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ESPN Lays Off Mark Jackson One Month After Dropping Jeff Van Gundy
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Chris Thompson
August 1, 2023
Soccer
How A Fan Community United To Send Indie Women’s Soccer Media To The World Cup
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Abigail Segel
July 17, 2023
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Journalismism
Maybe Separating Newspapers From Capitalism Is A Good Idea After All
114
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Justin Ellis
July 14, 2023
Capital
Autostraddle Is Spiraling Toward A Shutdown Or A Sale
102
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Lauren Theisen
July 11, 2023
Journalismism
The Slow Hemorrhage Of The American Sports Desk
247
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Ray Ratto
July 10, 2023
Journalismism
G/O Media’s Bot-Written Blogs May Be Unreadable, But At Least They’re Incorrect
432
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Samer Kalaf
July 6, 2023
Journalismism
The Athletic Decides Local News Doesn’t Pay
206
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Lauren Theisen
June 12, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Semafor Shithead Screams At Climate Activists
170
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Tom Ley
June 7, 2023
Journalismism
It’s Time To Show Ship
310
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Tom Ley
June 7, 2023
Journalismism
The Messenger Hasn’t Yet Disrupted Anything But Its Own Newsroom
86
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Patrick Redford
May 25, 2023
Arts And Culture
Cam’ron And Mase Argue About Sports Now, And It’s Working
78
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Israel Daramola
May 4, 2023
Journalismism
Greed Is Still The Problem
316
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Diana Moskovitz
April 20, 2023
Journalismism
Insider Boss To Employees: Please Make Good Use Of This Lying Plagiarism Machine
189
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Tom Ley
April 13, 2023
Policing
Journalist Ben Camacho On Facing Petty LAPD-Driven Lawsuit: “It’s The Biggest Gaslight Of My Life”
170
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Laura Wagner
April 10, 2023
NBA
A Guide To Mark Jones’s Food References And Do-It-Yourself Kits
72
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Patrick Redford
April 6, 2023
Journalismism
Axios Details Mike Wilbon’s Morning “Anti-Routine” So You Too Can Be A Productive Tool Like Mike Wilbon
283
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Drew Magary
February 28, 2023
Journalismism
A Roundtable On The Free Speech Implications Of The New York Times Trans Letter Debate
317
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Laura Wagner
February 24, 2023
Journalismism
The New York Times Continues To Make Its Priorities Clear
569
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Kelsey McKinney
February 16, 2023
MLB
America’s Sportswriters Confirm: Bases Big
166
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Barry Petchesky
February 15, 2023
Journalismism
How To Have More Sex
394
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Laura Wagner
February 14, 2023
This Is So Stupid
What Time Does “What Time Does The Super Bowl Start?” Start?
171
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Luis Paez-Pumar
February 10, 2023
Journalismism
As A Wise Man Once Said, “Aristotle Didn’t Say That”
218
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Laura Wagner
February 8, 2023
Journalismism
Who Is The Celebrity Documentary For?
182
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Israel Daramola
February 2, 2023
Journalismism
Gwen Knapp Paid Attention To The Things That Matter
65
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Ray Ratto
January 22, 2023
Year In Review
Presenting The 2022 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many
234
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Giri Nathan
December 28, 2022
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