The Lives of Dictators’ Wives
The fancy clothes and charitable works aren't incidental: The dictator’s spouse is an important part of maintaining power.
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Want to Reduce Polarization? You Need to Improve Political Journalism
Ideologically extreme members of Congress are more vulnerable to defeat when voters can learn about their in-office activities through traditional media.
The Melting-Pot Gazette
Can a sociologist and a journalist get an ethnically fractured city engaged?
Churnalism Sorts Original Journalism From Repackaged Press Releases
The Sunlight Foundation is on to you.
Translation Studies: The News in English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic
Documentary experiment Syria Deeply, “exploring a new model of storytelling around a global crisis,” has been conducting a…
Today in Saving Print: The Green Bay Packers Model
Via The Guardian: A bad call but a great metaphor A German newspaper, Die Tageszeitung, has figured out how…
Journalists: Why Do We Even Bother?
Why am I even writing this? Odds are that you, dear reader, don’t believe a word journalists like…
What Academics Can Teach Fareed Zakaria
Another week, another scandal featuring a famous writer. This time, it’s Time magazine columnist Fareed Zakaria, who has…
Jonah Lehrer: Requiem for a Writer in a Rush
As a journalist who frequently writes about psychology and brain science, my interests have frequently converged with those…
Announcing Our New Name
Miller-McCune is renaming, and relaunching under the new moniker: "Pacific Standard."