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Search and Destroy: Amanda Chicago Lewis on how SEO “ruined” the internet

This is why your Google results are a garbage fire. Plus, the longform void Jezebel leaves behind.

Nov 14 •

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October 2023

"What scares me the most": Jared Yates Sexton on when history repeats itself 🎃

Plus: Reporting nightmares, haunted houses and horror movie recommendations. It's all in the Halloween edition of Depth Perception.

Oct 31 •

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Killers of the Flower Moon author David Grann on when Hollywood calls

Plus: Crucial reads on the Israel-Hamas war and a touching portrait of one trans student's struggles with her sorority and the surrounding community.

Oct 17 •

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"The Body Politic Keeps The Score": Ana Marie Cox on Collective Trauma

Happy October! Also in this edition of Depth Perception: Remembering Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, Cat Person on the big screen.

Oct 3 •

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September 2023

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

How do you publish a story in the New Yorker when your writer is incarcerated with hardly any internet access? Plus, author doppelgangers and Signal…

Sep 19 •

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Get schooled: Some of our favorite journalism on education

This edition of Depth Perception examines the battle over America's schools, recommends some true crime, and looks back on the time when the price was…

Sep 5 •

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August 2023

"These weren't the Pentagon Papers. This is my family."

The Atlantic's Jennifer Senior discusses when reporting gets personal. Plus powerful reads on Elon Musk, Henry Ford's failed utopia, and the Supreme…

Aug 22 •

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Welcome to Depth Perception

Long Lead's newsletter delving into the world of longform journalism, written by Parker Molloy and Mark Yarm.

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