The Kicker, the Masseuses, and the Price of Doing Sports Journalism
The Kicker27 Helmi 2025

The Kicker, the Masseuses, and the Price of Doing Sports Journalism

In January, the Baltimore Banner released an investigation into the star kicker of the Baltimore Ravens, in which multiple women accused him of sexually inappropriate behavior during massages, dating back years. (The player denies the accusations.) It was an example of a rare kind of journalism these days: hard-hitting accountability reporting on sports. Over the past several years, numerous investigative sports outlets have folded, replaced largely by soft-focused content produced by players...

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When the circus comes to town: The Storm Lake Times in Iowa

When the circus comes to town: The Storm Lake Times in Iowa

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump didn’t visit towns like Storm Lake, Iowa in 2016. This election cycle, things are much different. Art Cullen, editor and co-owner of the Storm Lake Times, and winner o...

5 Maalis 202022min

A war correspondent covers the climate crisis

A war correspondent covers the climate crisis

Kadir van Lohuizen reports on the climate crisis with the same techniques he brought to his work as a war correspondent. His photography, video, and written work focus on the point of conflict between...

28 Helmi 202019min

Family leave and the diversity edge

Family leave and the diversity edge

Jess Brammar is the new editor in chief of HuffPost UK. She is also 7 months pregnant. When it comes to family leave policy, American news outlets lag behind their European counterparts. On this week’...

20 Helmi 202015min

Coronavirus, China’s press, and the disappearance of Chen Quishi

Coronavirus, China’s press, and the disappearance of Chen Quishi

In China, journalists are conditioned to keep their online activity apolitical. But the coronavirus outbreak took censors by surprise. In the panic, editors were temporarily emboldened. Han Zhang, who...

13 Helmi 202019min

Keeping the faith

Keeping the faith

Keeping the faith by Columbia Journalism Review

6 Helmi 202029min

Guns, Puerto Rico, & American labor

Guns, Puerto Rico, & American labor

What do we miss when we obsess about Trump? The answer, it turns out, includes some of the most important stories of our time. On this week’s Kicker, Kyle Pope, editor and publisher of CJR, speaks wit...

21 Tammi 202027min

Dexter Filkins and how to cover the Soleimani assasination

Dexter Filkins and how to cover the Soleimani assasination

In 2013, Dexter Filkins wrote the definitive profile of Major General Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” whom the US assassinated last week. On this week’s Kicker, Kyle Po...

10 Tammi 202015min

Carole Cadwalladr and disinformation at the ballot box

Carole Cadwalladr and disinformation at the ballot box

Facebook, Google, and Twitter are going to be used to facilitate disinformation and racism in the 2020 US presidential election, and Carole Cadwalladr says we need to tell that story better. At the re...

13 Joulu 201926min

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