‘I Try to Find the Question That People Cannot Squirm Out Of’: An Interview with Nashville’s Phil Williams
The Kicker29 Touko 2025

‘I Try to Find the Question That People Cannot Squirm Out Of’: An Interview with Nashville’s Phil Williams

For more than thirty years, Phil Williams has been the steadying voice of investigative reporting at NewsChannel 5, in Nashville. His deep dives into toxic wastewater and lobbyist access to state politicians have earned him a slew of major journalism awards, including five Peabodys and five duPont-Columbia Awards. But in recent years, his most viral moments have been his unflappable encounters with extremists and neo-Nazis, who have popped up brazenly in communities around Nashville—that is, ...

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Chicago’s Block Club Is Ready for ICE

Chicago’s Block Club Is Ready for ICE

On Thursday, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring federal agents from using riot control measures like tear gas to disperse journalists seeking to cover protests outside the Br...

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Elle Reeve on the Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect’s Inscrutable Memes

Elle Reeve on the Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect’s Inscrutable Memes

In 2017, Elle Reeve, then a correspondent for Vice News, became a household name when she reported from the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia—as neo-Nazis marched with burning torch...

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Garrett Graff Thinks the Press Should Be Taking Trump’s Health Much More Seriously

Garrett Graff Thinks the Press Should Be Taking Trump’s Health Much More Seriously

Last week, as DC reporters were patting themselves on the back for not falling for internet falsehoods claiming that Donald Trump had secretly died, Garrett Graff wrote an essay on his blog, Doomsday ...

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Hind Hassan Is Sorry We Didn’t Do More to Make Journalism Safe

Hind Hassan Is Sorry We Didn’t Do More to Make Journalism Safe

Earlier this month, Hind Hassan, a decorated documentary news reporter who has covered everything from conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon, and Ukraine to the bizarre underworld of the global wellness industry...

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Will the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Break MAGA Media?

Will the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Break MAGA Media?

For the past few weeks, MAGA media and conservative podcasters have been torn apart over President Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein saga. Anna Merlan, a senior reporter at Mother Jones, joins T...

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What’s the Matter with the BBC?

What’s the Matter with the BBC?

Recent weeks have not been very comfortable for the BBC. A documentary about Gaza it refused to broadcast was aired instead by a competitor, to critical acclaim. A livestream of the Glastonbury Festiv...

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The Kicker Live: Branko Brkic Wants Journalists to Wake Up

The Kicker Live: Branko Brkic Wants Journalists to Wake Up

Last year, Branko Brkic, the founder of the Daily Maverick, a South African news outlet, left his day job to launch an advocacy campaign in defense of journalism. Called Project Kontinuum, the organiz...

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The Kicker Live: Arwa Damon on Leaving CNN and Telling Stories from Gaza

The Kicker Live: Arwa Damon on Leaving CNN and Telling Stories from Gaza

For nearly twenty years, Arwa Damon worked as a journalist covering conflict zones across the Middle East—much of it as a prominent correspondent for CNN. But in 2015, amid the unending horrors of th...

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