I wrote about the aid flotillas that spent all spring and summer trying to reach Gaza — and what happened when their participants were thrown in Israeli jail @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
"I remember the first time The New Yorker told me I had to do all the reporting on one trip. I felt, 'Oh, this is NOT the way I like to do business.'” I profiled Susan Orlean @nymag.com www.vulture.com/article/susa...
I profiled the artist Coco Fusco, whose survey show at El Museo del Barrio opens today and who told me, "The idea that my professional life has been a joyride is so far from the truth" www.vulture.com/article/arti...
A lot of lawyers have told me they were shocked when the Manhattan DA brought terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione. Today, a judge threw those charges out! I wrote @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
i profiled the new york teen who's so nichely tiktok-famous with local middle school girls that they line up at her place of work to get a photo with her www.thecut.com/article/alle...
"There was a student who was debating between my school or an institution in Hong Kong. I gave her the advice to come to my school. Now I’m not sure if that was the best solution." Interviewed a Chinese student about living thru US visa chaos @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
I wrote about Caught by the Tides, the truly amazing film that Jia Zhangke made out of B-roll wow PS I love Zhao Tao www.vulture.com/article/revi...
I wrote about Lucien Smith, the artist and soon-to-be restaurateur who says Dimes Square is his Soho in the '70s @nymag.com www.grubstreet.com/article/luci...
Luigi Mangione is set to be arraigned in federal court today and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. I wrote about Trump's love of executions and the obsessive, cruel, wildly expensive pursuit of capital punishment @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
It’s getting real y’all. 97% of New York Magazine Union members just signed a pledge to walk out of work if we don’t get a fair contract from Vox Media. If you love @nymag.com and the work we do, sign our solidarity pledge to support us in the event of a walkout: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge
Don't be lowbrow despicable. Stand with the New York Union by refusing to cross the digital picket line.
5,000 @nymag.com readers & counting have told Vox Media they plan to stand with @nymagunion.bsky.social if we walk out. Tomorrow we're back in bargaining. The time for a fair deal is now. If you haven’t signed, tell Vox you support New York’s 150 union members: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge
Don't be lowbrow despicable. Stand with the New York Union by refusing to cross the digital picket line.
If you love @NYMag and the work that @nymagunion.bsky.social does to make it, join our friends like Julia Fox, Anna Delvey & John Early and add your name to our pledge to support us in the event of a walkout: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge
97 percent of New York Magazine Union members are ready to walk out.
Despite our willingness to compromise, management has rejected our sensible proposals again and again. Enough is enough.
97% of our members have signed onto a pledge to do whatever it takes to get a deal, including a potential work stoppage.
I profiled Maryam Nassirzadeh and tried to answer the one question everybody asked me www.thecut.com/article/mary...
We’re ready for @nymag.com management to come to the table with compensation that reflects the cost of living, relief for our overworked members, and AI job protections. A better future in media is possible!
Will AI Make Us Obsolete? "Not if our leaders STAND UP FOR THE VALUES New York Magazine was founded on."- the ghost of Clay Felker "I hope not! AI slop IS THE AESTHETIC OF MODERN FASCISM, tbh."- a human copy editor "Didn't we run a WHOTE FEATURE on HOW AI CONTENT SUCKS?"- confused non-artificial writer "Would you read a magazine that tells you something factually INCORRECT 10 PERCENT of the time?"- a writer who loves her human fact-checkers
What the @nymagunion.bsky.social really thinks about our company’s desire to potentially replace us with AI (TLDR, it’s not great):
What We Wish We Could Tell Our Bosses “We BELIEVE MEDIA CAN SUCCEED if you actually SUPPORT IT!” - a Vulture writer “We exist as a ROUND-THE-CLOCK CONCIERGE service for the EGO of the OLD GUARD OF PRINT JOURNALISM.”- a member who knows better than to go on record “When people who love New York Magazine ASK ME IF THEY SHOULD APPLY FOR A JOB HERE, I tell them that the burnout is crazy.”- a longtime employee “Just pay me for ALL THE HOURS I WORK.”- a social media editor
Media Workers Tell All! What the @nymagunion.bsky.social wants to tell their bosses:
The Kids Aren't Too Soft (We Just Have to Pay Rent) "It's easy for bosses WHO came up in a media world WITH GOOD SALARIES - or have FAMILY WEALTH -- to complain about the young folks not paying their dues."- a bargaining-committee member "I'm just LESS SERVILE than I used to be because MY SALARY HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH INFLATION." - a Curbed writer "My generation is not 'COMPLAINING.' We're DEPRESSED that there is NO SECURITY in journalism careers anymore." - an annoyed fact-checker "The idea that the kids don't want to get their asses up and work couldn't be FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. Almost everyone I know in media works MULTIPLE JOBS." - a copy editor "It would be nice to be able to AFFORD a family on my salary instead of ASPIRATIONALLY BROWSING THE STRATEGIST'S BABY-REGISTRY GUIDES."- a writer
We also asked @nymagunion.bsky.social members what they thought about the media elite calling them “soft”:
What Keeps Us Up At Night “Worrying that MY STORIES WON’T GET FACT-CHECKED OR COPYEDITED PROPERLY because our staff is STRETCHED SO THIN.”- a nervous writer “Events that I’m covering UNTIL MIDNIGHT that I am NOT GETTING PAID OVERTIME for.”- a very tired union member “The fact that 5 people have left my department SINCE I STARTED WORKING HERE. SO NOW I RUN 15 ACCOUNTS.”- a social media member “The fact that Vox ELIMINATED my health-insurance plan while I deal with SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS.”- a bargaining-committee member “The way my paychecks look PUNIER and PUNIER IN COMPARISON TO MY BILLS.”- a features writer but also everyone
As @nymagunion.bsky.social negotiates our 2nd contract, we asked our members about the most pressing issues still on the table, like what makes them lose sleep:
A mock magazine cover that reads "New York Union: Media Workers Tell All!"
Remember in October when @nymag.com published its annual Power Issue with members of the “media elite?" Well, @nymagunion.bsky.social thought you might want to hear from media workers themselves.
Introducing our union Power Issue: MEDIA WORKERS TELL ALL!
