Some personal news. Delighted this is now official, and can’t wait to get started in January.

It’s true! I’m leaving @columjournreview.bsky.social after eight incredible years, seven of them atop the newsletter. It’s been an unbelievable ride, and I am so grateful for the trust they’ve placed in me. Going forward, I’m gonna continue contributing to The New Yorker, among other things I’m sure

Enjoyed talking to @jonallsop.bsky.social at @newyorker.com about the recent attacks on public media. Instead of showing why we can’t let government support journalism, this moment shows precisely why we need a strong public media system that can withstand autocracy www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...

I woke up this morning to a text from @jonallsop.bsky.social, asking if we could talk about yesterday's Sarah Palin/NYTimes verdict. Well, why not? Jon's a good guy! Here is an excerpt, via @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Very excited to join the Press Freedom Center at the @pressclubdc.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of my book, What is Journalism For?, at 3pm Eastern (8pm UK) today! Details on how to (virtually) attend below:

On Tuesday April 22 at 3pm EST, we will be joined by @jonallsop.bsky.social as he discusses his new book, What is Journalism For? To learn more about the book and the event (and to RSVP!) follow this link: www.press.org/events/what-...

I’m LIVE with @revkin.bsky.social in 25 mins! Details below:

Viewing links are in the post. What is journalism for and how can it be sustained? Noon Eastern.

My next event for my book, What is Journalism For?, will be a virtual one with Bill McCarren and the Press Freedom Center at the @pressclubdc.bsky.social next Tuesday, April 22, at 3pm Eastern/8pm UK. Details on how to join us here: www.eventbrite.com/e/what-is-jo...

Massive thanks to @joelsimonsays.bsky.social and @journalismfestival.com for helping me launch my book, What is Journalism For?, yesterday in Perugia! If you missed the talk, you can watch it here: journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

Come join me in 15 minutes at the Teatro Della Sapienza! Also online below:

I’ll be launching my book, What is Journalism For?, TODAY at the @journalismfestival.com in Perugia! I’ll be on at the Teatro della Sapienza, with the great @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, at 12.35 Italian time. Also viewable online (11.35 UK, 6.35 US). #IJF25 www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

It’s publication day! I’ll be launching What is Journalism For? in Perugia at the @journalismfestival.com this Saturday at 12.35pm local time. Come say hi if you’ll be there, or watch online; details here: www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

' "In each paper, there’s a will to fuck over the powerful,” a newspaper journalist acquaintance in the United Kingdom told me... mainstream newsrooms in the United States have tended to be less aggressive toward those in power '

Thanks to @columjournreview.bsky.social for excerpting my book, What is Journalism For, out this week! This is from the fourth chapter, in which I argue that journalists must constantly criticize everything around them: www.cjr.org/feature-2/wh...

deeply detailed and thoughtful reflection on what the purpose of it all is. phenomenal @jonallsop.bsky.social!

Check this out from my friend @jonallsop.bsky.social at the Columbia Journalism Review.

Thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social for stocking my book, What is Journalism For? See the link for more details and to order, and if you’ll be at the @journalismfestival.com in Perugia next week please come to my launch event on Saturday April 12! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/what-is-jour...

My book, What is Journalism For?, exists and is about to be out in the world. And I’m delighted to announce I’ll be launching it on April 12 at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia with @joelsimon.bsky.social. Hit me if you’re gonna be there! www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

I found myself reading Matt Bai’s book on Gary Hart on a train ride last week—just because I finally got round to it—and felt compelled to write about it. It both does and doesn’t foresee an awful lot about our present media moment in ways that are super interesting: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

An absolute pleasure to talk to @davey.bsky.social and @leonyin.org about their blockbuster Bloomberg investigation into the podcasts building support for Trump's agenda. Via @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

I wrote about something I’ve curious about for a while—the apparent contradiction between Trump et al wanting to jail journalists at home but seemingly wanting to free them abroad: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Update: review copies of my book, “What is Journalism For?”, out April 8, are now available! Contact me or Bristol University Press for interview/review purposes. Or, preorder here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/what-is-jour...

I interviewed Angunnguaq Larsen—who played the prime minister of Greenland in the political drama Borgen—about Trump, the media storm around Greenland, and advice he’d give his real-life counterpart. The situation, he says, is like “Borgen on steroids.” www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

“A lot of journalists argue that their role isn’t to advocate—that that’s not their job. But if your job isn’t to inform people in a way that will help them, then I don’t really understand what your job is.” Read my chat with @columjournreview.bsky.social:

I wrote about something that’s interested me for a while: how Trump and Musk benefit from attention—and the potential limits of that benefit: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

I wrote a tick tock of inauguration day through the coverage:

Actually, these are exactly the ones I was thinking of

I wrote about Jimmy Carter, presidencies, and hindsight: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

*clears throat* Some personal news: for a couple of years now, I’ve been working on a book I was asked to write by @brisunipress.bsky.social, as part of a series examining the value of key elements of society in the 21st century. My contribution: “What is Journalism For?”

Today’s @columjournreview.bsky.social newsletter is about the immense press freedom cost of Syria’s long civil war, and what might come next:

Spoke with the great E. Tammy Kim about South Korea’s “mess of a coup” and the press: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

This sort of idea has a venerable and successful history: www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/the-...

Okay now let’s try posting something: My great CJR colleague Lauren Watson snagged an exit interview with Elisabeth Bumiller as she prepares to step down as the NYT’s DC bureau chief: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Well, I’m here I guess