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11 answers from a year of deep questions about journalism

Depth Perception’s first year was full of insight. Here are our favorite bits of knowledge from respondents to our newsletter's recurring questionnaire.

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Human stories from Ukraine: Inside The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak

As major outlets shutter foreign bureaus, one journalist builds a new model for international reporting.

Dec 11 •

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“I have a duty to share what I saw.” Jacob Soboroff on his role in Trump immigration documentary 'Separated'

The NBC News correspondent calls the film about the Trump administration’s child-separation policy “more relevant than I ever could have possibly…

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“I have a duty to share what I saw.” Jacob Soboroff on his role in Trump immigration documentary 'Separated'

Dec 4 • Mark Yarm and Long Lead

Linda Tirado, “a one-woman hurricane of making the world a better place”

Jul 9 • Parker Molloy and Long Lead

Sari Botton on aging, eloping, and pissing off Hollywood royalty

Jul 16 • Mark Yarm and Long Lead

How Mehdi Hasan's "big mouth" launched his career

Mar 26 • Mark Yarm

Meet the inmate who went viral for “Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison”

Sep 19, 2023 • Mark Yarm and Parker Molloy

Sara Benincasa is not a fraud. She's a journalist.

Apr 23 • Parker Molloy and Long Lead

Writing through the apocalypse with The Handbasket’s Marisa Kabas

As independent journalism faces mounting threats, one writer builds a platform for uncompromising reporting.

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Night falls, stars shine: Jeff Sharlet on Trump, extremism, and journalism’s future

The author of The Undertow and The Family strikes a bleak tone, but predicts “some brilliant, heroic reporting.”

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Truth telling in trans coverage: Inside Assigned Media with Evan Urquhart

As misinformation about transgender people proliferates, one journalist is building a fact-based alternative to mainstream narratives.

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Best new music site: Five Pitchfork alums bring us Hearing Things

Founders Ryan Dombal and Jill Mapes on how their worker-owned site strives to be different than the Condé Nast powerhouse

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DAME's Kera Bolonik on legacy media's election coverage: "They keep playing this very dangerous game."

As journalism institutions face criticism for their election coverage, DAME's editor-in-chief makes the case for independent voices.

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"A predilection for abyss-gazing”: Why Talia Lavin is drawn to writing about the far right

The journalist and Wild Faith author on covering extremism and, surprisingly, sandwiches

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Don’t mess with Texas journalism: Olivia Messer on heading up The Barbed Wire

The veteran journalist discusses her return to local journalism and her vision for a new kind of Texas news outlet.

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