Who Reports on the Reporters? A Mediabistro Q&A
A look at the beat journalists, columnists, and critics who keep tabs on the American media industry.
David S. Hirschman
David S. Hirschman
David Hirschman spent more than seven years as News Editor at Mediabistro, where he covered the media industry from the inside. He has written for the New York Times, Wired, New York Magazine, Advertising Age, and dozens of other publications, and later co-founded Street Fight, a media and events company that was acquired in 2017. He holds a B.A. from Brown University and a graduate degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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The President of MSNBC.com on Internet News and Why Blogs Are Good for Online Journalism
A cable news executive argues that the blog boom is helping, not hurting, credibility-driven online news organizations.
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Newsweek’s Tom Masland on Shrapnel in His Arm and Life as an Africa Correspondent
The veteran correspondent on the physical and psychological toll of covering the continent most American outlets ignore.
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Mark Jurkowitz on Covering the Press and Why Media Criticism Matters
The Boston Phoenix press critic on the beat, his methods, and why mainstream outlets need independent watchdogs.
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Eric Umansky on Writing Slate’s Today’s Papers Column and Working Through the Night
The columnist on the dawn shift, the art of the digest, and why bad puns make the medicine go down.
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Paul Colford on Covering the Media Beat
The media reporter on his beat, his methods, and why the journalists who cover others need covering too.
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Nick Gillespie on Reason’s 35th Anniversary and What Libertarianism Actually Stands For
As the magazine turns 35, its editor explains libertarianism's staying power and why it keeps getting misunderstood.
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Lance Gould on Launching Drill, the First Lad Mag for Military Men
The editor behind the new magazine designed for service members on what the men and women in uniform actually want to read.
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The Publisher of The Walrus on Canada’s Answer to The New Yorker
The man behind Canada's most ambitious new magazine on what makes it different from its celebrated American inspiration.
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Jayson Blair on His Book, His Disgrace, and What He Says Really Happened at The New York Times
As he promotes his memoir, the disgraced reporter gives his side of journalism's most infamous recent scandal.
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