The stories we tell and the stories we don’t
The following speech was given by New York Times David Carr Fellow Amanda Hess at…
June 15, 2017
Amanda Hess
Suicide reminds reporters how vulnerable their sources can be
Gretchen Molannen suffered in private for 16 years before her life story appeared on the Tampa…
December 11, 2012
Binders full of Big Bird: The risk & benefits of reporting on memes
On the evening of Oct. 16, in the second presidential debate of 2012, Mitt Romney…
October 23, 2012
Debate over new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer reveals divide between women in media and tech
When Yahoo named Marissa Mayer its new president and CEO last week, she became one…
July 27, 2012
Why 88% of books reviewed by The New York Times are written by white authors
Last week, The Rumpus published a piece by Roxane Gay titled “Where Things Stand,” in…
June 11, 2012