Latest in Book Reviews
Sticky Fingers New York Times Book Review, November 27, 2017
Democracy's Detectives Reason, April 2017
The Voyeur's Motel New York Times Book Review, July 11, 2016
The Rise of the Right to Know: Politics and the Culture of Transparency, 1945-1975 Bookforum, December/January, 2016
Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword New York Times, May 5, 2015
All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid New York Times, Oct. 31, 2014
Hell Before Breakfast: America's First War Correspondents Making History and Headlines, from the Battlefields of the Civil War to the Far Reaches of the Ottoman Empire Bookforum, June/July/Aug 2014
Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy Foreign Affairs, March/April 2014
Latest Posts
In a White Room, Washington City Paper, April 5, 2018 Magazine Work
Ben Bradlee's Charisma Trick, Washingtonian, December 2017 Magazine Work
Democracy's Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Reporting, Reason, April 2017 Book Reviews
The Voyeur's Motel New York Times Book Review, July 11, 2016 Book Reviews
The Rise of the Right to Know December/January, 2016
Book Reviews
Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword May 5, 2015
Book Reviews
Diaries: George Orwell Sept/Oct/Nov 2012
Book Reviews
My Romenesko verdict: no harm, no foul Nov. 11, 2011
Columns
Who gets to be anonymous? Nov. 9, 2011
Columns
Unoccupy Google Reader Nov. 3, 2011
Columns
The Tripster in Wolfe's Clothing March/April 2006
Magazine Work
The State of Media Criticism; Getting Sacked Sept. 5, 2011
TV/Radio
Suck Amok Nov. 1, 1995
Miscellany
Me & My Monkey Jan. 13, 1995
Extra!