Category Archives: The Media

Lebronnukah

Posted on 9 July 2010 by

[Deadspin] Over at Deadspin, I’ve got a dispatch-slash-photo gallery from last night’s LeBron James television special, which was staged in Greenwich, CT. The special generated tons of coverage in both the standard and Watching-the-Watchmen traditions, but I tried to focus … Continue reading →

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Cheshire’s Library Controversy

Posted on 27 January 2010 by

[New Haven Advocate] In this week’s Advocate, I’ve got a story on Brian McDonald’s In the Middle of the Night, a true-crime take on the horrific Cheshire home-invasion case from a few years back. The story ended up focusing on … Continue reading →

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N.B.

Posted on 30 December 2009 by

[New Haven Advocate] Good news about the media is rare, and, when it occurs, it’s tempting to just nod and slowly back away. That’s basically what happened when Michael Schroeder rescued several small-town Connecticut newspapers in 2008. The New York … Continue reading →

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Gladwell Agonistes

Posted on 17 November 2009 by

[x-posted at The Rumpus] I’m not sure why Malcolm Gladwell’s fourth book, What the Dog Saw, which collects 19 of his New Yorker essays, has been the one to incite a riot of review-essays. Were the first three books not … Continue reading →

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Do Journalists Conference Too Much about Journalism?

Posted on 11 November 2009 by

[New Haven Advocate] It’s shaping up to be a busy (and alt-weekly-ish) day around here. In this week’s New Haven Advocate, I’ve got a short piece that previews this weekend’s big journalism conference at Yale. (Full program here [.pdf].) The … Continue reading →

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