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Bill Grueskin

Journalist, professor, malcontent. Taking my annoying tweets to BlueSky. Same handle.

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  • Who Writes Better Ledes?

    23 hours ago | cjr.org | Bill Grueskin

    Sign up for The Media Today, CJRā€™s daily newsletter. To close out CJRā€™s weeklong coverage dedicated to AI and journalism, weā€™re tweaking this weekā€™s Laurels and Darts. As journalists increasingly rely on AI to write and edit stories, we want to test your ability to discern ChatGPT-written contentā€”in particular, ledes.

  • A Refreshing Candor

    1 week ago | cjr.org | Bill Grueskin

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  • Moran/Trump

    2 weeks ago | cjr.org | Bill Grueskin

    Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Interviewing Donald Trump can be an exasperating ordeal, especially if you’re not employed by one of his preferred outlets. So ABC News anchor Terry Moran had a tough job when he entered the Oval Office on Tuesday—even more so as he challenged the president on topics ranging from immigration policy to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

  • An Odd Pick for Surgeon General

    3 weeks ago | cjr.org | Bill Grueskin

    Sign up for The Media Today, CJR‚Äôs daily newsletter. You have to be‚ÄĒmake that, you‚Äôre supposed to be‚ÄĒa remarkable physician if you expect to become surgeon general of the United States. The first one, John Woodworth, trained in the US and Europe and tended to Civil War soldiers during Sherman‚Äôs March to the Sea. More recent surgeons general, like C.

  • History: Still Repeating After All These Years

    1 month ago | cjr.org | Bill Grueskin

    Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. As soon as I saw that Garrett Graff had written an oral history of the Bear Stearns collapse, I bookmarked the Washington Post page, figuring it’d be a great thing to read when I got some time. Then I forgot about it for a few days—until the markets imploded earlier this week. Graff has a way of eliciting you-are-there quotes, even about events that happened seventeen years ago.

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Bluesky Gruesky
Bluesky Gruesky @BGrueskin
11 Apr 25

RT @CJR: A timely look back at the 2008 implosion; a teachable moment in Dallas; CNN gives Trump his wings. A new Laurels and Darts by @BGr…

Bluesky Gruesky
Bluesky Gruesky @BGrueskin
11 Apr 25

Trump "ain't no lame duck. If anything, he's a soaring eagle." That's CNN's Harry Enten who, per today's column, spoke "without even a trace of a Pyongyang accent." https://t.co/pYQriOEOwM https://t.co/UjxqaXQuZ4

Columbia Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review @CJR

A timely look back at the 2008 implosion; a teachable moment in Dallas; CNN gives Trump his wings. A new Laurels and Darts by @BGrueskin. https://t.co/0aC4kjNUgK https://t.co/0bFyMXAKFF

Bluesky Gruesky
Bluesky Gruesky @BGrueskin
4 Apr 25

RT @CJR: Whale vs. Shark: A hungry up-and-comer; a dive down the DOGE mine shaft; Ken Klippenstein’s pride overfloweth, in a new Laurels an…