“Chan was most recently executive editor of Columbia Journalism Review, and an adjunct professor of journalism, in 2024-25. Previously, he was editor in chief of The Texas Tribune from 2021 to 2024, during which the nonprofit newsroom won its first National Magazine Award and was a Pulitzer finalist for the first time.”

“It also taught me just how much some of our audience doesn’t know about our mission and our ethics. There’s so much negativity about journalism and the media — some of which warranted — but I hope that issues like this give people insight into what we are trying to accomplish.”

“Three years since its founding, and three months into Trump’s second term, Semafor today presents an interesting proposition: a media outlet geared toward the powerful, hosting events with all the traditional trappings of power, minus the people across town who actually wield it.”

“ournalists will need to rely directly on sources rather than official document requests when it comes to covering DOGE—or any other branch of the federal bureaucracy. In recent years, the number of FOIA submissions has risen dramatically, not just from reporters, but also private firms (in law, real estate, and so on) that have otherwise found it increasingly difficult to access public records. The influx has overwhelmed FOIA offices, many of them part of federal departments now facing stark budget cuts.”

“Mr. Piker benefits from ‘jock insurance,’ said Tristan Bridges, a sociologist who studies masculinity and gender at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The term is used to describe how men with ‘a lot of masculine gender capital’ are generally given more leeway to do things like challenge norms and make mistakes, he added.