MSNBC’s identity crisis

This week, Pete speaks with Jelani Cobb, staff writer at The New Yorker and professor at Columbia Journalism School, about the year following the election of President Donald Trump. Then Meg Dalton and Jon Allsop join Pete to discuss the media news of the week, including the narratives surrounding statewide election results, the question of giving airtime to Kellyanne Conway, and Ronan Farrow’s latest Harvey Weinstein bombshell.

9 Nov 201729min

The evolution of audio, Facebook’s political reckoning, and civil war at the WSJ by Columbia Journalism Review

3 Nov 201730min

Does Weinstein represent a sea change or just a moment? by Columbia Journalism Review

27 Okt 201730min

From climate change to Facebook by Columbia Journalism Review

20 Okt 201721min

Harvey Weinstein and the media's complicated relationship by Columbia Journalism Review

13 Okt 201718min

This week on The Kicker, we present a special episode recorded live from Atlanta. CJR Managing Editor Vanessa Gezari talks with The New York Times’s Glenn Thrush and The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs about covering the Trump White House. They discuss the emotional toll of the breakneck news cycle, what’s different about the new administration, and how to avoid getting caught up in a reality-TV presidency.

6 Okt 201730min

Fake news in a small town by Columbia Journalism Review

29 Sep 201723min

On a special episode of The Kicker, we present clips from a panel CJR convened this week in Charlottesville, Virginia. Titled “Race, Racism, and the News,” the event featured several journalists with personal ties to the Charlottesville area, and touched on issues of language, representation, and white supremacy. Associate Editor Brendan Fitzgerald, who directs CJR’s United States Project, leads the conversation, and we hear from Slate’s Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times Magazine’s Jenna Wort...

22 Sep 201728min