An NBC reporter is accused of pushing a post-game interview with U.S. Olympic skier Bode Miller too far, eventually causing the athlete to break down in tears over repeated questions about the death of his brother.
The cable news network announced on Monday that it was adding Joy-Ann Reid permanently to its programming schedule. Reid joins Melissa Harris-Perry, Al Sharpton, Karen Finney, Tamron Hall, Touré, and Craig Melvin as the network's seventh African American host. She's also MSNBC's 12th female anchor.
Time Magazine can only illustrate mindfulness / meditation with white blondes closing their eyes. 2003 - 2014. pic.twitter.com/xFfDZKbpDZ
— David Gelles (@dgelles) January 23, 2014
Forget your dreams of a non-robot overlord filled future, because shit just got real. A couple of TIME reporters stumbled upon a telemarketing robot who is apparently designed so well, it actually knows how to lie and tell people it's a real person.
Peter Kaplan, the editor of the New York Observer for fifteen years, whose talent and affability helped the publication offer a smart, insider's view of New York City's elite, died of cancer on Friday at the age of 59.
A Guardian writer recently described one of the subjects of a documentary about teenagers and the internet as a girl who "let herself be gang raped" to get her Blackberry back. When readers freaked out, the paper changed the phrasing to "let herself be sexually assaulted." Seriously?
"The Count," a tally of the female to male writers ratio in major review journals operated by VIDA: Women in The Literary Arts, is a necessary but immensely depressing read — not just because of the major gender disparity, but the way certain outlets have responded.
Helen Thomas, one of the first female reporters to break out of the White House's "women's beat" (e.g. FLOTUS hair styles) and the first ever female member (later, president) of the White House Correspondent's Association has passed away at 92. Over the course of her career, she grilled nine US presidents in her typical…
Francesca Borri's harrowing essay on being a freelance reporter in Syria would be bad enough (blood-hungry editors pay her a pitiful $70 for newspaper stories) without the sexism:
The word is in from the American Society of News Editors' latest study, and it's not good if you value news from a variety of experiences and perspectives. Primarily, any experience or perspective that isn't that of a white man.
Chen Ying, a TV reporter at a news station in China, was on her way up the aisle to say "I do" (in Chinese, presumably) when a massive earthquake hit the city of Ya'an, where she was getting married. Instead of being all, "Whatever, today's all about me so you can take that earthquake and shove it up your ass," Ying ran to …
A Somali woman who'd been sentenced to one year in prison for "offending state institutions" by alleging she was raped by security forces has been cleared of all charges by a Somali court. A journalist who interviewed her about the alleged rape (who'd also been convicted of offending those apparently touchy state…
Earlier this year, we asked if you remembered Afghanistan. The answer then, obviously but somewhat unofficially, was no. Now, with the release of several news organization's year-end top stories lists, we know that, objectively, no one gives a shit about the 11-year-old war.
In the past few months, the AP has removed homophobia, Islamophobia, and ethnic cleansing from their Style Book, explaining that "'-phobia,' 'an irrational, uncontrollable fear, often a form of mental illness' should not be used 'in political or social contexts,' including 'homophobia' and 'Islamophobia.' It also calls…
Pepperdine University is a private Christian college overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the celebrity-enclave of Malibu, CA. The school is known for its sports teams, mandatory attendance at spiritual events, and for its strong journalism department — with "Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs" majors pulling…
Andrew Goldman will not be asking any women if they slept their way to the top for at least one month.
DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz reassured the public on Monday that she was pretty sure that during the Presidential debate on Tuesday, the candidates wouldn't forget to talk about women like they did last time. I mean, it's a town hall debate format, so audience members get to ask the questions. Surely one…
Harvard — the storied Ivy League that's produced many great comedic writers well-versed in the time-honored rich people traditions of "joshing" and "ribbing" — has apparently lost its edge/mind. The art of subtle satire has been one of the staples of their comedy scene for quite some time — turning out the likes of Conan…
Mega-successful author Jennifer Weiner, a fervent supporter of women writers, has taken the New York Times to task for favoring male authors on a number of occasions. Now — finally — she has an ally at the paper: awesome new public editor Margaret Sullivan, who risked what we're sure is some internal backlash from her …
Yves Saint Laurent's treatment of the press under new creative director Hedi Slimane has been perhaps the most talked-about event of this fashion season. It's a perfect case study in how not to do public relations — but it's also an illustration of the broader problems that dog fashion, a field of endeavor that is…
