Helmed by Mark Bauman, a former ABC News reporter, and Laura McGann, former editorial director at Vox. From the New York Times: Matt Yglesias, a co-founder of Vox, will be an editor-at-large and...
Helmed by Mark Bauman, a former ABC News reporter, and Laura McGann, former editorial director at Vox. From the New York Times:
The digital publication’s magic bullet is a story format that Ms. McGann calls “a 360,” which examines a single topic from a variety of viewpoints. An article published Wednesday, for instance, looks at the issue of Covid-19 vaccination refusals by pregnant people with contributions from reporters who specialize in science, misinformation, politics and race.
Matt Yglesias, a co-founder of Vox, will be an editor-at-large and host a Grid podcast with McGann.
There is a climate change piece that basically shows than any single change you can think of, however enormous it would be in itself, will only make a small dent in the problem: Decarbonize this:...
There is a climate change piece that basically shows than any single change you can think of, however enormous it would be in itself, will only make a small dent in the problem:
I think someone needs to tell these reporters that they need to be weird or nobody is going to pay attention. These articles are extremely conventional. Not a good start.
Thanks for sharing that deBoer piece, hadn't come across it before. Don't agree with it all, but the central argument of standing out makes a lot of sense. There is a real need to be...
Thanks for sharing that deBoer piece, hadn't come across it before. Don't agree with it all, but the central argument of standing out makes a lot of sense. There is a real need to be idiosyncratic. See this from Alan Sillitoe:
Every new writer has their own blueprint, or purpose. Fingerprint, if you like. I suppose it’s a matter of art – if you can stomach that word. I don’t use it lightly. If you’ve got something to say, you’ve got to say it in the most direct way possible. There’s this [Nicola] Monaghan woman who wrote The Killing Jar, she’s really very good. She’s got her own private, personal, stamp on writing. If you don’t find that, then it’s no good.
Helmed by Mark Bauman, a former ABC News reporter, and Laura McGann, former editorial director at Vox. From the New York Times:
Matt Yglesias, a co-founder of Vox, will be an editor-at-large and host a Grid podcast with McGann.
Sounds good!
Looks interesting. Thanks for sharing!
This piece doesn't have anything I haven't already read elsewhere, but it's a reasonable summary of the situation.
Why everything is so expensive
There is a climate change piece that basically shows than any single change you can think of, however enormous it would be in itself, will only make a small dent in the problem:
Decarbonize this: Visualizing what matters most in the climate fight
It's not new, but worth saying, I suppose.
I think someone needs to tell these reporters that they need to be weird or nobody is going to pay attention. These articles are extremely conventional. Not a good start.
Thanks for sharing that deBoer piece, hadn't come across it before. Don't agree with it all, but the central argument of standing out makes a lot of sense. There is a real need to be idiosyncratic. See this from Alan Sillitoe: