In the course of responding to the New Yorker’s problematic profile of Rudy Giuliani a couple of weeks ago (by Elizabeth Kolbert, who’s usually one of my favorite of their writers, but who usually sticks to environmental issues), I tackle … Continue reading
With Metro NY taking the last two Mondays off for the holidays, I get a special Wednesday op-ed slot today. The subject is appropriately holiday-themed: How attention to the poor disappears after Christmas, and what that means for those trying … Continue reading
The study that Steve Rendall and I conducted of nightly news coverage of the poor – which I mentioned last week would soon be out – is now online. (You can also grab a snazzy PDF version of it here.) … Continue reading
I recorded a short interview today for CounterSpin, the radio show of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, on my upcoming report for FAIR, “The Poor Will Always Be With Us… Except on TV News,” which examines poverty coverage (and the … Continue reading
Okay, looks like that New Year’s resolution didn’t go all that well. I may switch to a more continuous-blog format for this page shortly; in the meantime, here’s a two-month recap of my doings and whereabouts: I usually start things … Continue reading
In a perfect world, I’d have spent the whole of January wrapping up the manuscript of the new edition of Field of Schemes. (Note to Rob at U of Nebraska Press, if by some chance you’re reading this: Any day … Continue reading
If I’m making a New Year’s resolution, it’s to keep this page updated every month with links to my latest writings and other projects. Not only will that be a better service to you, whoever you might be who’s stumbled … Continue reading
Whoops – it’s another month now, isn’t it? And I picked a bad month to miss the calendar turning over, given that July was jam-packed with action on the byline front. Let’s start off with my Exclusive with a capital … Continue reading
We were all set to head west for the four-day celebration of freedom for slaveholders, but nature has decided to remind us why they’re called floodplains, so we may go north instead. In the meantime, a recap of my writings … Continue reading