Political Press

Questions ABC News Should Answer Following the $16 Million Trump Settlement

The decision to cave and apologize has unnerved American journalists. The network owes them an explanation.

December 16, 2024 By Richard J. Tofel

Truth Social and Consequences

November 25, 2024 By Jem Bartholomew

The political press gears up for an unprecedented story: the social media executive in chief.

Ten Tips for Reporting in an Autocracy

November 11, 2024 By Sheila S. Coronel

American journalists have much to learn from colleagues in countries where democracy has been under siege.

Trump Wins, the Press Loses

November 6, 2024 By Kyle Paoletta

A second Trump administration is poised to be devastating to journalism.

Turning the Camera from Trump

November 5, 2024 By Daniella Zalcman

Instead of documenting political theater, photojournalists must capture America’s vulnerable reality.

What Jeff Bezos Got Wrong About Newspaper Endorsements

November 1, 2024 By Gary Miles

His decision misstated our influence and underestimated our impact.

The Washington Post opinion editor approved a Harris endorsement. A week later, Jeff Bezos killed it.

October 25, 2024 By Sewell Chan

On anticipatory obedience and the media

October 8, 2024 By Ian Bassin and Maximillian Potter

Trump’s campaign against the Fourth Estate has been unfolding before our eyes—far more effectively than some in the press would like to believe.

The Media Marine

September 19, 2024 By Camille Bromley

How J.D. Vance keeps the press calls coming.

Convention and Cringe

August 22, 2024 By Jaime Joyce

Kid reporters, now first-time presidential voters, on the coverage of Election 2024

How Gaza Changed the Rules for Newsrooms

December 20, 2023 By Ayodeji Rotinwa

Warped Front Pages

November 20, 2023 By David M. Rothschild, Elliot Pickens, Gideon Heltzer, Jenny Wang, and Duncan J. Watts

Researchers examine the self-serving fiction of ‘objective’ political news

Hearts and Minds Media

April 17, 2023 By Emily Russell

The United States attempts to spread democracy by broadcasting news around the world. How’s that going in Afghanistan?

How Capital B is covering Warnock v. Walker

December 5, 2022 By Feven Merid

‘The Left Edge of the Possible’

November 7, 2022 By Robert P. Baird

How The American Prospect became the magazine of the moment

Insiders

June 29, 2022 By Adam Piore

Punchbowl and power in Washington, DC

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