The Turley Effect: can a rogue designer make MTV cool again?
Design guru Richard Turley turned around Bloomberg Businessweek, but can he save music television?
Is it legal for a landlord to invite media into a killer's home?
Earlier, media outlets reported from inside the suspected San Bernardino shooters' home. We ask civil rights and criminal defense attorneys about the legal, procedural and ethical consequences.
Inside the jihadi lifestyle magazine wars
How English-language longreads targeted to would-be mujahideen in the West became a battleground for the future of radical Islam.
The overdue and opportunistic push towards diversity in comic books
With a black Captain America and the new Midnighter series there’s a growing movement towards diversity in comics. That diversity is yet to be reflected inside the industry.
Pitchfork's female contributors respond to Condé Nast's acquisition and "millennial males” comment
Condé Nast's chief digital officer Fred Santarpia said that the music site's value comes from a “very passionate audience of millennial males." We asked female contributors to respond.
Why do tabloid headlines use so many puns?
Why do tabloid headlines use so many puns? We talked to staff members at the Post and the Daily News, as well as a linguist, about why this is done and whether or not it will continue.
Professional hoax-busters on Planned Parenthood, anti-vaxxers and the disinformation age
Hopes&Fears speaks to a rumor expert, a cognitive deception researcher and skeptical investigators about the never-ending work to expose the truth.
The essential long reads on Hurricane Katrina's 10-year anniversary
Thankfully, on this sombre anniversary, journalists around the country are tackling this history in creative and moving ways.
Weekend Roundup: John Oliver's church, Mockingjay's NSFW poster, and Toy Story's love story?
Whoever's doing quality control for the 'Hunger Games' posters might get fired.
Are you dead? Check the US Social Security's "Death Master File" and find out
See how many times your name has been born and has died, when your name was trending, and how popular your name is among dead people overall.
Weekend Roundup: Space vegetables, Ghost Busters & Vanity Fair’s “Dating Apocalypse”
Just because it was the weekend, didn't mean we stopped reading the news.
Privately funded police force in New Orleans uses apps to patrol rich, white French Quarter
An article published yesterday in The New York Times Magazine profiles a New Orleans man named Sidney Torres who has implemented his own security task force in his French Quarter neighborhood.
NBCUniversal to invest in Buzzfeed, Vox
The deals would value Buzzfeed at $1.5 billion and Vox at $850 million.
How Iceland is trying to make "actual journalism" legal
In Reykjavik, Hopes&Fears talks to Guðjón Idir, Director of the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, about how the organization aims to make Iceland the safest country in the world for journalists.
A timeline of Gawker's tumultuous week
A round up of the developments in Gawker's controversial story on Condé Nast's CFO and the subsequent fallout.
What happens when you're released after decades in prison
Former prisoners often struggle with simple tasks.
