Writer and journalist Hunter S. Thompson’sfabled daily routinewas first published in a stylized account of the writer’s life by E. Jean Carroll. Part biography, part fiction, how much of it is actually true matters little in an account of Thompson, for his part as much man as myth, who was …
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The marriage of elite journalism and documentary has been a welcome one, for reasons that should be clear. Get experienced, polished reporters involved in a story and you’re generally going to get a tale not only well-told but responsibly told, with due diligence taking precedence over flash and sensation. Add …
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We revere scientific progress, for the promise it holds for a better life and for the possible future it represents. We also fear that progress, its capacity for transgression in a field that the layperson struggles to understand. The new Netflix documentary King of Clones presents a smart look at …
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I t’s 11 o’clock in the morning on a sweltering Sunday in New York’s East Village, and Andrew Callaghan, sporting a smirk and shock of curly blond hair, is, uncharacteristically, moving a little slow. A few blocks down from his aunt’s apartment, where he crashed the night before, Callaghan, 25, …
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Students will be guided through the history of the profession and outline the current challenges journalists face. Rolling Stone, New York University and the online education platform Yellowbrick have joined forces to teach aspiring journalists. Modern Journalism is a six-part educational content series that features Rolling Stone Editor-in-Chief Noah Shachtman, …
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