On Friday, the Independent published an interview with Angel Haze that featured some very strong quotes about media coverage of her relationship with Ireland Baldwin. In it, Haze is quoted as saying that she doesn't get why publications have referred to her and Baldwin as "best friends" instead of dating. "I have… » 6/27/14 8:15pm 6/27/14 8:15pm

Over at The Cut, Maureen O'Connor has done another deep dive into the world of dating trends, writing about "the ultimate abstinence": people who abstain from googling their dates. What she doesn't mention is that the people who are the biggest offenders on this front are hashtag "media people." » 6/23/14 3:20pm 6/23/14 3:20pm

Sheila Weller's book The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour—and the (Ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV isn't even out yet and it's being used by media outlets to tear down the very women the book covers. This is especially rough to watch given that the point of the… » 6/17/14 5:45pm 6/17/14 5:45pm

Lara Logan's suspension from CBS over her report on Benghazi has been lifted and she will return to 60 Minutes when the show begins again in the fall. » 6/04/14 6:30pm 6/04/14 6:30pm

What's the deal with this Slender Man? And what is this weird website Creepypasta Wiki? » 6/04/14 4:15pm 6/04/14 4:15pm

This has been a depressing week for female journalists, so let's celebrate one at the end of it. » 5/16/14 4:41pm 5/16/14 4:41pm

The thing about Dylan Farrow's open letter accusing her father, Woody Allen, of sexual abuse is: There was not much really new about it. It was new that Dylan Farrow herself was signing her name to the accusations, but Vanity Fair had covered the case, in grim detail, more than two decades ago. » 2/04/14 4:48pm 2/04/14 4:48pm

Last week, one Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer out of Hartford, Connecticut used his plaform to lay down some facts about how single moms are ruining journalism. Some people (us!) didn't love this poorly written screed and used their platform to say as much. Powell became "the national… » 10/07/13 5:00pm 10/07/13 5:00pm

It's not the internet or the those stupid young people who won't pay for things or the cost of paper that's thrown the media landscape into a tizzy: it's women. That's according to Chris Powell, the managing editor of the Journal Inquirer out of Manchester, Connecticut, who has penned an op-ed about the real people… » 10/01/13 3:50pm 10/01/13 3:50pm

Just imagine the scene: news breaks that one of the most influential figures in the history of technology is having an affair with an underling. But instead of choosing one of the many photos Amanda Rosenberg herself uploaded, People magazine apparently seizes the first snap of a woman in Google Glass it can find. » 9/11/13 9:59pm 9/11/13 9:59pm

In the middle of the Venn diagram between the glass ceiling, the vanilla ceiling, and chilled out dude-itors, you'll find the cover of the summer issue of Port. There, staring back at you, are the patriarchs-in-chief of some of the most influential American print magazines, which, if you believe them, have the same… » 6/11/13 4:50pm 6/11/13 4:50pm

Anna Wintour just got a new job. The longtime editor is not leaving Vogue, but she is taking on the additional responsibilities (and salary) of a position created just for her: creative director of Condé Nast, which publishes titles from Vogue to Architectural Digest. Wintour says she wants to help those magazines… » 3/13/13 3:00pm 3/13/13 3:00pm

All you aspiring reporters out there looking for your first big scoops, take careful note: your lede is very important. How important? By this point, three-quarters of the people who were reading this post just tuned out and pulled up Buzzfeed so they could scroll through "The 46 Things Your Cat Doesn't Want You to… » 1/19/13 4:30pm 1/19/13 4:30pm

It's fashion week. And our vocabulary for talking about it is, it turns out, rather limited. Have you noticed the same stories popping up, season after season? Editors keep assigning them, and while the names may change, the narrative does not. Here's a field guide — and an argument for finding new ways to think about… » 9/07/12 2:10pm 9/07/12 2:10pm