger Ebert and Me: Tales From the Red Lion Inn
The author remembers some good times that didn't make it into the Ebert doc "Life Itself."
Send Out the Clown, Send In the Kindhearted Anchorman
There are plenty of things in this world that step out of the abyss and scare the hell out of you like Bozo the Clown.
National Security Depends on Press Freedom
The federal courts spit on the Constitution, hoping you’ll think backwards.
To Play It Straight, Look to Biology
Tasking an actor with playing sexual identity is perfectly acceptable.
That Time Susan Sontag Did Something Stupid
She staged "Waiting for Godot" in 1993 Sarajevo. A Sontag biography raises current questions on what motivates social practice.
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New Podcast: Trump Can’t Go to England and Not Be a...
We also dish Mueller's speech, slow-clap a Tea Partier, and handicap the Dems. Plus: a cold open!
