This came out last week, but it’s my favorite thing I’ve read in quite a while. For The New York Times, Anthony Ham with “Australia’s Clever Birds Did Not Consent to This Science Experiment.” As ESPN’s Mina Kimes tweeted, “I will never not click on an article about animals outwitting humans”
For the Columbia Journalism Review, Caleb Pershan with “‘We have the simplest business in the world’: A conversation with Defector Media.”
Earlier this month, Christianity Today’s Daniel Silliman investigated the publication he works for in “Sexual Harassment Went Unchecked at Christianity Today.” Now Slate’s Molly Olmstead has a Q&A with Sillimin in “Investigating Sexual Harassment in an Evangelical Christian Newsroom.”
The Academy Awards are Sunday night. Here’s a fun look back at the last time one movie swept the five major categories (best picture, best director, best actor, best actress, best screenplay). It’s The Ringer’s Keith Phipps with “The Night ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Devoured the Oscars.”
The New York Times’ Sopan Deb with “Basketball Skills Got Him to the N.B.A., but Activism Made His Name.”
The Washington Post’s Adam Kilgore with “The miracle of Saint Peter’s: How Jersey City produced the most unlikely Sweet 16 team.”
Looking for a fun podcast? Check out the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s “Music Now.” Host Brian Hiatt talks with David Fear and Erica Thompson about Batman music in “‘Something in the Way,’ ‘The Batman,’ Prince and the Wild History of Batmusic.”
Finally, what a photo by The New York Times’ Sarahbeth Maney.
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