Why should we care about political sex scandals?
Can a politician have a private life in the United States? Are they allowed to make mistakes? These questions have puzzled me this week. On Tuesday, Dr. Beth Mynett alleged in divorce filings in Washington, D.C., that her husband Tim Mynett, a political consultant,...Grown enough?!
When I was a child I used to stay in my room, usually when I needed to seclude myself. This was my fortress, a safe and secure place where I believed that no one would ever have the chance to disturb me. I suppose as adults we all still have the same need to some...
Why US public toilets remind me of the NSA
It doesn’t happen very often that I feel a little culture shock in the US. The American culture reaches me on a daily basis in the Netherlands through music, movies, TV-series and literature. But there is one place that makes me uncomfortable every time I visit the...
This is great, from the @NewYorker What do foreign correspondents think of the US? https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/the-new-yorker-documentary-what-do-foreign-correspondents-think-of-the-u-dot-s
For those of you who missed #USElectionsWPI earlier in the week, the recording is now posted. Watch the conversation between @JamesFallows and @mdmontgomery, then sign up to participate in Part II (Nov 10 at 10 a.m. US EST), all at our website.
https://worldpressinstitute.org/news/u-s-presidential-election-analysis-and-conversation/
JUST PUBLISHED: Our first report from @ICFJ & @TowCenter's #JournalismandCOVID project. @emilybell @beteprown & I surveyed over 1400 journalists & here's what they told us. Spoiler: it's a pretty devastating picture, but there are rays of hope. https://www.icfj.org/our-work/journalism-and-pandemic-survey