Thread by @balajis, https://archive.is/vrFAY "I began to see myself less as a mirror and more [...]

"I began to see myself less as a mirror and more as a weapon....I would call some stories kills...I got a man fired because he talked to me...he was a sweet and gentle man. I still feel sick when I think about him. And I think about him a lot." https://chosenbychoice.substack.com/p/learning-how-to-and-how-not-to-kill

Learning How to (and How Not to) Kill

On being a reporter and following the Jewish law against gossip.

https://chosenbychoice.substack.com/p/learning-how-to-and-how-not-to-kill

"journalism...is about raw power...Anyone who has ever negotiated to land a contentious interview...knows that you only get those interviews when your subject fears what will happen if they don’t...Today, that fear is disappearing." https://www.cjr.org/public_editor/washington-post-tesla-trump-power.php

Washington Post public editor: The powerful have realized they don’t need the Post

This month we learned that Tesla, a $400 billion public company run by one of the richest people in the world, has done away with its media relations department—effectively formalizing an informal...

https://www.cjr.org/public_editor/washington-post-tesla-trump-power.php

"'Hate drives readership more than any of us care to admit,' one employee on the [New York Times Company's] business side told me." https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/inside-the-new-york-times-heated-reckoning-with-itself.html

Inside the New York Times’ Heated Reckoning With Itself

The paper has evolved during the Trump years: less dispassionate, more crusading. This has sparked a raw internal debate over its mission and future.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/inside-the-new-york-times-heated-reckoning-with-itself.html

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