“When you’re a member of the very society you’re reporting on, every word is laden with responsibility. Personal and professional are always mixed”
In my eight years as an Orthodox journalist writing mainly about Orthodox life for...
Category Archives: Writing
“…journalism, as a field, is as addled as an addict, gaunt, wasted, and twitchy, its pockets as empty as its nights are sleepless”
In the past half century, and especially in the past two decades, journalism itself—the...
“To be effective, critical coverage of “bad” beer needs to be well-considered and constructive…”
To be effective, critical coverage of “bad” beer needs to be well-considered and constructive,...
“A parenthetical sentence is a paradoxical thing. It straddles worlds…”
A parenthetical sentence is a paradoxical thing. It straddles worlds: It is both inside...
“We need to talk about the real ‘problem with the discourse’, which is the cheap culture of false equivalency and its exploitation”
We need to talk about the real “problem with the discourse”, which is the...
“A decade or so into the ubiquity of smartphones, our writing about them has yet to mature”
A decade or so into the ubiquity of smartphones, our writing about them has...
“…conservatives with big microphones taught their listeners not to believe what is reported in the mainstream media…”
…while conservatives with big microphones taught their listeners not to believe what is reported...
“Conflicts gain sustained American attention only when they provide a compelling story line that appeals to both the public and political actors…”
The United States is the world’s sole remaining superpower, but Americans often seem so...
“Trump’s deteriorating relationship with the press is revealing about Trump himself…”
Trump’s deteriorating relationship with the press is revealing about Trump himself — about the...
“The book elevated beer journalism as a subject…”
Michael Jackson was known as the Bard of Beer for his keen wit and...