Category Archives: Journalism

Cathy Newman (b. 1974) speaks in a clean, clipped English register, close to received pronunciation but softened, the accent of an Oxford-educated journalist who came up through print. The voice carries little regional color. It signals education and authority. She … Continue reading →

According to Wikipedia: On 3 December 2025, Henry Nowak, an 18‑year‑old White British university student, was murdered by Vickrum Singh Digwa, a 23-year-old British Sikh, in Southampton, England. Digwa stabbed Nowak five times, including a fatal wound to the chest, … Continue reading →

Olivia Nuzzi (b. 1993) writes about American politics from inside the rooms most reporters watch from the hallway. For seven years she served as Washington correspondent for New York magazine, where she built a reputation on access, scene, and a … Continue reading →

Ryan Lizza (b. 1976) is an American political journalist whose career maps the transformation of Washington reporting across three decades. He came of age professionally in the era of prestige political magazines, and he arrived at the era of newsletters, … Continue reading →

Helen Lewis (b. 1983) is a British journalist, author, and broadcaster whose work circles a single question: how a society decides who deserves authority, and what happens when the old grants of trust come undone. She writes about politics and … Continue reading →

My 2006 interview. Kara Swisher (b. 1962) talks the way she writes. Fast, blunt, profane. She built her voice on access and on having been there first. She knew the founders before the money came, and she reminds you of … Continue reading →

Will Wilkinson (b. 1973) is an American political writer, policy analyst, and journalist whose career traces a significant ideological migration. He came out of the libertarian movement of the late twentieth century, then built a distinctive liberalism that joins market … Continue reading →

My 2008 Kerry Howley interview. Kerry Howley (b. 1981) is an American journalist, essayist, and screenwriter. She writes literary nonfiction that joins immersive reporting to philosophical questions about consciousness, institutional power, surveillance, and the construction of narrative. Her work sits … Continue reading →