Film
Exposing Rodrigo Duterte's War on the Free Press
Director Ramona Diaz and journalist Maria Ressa discuss their struggles to make A Thousand Cuts, a film about the autocratic president of the Philippines.
Journalism
Opinion
The New York Times's Embarrassing Presidential Endorsement Reality Show
The paper's supposed act of transparency around its endorsement of Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren was in fact a cynical attempt to drum up interest amid low enthusiasm.
Art
Saying Goodbye to the Newseum in the Age of Fake News
It felt important to visit the Newseum 10 years ago, when every journalist I knew still believed great reporting would always win. Now, in the wake of its recent closure, the delusory nature of that kind of thinking doesn’t get any more obvious.
Film
The Journalism Collective Fighting Back Against "Post-Truth"
The documentary Bellingcat explores the limits and possibilities of activists using social media and public data for investigation.
Film
In a New Docuseries, the New York Times Struggles to Defend Journalism
The Weekly, the paper's documentary venture with FX, is well made but overly reliant on "Truth" branding.
Art
How Social Media Profiles Act as Bizarre Digital Gravestones
As more people die but their internet presences linger, we have to find ways to grapple with these documents of who they were.
Books
A Comics Report on the Horrors of the Global Garment Industry
A heavily footnoted, absolutely depressing but crucial comics series reported by award-winning writer Anne Elizabeth Moore and drawn by artist collective Ladydrawers explores how our apparel purchases affect its majority-women workforce.
Art
Celebrating 19th-Century Chaos and Calamity with Le Petit Journal
No calamity was too chaotic or crime too grotesque for Le Petit Journal to illustrate.
Opinion
Why Fewer Arts Reviews Might Not Be So Bad
A few weeks ago, the news broke that British newspaper the Independent on Sunday was cutting its cultural critics. Not just visual art, mind you: theater, music, TV, etc. The paper would lose all of its professional critics, and the arts section, until then called "The Critics," would be renamed. Th
Opinion
Following Up on Open Arts Journalism
LOS ANGELES — A few weeks ago, I wrote a bit about the potential for open arts journalism, asking if it's a trend to watch. Journalists and those interested in the field have been discussing openness for a while now, but I've not seen as much discussion in terms of the arts. What could an open journ
Opinion
Open Arts Journalism: A Trend to Watch?
I've been thinking a lot about the idea of open journalism in the arts. It's an important question, especially in light of the increased role of social media, blogging, and a general web presence that artists building a career in the 21st century often must maintain.
Opinion
Newst Week Hacks Internet Headlines
Can you believe your internet? Newst Week is a physical device that gets implanted by pranksters in a specific location, a coffee shop, for example. After connecting to the internet through a local router, the device intercepts wireless signals going to computers and edits the headlines on news webs