Sitemap - 2026 - Long Lead Presents: Depth Perception

The algorithm isn't going to serve you this Nicholas Carr interview

“It's a blueprint for how he wants to live.” Jacob Silverman on Elon Musk’s dystopian ascent

Why Ori Magazine's Kade Krichko thinks the future of travel journalism is local

Journalist Eoin Higgins on the defamation lawsuit that proved his point

ProPublica’s new podcast dives deep into its own reporting. Host Jessica Lussenhop on why that’s so important

"I’ve never had a master plan." Tom Junod on publishing his first book at age 67

“There's no final victory — you have to keep fighting.” Kim Cross on why Title IX’s work isn’t done yet.

What is antifa? Journalist Christopher Mathias documents the history of the vigilante movement

Entrepreneur and journalist Thomas Goetz can't quit reporting. His latest fix? Drugs

David Roberts has been chasing a fascinating, hopeful story for 20 years. "I don’t know why everybody else makes it boring."

In reexamining “subway vigilante” Bernie Goetz, Elliot Williams shows how the tabloid playbook works, even today

Scouring public files, Roger Sollenberger uncovered huge, unreported news. Then he started digging even deeper

“I’ve lived through the definition of insanity”: David Sirota on covering the plots for power in the United States

Leading the polls: How G. Elliott Morris uses journalistic independence to his advantage in measuring public opinion

"They’re not interested in press freedom." Margaret Sullivan on journalism's billionaire barons and the Substack upstarts out-hustling them.

Ibram X. Kendi has chronicled the history of America's racist ideas. Here's why he's still "uncommonly hopeful."

Journalism as “an act of public service”: Joi Lee on the responsibility of reporters to witness and document injustice

Cracking the bro code: Jasper Craven on how toxic masculinity propels America’s military academies

“Is this the last summer before the war?” Thomas Dworzak captures the resistance to Russia's reach

Getting personal on the red carpet: How Anthony Breznican gets Hollywood to open up

"A particular kind of masochistic joy": Jelani Cobb on what it feels like to be a journalist

“On the trail of someone's ghost”: How motherhood changed Elizabeth Flock’s approach to investigative journalism

Echos from the blogosphere: TPM’s Josh Marshall on blogs, newsletters, and independent journalism's resurgence

From the silver screen to Substack, Frank Shyong's journalism tells necessary stories for under represented voices

What happened last week in Venezuela? Tony Frangie Mawad likely wrote about it.

Who is ICE hiring? Laura Jedeed on the most alarming job offer in journalism

In the battle between text and video, war reporter Ben Anderson has chosen his side

Ken Burns on how his film “The American Revolution” took longer to make than the war itself

Trash talk: How Garbage Day’s Ryan Broderick analyzes internet culture