Journalism 2050

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• How Big Tech Unleashed a New Wave of Misogyny Against Journalists

  October 22, 2026 · 52 min

  It may be hard to believe now, but there was a time, in the early 2000s, when many felt that social media would revitalize the public sphere and herald a new age of democratic participation. Two decades later, each week seems to bring…

• Can the News Exist Without Big Tech? The Atlas Says Yes

  October 8, 2026 · 52 min

  When The Atlas, a digital newspaper, launched earlier this year, it billed itself as “the new samizdat.” The term recalls the dissident networks that distributed forbidden news and literature in the Soviet Union in the 1950s and ’60s…

• Journalism in the Age of the Quick Take

  September 24, 2026 · 45 min

  In 1990, a chance encounter in the office elevator changed the trajectory of Razia Iqbal’s career. She was then a subeditor at the BBC on a six-month contract. Days later, she was on a flight to Pakistan as the BBC’s foreign correspondent…

• How independent media organizations are standing together against an authoritarian government.

  September 10, 2026 · 40 min

  In Georgia, since a new party took power in 2024, founded by a billionaire oligarch with links to Russia, journalists are facing unprecedented attacks. All sorts of repression have become more common: physical assaults, arrests, arbitrary…

• How has the shifting nature of political influence impacted journalism?

  May 18, 2026 · 57 min

  When Ronald Reagan won the presidency, in 1980, it was a victory long in the making. For almost half a century, conservatives had plotted ways to cut taxes and undo workers’ rights. Their playbook for political influence went something…

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