One of my favorite things to write about here is how the media covers Britney Spears. It should be no surprise, then, that today I’ve chosen to write about how the media covers Britney Spears.
David Samuels has a pretty expansive article in this month’s Atlantic where he follows a team of the paparazzi that keep [...]

The Washington City Paper has a pretty neat article this week about Washington Post education reporter David Nakamura’s behind the scenes dealings with DC Mayor Adrian Fenty’s administration.
Turns out, to be a beat reporter you gotta be pretty friendly with those you cover to get the scoops. From the article:
“Just after the New Year, [the [...]

So! Hillary Clinton won yesterday! That was…unexpected. In other follow-up from the last post, there’s a reaction op-ed in the Post about Allen’s “women are stupid” column from the weekend. Also, Allen humorlessly defended her article to the Internet, using the time-tested “I was just joking, but I meant it,” defense.
Anyway, to more important [...]

You know, I figured blogging about journalism news would be pretty chill, as there wouldn’t be much happening most days. But actually, I’ve missed a lot of stories in the past few months.
The reason, I think, is that blogging is always something I can do tomorrow. Yesterday I played tennis instead of writing, for instance. [...]