The Kicker

On this week’s episode, CJR board member and founder of The Information Jessica Lessin interviews Facebook executive Adam Mosseri. Their conversation was recorded at a May 17 conference co-hosted by CJR and The Information in San Francisco. Lessin presses Mosseri on Lessin presses him on Facebook’s responsibility to publishers and whether the marriage between journalism and the social media platform can be saved.

A unified campaign against Alden Global Capital by Columbia Journalism Review

Rukmini Callimachi’s husband unfriended her on Facebook. She doesn’t tell her New York Times colleagues where she lives. Those are just a few of the precautions she’s taken since she started reporting on terrorism and the Islamic State. On this week’s episode, Meg spoke with Callimachi about the dangerous beat and how her new podcast, Caliphate, came to be. In Caliphate, Callimachi expands on her NYT reporting and dives deeper into the mind of ISIS with help from producer Andy Mills. Then Pete joins CJR colleagues Jon Allsop and Alexandria Neason to unpack two of this week’s biggest stories: Robert Mueller’s list of questions and the latest Kanye West controversy.

A Tale of Two Tariffs by Columbia Journalism Review

The Zuckerberg Chronicles by Columbia Journalism Review

CNN’s Nima Elbagir on her investigation into Libya's slave trade by Columbia Journalism Review

Is journalism a form of activism? by Columbia Journalism Review

Paul Ford on the intersection of blockchain and journalism by Columbia Journalism Review

Kim Masters on #MeToo coverage; Susan Orlean on finding stories by Columbia Journalism Review

A new generation of native voices by Columbia Journalism Review

The Facebook Armageddon by Columbia Journalism Review

Women in the workplace by Columbia Journalism Review

Threats to journalism by Columbia Journalism Review

The Twitter bot economy by Columbia Journalism Review

Slate’s ‘pivot to words’ by Columbia Journalism Review