One day back in the spring of 2013, New York Times reporter Dan Barry was looking for a topic for “This Land,” his column about American life, when he came across a newswire story about a labor case involving … Read more
My first real mishap as a blind journalist happened during my first reporting internship at a small public radio station in southern Connecticut. It was a languid summer afternoon, and my editor, desperate to fill airtime, sent me out … Read more
Elizabeth Campbell doesn’t see the Web; she hears it. Campbell is blind and uses a program called JAWS that reads aloud the text on a Web page. The problem is, JAWS reads all the text. “I’ll … Read more
The first time I invited my readers to meet up at a coffee shop, one person came. His name was Jimmy. He was a fan of my geeky news and conversation blog at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and after we … Read more
Even in his first big presidential campaign, in a milieu where few people were short on confidence, Ted Cruz stood out for his self-assurance and conviction that he knew what was best for those who surrounded him. He was … Read more
If casting for an act one in this inglorious season of American political journalism, a mid-July moment in The Huffington Post newsroom might do. “After watching and listening to Donald Trump since he announced his candidacy for president, … Read more
In awarding its Lie of the Year title to Donald Trump last December, the staff at PolitiFact had a lot of material from which to choose. During the first GOP debate on August 6 in Cleveland, Ohio, the … Read more
A condition called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is—or is not—a precursor of breast cancer. It does—or does not—require treatment. Doctors differ on these questions because definitive scientific evidence doesn’t exist. Some women with DCIS, a collection of abnormal … Read more
