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Behind The Curtain
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The corrosive influence of money in politics post Citizens United, and the dark task of online content moderation.
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A Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Infectious Disease Edition, "dark money" in midterm elections, and demystifying #GamerGate.
Unveiling CitizenFour, Inside Ferguson, and Protesting Outside SCOTUS
Friday, October 17, 2014
A look at Laura Poitras' new documentary about Edward Snowden, "CitizenFour," a view from inside the continued protests in Ferguson, and barring political protesters outside SCOTUS.
TLDR #38 - Ask Leah
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Leah Reich was a 24-year old writing for a video game website who accidentally became Advisor-in-Chief to thousands of lonely teenaged boys. Including reporter PJ Vogt.
Ebola in Liberia, Outbreak Narratives, and Covering Israel-Palestine
Friday, October 10, 2014
A Liberian journalist on covering a deadly epidemic, how Hollywood influences our understanding of Ebola, and a debate between two journalists about the press and Israel-Palestine.
Nothing But The Truth
Friday, October 03, 2014
The splintering image of the Secret Service, why rumors are more interesting than fact, and an atheist tome for kids.
Message Wars
Friday, September 26, 2014
A cartoon aimed to deter potential ISIS recruits, using prisoners to deliver propaganda, and correcting the Ebola numbers.
Confronting the Unknown
Friday, September 19, 2014
Why most Americans fear ISIS, politicians and pundits stoking terror panic on the US-Mexico border, and Nihilism: now and forever.
TLDR #37 - Every City Gets the Hero it Deserves
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
The Philadelphia Police's investigation of a hate crime finds an unlikely ally: a local anonymous sports blogger.
TLDR #36 - The Mystery of Childish Gambino
Monday, September 15, 2014
TLDR explores the mystery of Childish Gambino's creation myth.
TLDR #23 - A Bitcoin Story for People Who Don't Care About Bitcoin
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
The curious story of a man who was thought to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto
Media Kidnapping Blackouts, A Conversation With Carl Kasell, and More
Friday, September 05, 2014
Gruesome murders of American journalists by ISIS militants have raised serious questions about the way the media should cover these acts of terrorism.
TLDR #35 - Stolen Pictures
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
Forbes' Kashmir Hill has covered the theft of celebrity nudes before, but the latest theft has completely changed her mind about who to blame and how to prevent them.
OTM Goes Inside Washington
Friday, August 29, 2014
On the Media travels to Washington, DC to investigate perception and reality, money and celebrity, and the evolving role of the media in the nation’s capital.
TLDR #15 - Internet Time
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
In 1998 Swatch tried to completely reinvent our concept of time. Swatch Internet Time (or .beat time) would have been a new way to conceive of moments.
Dissecting the Media After Michael Brown
Friday, August 22, 2014
From Trayvon Martin to Michael Brown, how media coverage unspools. Also, the #ISISmediablackout after James Foley's murder, and how the music of reality TV manipulates viewers.
TLDR #34 - The Accidental Outing of Rwanda's Most Powerful Troll
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Steve Terrill is a journalist who worked in Rwanda, until he accidentally got the office of Rwanda's president to implicate itself in a long-running online harassment campaign.
Tweets and Vines change Ferguson Coverage, Cameras in the Courtroom, and More
Friday, August 15, 2014
How a virtual livestream of tweets and vines after the Michael Brown shooting changed coverage, remembering the first gavel-gavel coverage of a court case, and fact and fiction on Shark Week.
TLDR #33 - Unfollow A Man
Sunday, August 10, 2014
A few weeks ago, writer Katie Notopoulos created a holiday called Unfollow a Man Day, wherein everyone (women and men) was encouraged to Unfollow a Man on social media. Men's rights activists were enraged, cable news was intrigued, and a lot of people felt quiet relief. This week PJ talks to Katie about her mission and her manifesto.
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- Porn Monopoly
- Rocky Mountain Heist
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- The Unseen World of Content Moderation
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- A Dreary Mythbuster
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