Sarah Gotfredsen

2 weeks ago | cjr.org | Sarah Gotfredsen

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Print magazines weren’t expected to survive the digital age, yet they’re still holding on, if not always thriving. In 2024, news stories highlighted a small but notable resurgence. Publications like Vice, Nylon, and Playboy, which had previously abandoned their print editions, began reviving them, albeit in limited runs. Print shifted from the default medium to a luxury item—a premium add-on for those willing to pay extra.

1 month ago | cjr.org | Sarah Gotfredsen

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. When Michael Waltz, the now former national security adviser, accidentally added The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, to a private Signal group chat planning a US attack on Yemen earlier this year, it triggered concerns about the information security practices of top White House officials.

1 month ago | cjr.org | Sarah Gotfredsen

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. A growing number of news reports indicate that travelers heading to the US are facing scrutiny at the border, with some subjected to electronic-device searches. US Customs and Border Protection that such searches aim to identify violations—say, drug trafficking or terrorist activities—and that just 0.01 percent of international travelers will be subjected to them.

2 months ago | cjr.org | Sarah Gotfredsen

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Once again, lawmakers are threatening to strip tech companies of their legislative sword and shield. Section 230, also known as the twenty-six words that made the internet, is a small section of the Communications Decency Act that protects social media platforms from legal liability when making decisions around users’ posts.

2 months ago | cjr.org | Sarah Gotfredsen

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR‚Äôs daily newsletter. Elon Musk‚Äôs Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has taken unprecedented steps to slash the federal bureaucracy, all but dismantling entire agencies and firing thousands of workers while claiming to have saved the federal government over a hundred billion dollars‚ÄĒ even if, critics say, that calculation doesn‚Äôt remotely hold up.