Film

A Photographer’s Legacy, Airbrushed

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Sep 27, 2024 A mechanical biopic about World War II journalist Lee Miller could have used more time in the darkroom. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Technology

How Twitter Turned Journalism Into a High School Cafeteria

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Jan 18, 2024 The premise of Web 2.0 was always toxic, but the peer pressure it exerted on journalists was especially destructive. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Modi’s War on the Media 

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Aug 3, 2023 The urgent Indian documentary “While We Watched” captures journalism under fire. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

A Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press

Ralph Engelman, Carey Shenkman / University of Illinois Press Jan 3, 2023 How the Espionage Act of 1917 is the most important yet least understood law threatening freedom of the press in modern American history. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Pompeo Lashes Out at Journalist; NPR Defends Its Reporter

LYNN BERRY / The Associated Press Jan 25, 2020 The top U.S. diplomat, accused of cussing and demanding Mary Louise Kelly point to Ukraine on unmarked map, unleashes angry, direct attack. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Female Journalists Still Bear the Brunt of Cyberattacks

Katharine Quarmby / Truthdig Jan 9, 2020 Even in countries that value press freedom, women are routinely subjected to threats of rape and other forms of online abuse. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Holiday Animation

Think Bigger, Get Louder

By Truthdig Dec 31, 2019 Truthdig's 2020 holiday animation illustrates (and demonstrates) how words, and journalism, still hold power. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

William Greider’s Blistering Critiques of Capitalism Will Be Sorely Missed

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Dec 27, 2019 The celebrated economist and author, who died at 83 this week, exposed the perils of Reaganomics—and predicted Trump’s rise. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Saudis Sentence 5 to Death in Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing

ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY / The Associated Press Dec 23, 2019 The ruling does not resolve questions about the crown prince's culpability in the grisly slaying of the Washington Post columnist. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdig Wins 6 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards

Truthdig Dec 2, 2019 The site's prize-winning journalism includes a profile of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a David Lynch retrospective and more. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Judge Awards $180 Million to Post Reporter Held by Iran

JON GAMBRELL / The Associated Press Nov 23, 2019 The nation is ordered to pay Jason Rezaian after he spent 544 days in captivity and was tortured on still-unexplained espionage charges. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Private Equity is Bleeding American Society Dry

Marc Steiner / The Real News Network Nov 8, 2019 Labor journalist Kim Kelly dissects the demise of the sports website Deadspin and what it means for the future of American journalism. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )