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Ben Dreyfuss’s Journalist Portfolio

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Barack Obama Is Out Of Fucks

Barack Obama Is Out Of Fucks

This is good. This is smart.

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These Are the Kinds of Drugs Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr Would Be

These Are the Kinds of Drugs Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr Would Be

Earlier today Pew released a survey that found 23 percent of adults in the United States used Twitter in 2014…

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If Wendy Davis thinks she can win an election by pointing out her opponent's disability, she's wr...

If Wendy Davis thinks she can win an election by pointing out her opponent's disability, she's wr...

Wendy Davis just released an ad attacking Greg Abbott, her opponent for governor in Texas, which is, to be bl…

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The alternate ending to "Titanic" proves once and for all that Rose is a monster

The alternate ending to "Titanic" proves once and for all that Rose is a monster

Titanic is a deeply flawed film. The dialogue is atrocious. The characterizations are thin. The plot ain't an…

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How to throw shade

How to throw shade

Last night, PBS aired "America After Ferguson," a town hall about race in America. A lot of really interestin…

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In Defense Of Selfies: Rembrandt

In Defense Of Selfies: Rembrandt

Millennials get a lot of heat for the whole "selfie" thing. But what is a selfie? Most of the time the term r…

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The Best of the Worst

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By Josh Barro Verified, Ben Dreyfuss Verified, Megan McArdle Verified
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Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -49:34 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Dear listeners, David Ellison is displeased about the California-led lawsuit to stop the Paramount-Warner merger, and he’s making threats: If the states don’t settle by October 1, he’s going to move both studios out of the state. We discuss: is this threat credible?
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Francesca Hong lost because saying "Woke 1 was crazy" is not enough

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By Ben Dreyfuss Verified
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Last night’s gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin ended in a shock upset when the progressive frontrunner Francesca Hong lost to moderate David Crowley. Hong had been in the news for the last week because of a bad tweet she sent in 2020. And though the primary is over, I think the tweet shows why she lost. Here is the tweet: “Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621.
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Lower Education

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By Josh Barro Verified, Megan McArdle Verified, Ben Dreyfuss Verified
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Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:03:08 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Dear listeners, It’s a rough time lately in higher education. Star scholar Jason Arday has resigned from Cambridge University, and in addition to apparent plagiarism and research fraud, people have been noticing that there wasn’t much content to his body of work.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was an "editorial producer" at CNET. It was the first of many meaningless job titles I would have.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

In the 90s we used electric typewriters in the library for some reason. Maybe this is a false memory.

How is social media changing news?

Journalists now report in front of an audience.