Brian Moritz
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Direct observation of the Lindhard continuum using resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
Abstract Understanding the excitations of quantum materials is essential for unraveling how their microscopic constituents interact. Among these, particle-hole excitations form a particularly important class, as they govern fundamental processes such as screening, dissipation, and transport. In metals, the continuum of electron-hole excitations is described by the Lindhard function.
Improving Spectral Resolution from Real-time Evolution for Correlated Systems
Abstract The quality of numerically simulated spectra using real-time evolution methods for strongly correlated systems is affected by both the length of simulation time and the system size, limiting resolution in both frequency and momentum. In this work, we propose a computationally cheap, linear autoregressive machine learning-based framework to extend short-time and short-distance results over a wider range.
The Sunday Back Page: Bronx Sign-Off
THE WARMUP Welcome to Volume I, Edition X of The Sunday Back Page. This is your Sunday morning sports section — built for the inbox and made for independent creators. Every week, the best sports writing, podcasting, and storytelling from people who own what they build. No institutions. No legacy outlets. No algorithms deciding what you see. Just great work. Every Sunday morning. Most AI newsletters are written for engineers. This one isn't.
Sports media gets much tougher on sports gambling
Sports media gets much tougher on sports gambling “This is the year we start to see some real journalistic pushback to the behemoth that legal and accessible sports gambling has become.” -ports-media-gets-much-tougher-on-sports-gambling A remarkable thing happened in sports journalism in October.
The Super Bowl's real origin story
Vince Lombardi stood in his makeshift office inside one of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum’s locker rooms.
The Five: "That one had some sting to it" (1985)
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Sports journalists break away from access-based journalism
Could the end of sports journalism as we know it be because of Nick Castellanos? Maybe. A little-discussed story in October involving the Philadelphia Phillies’ outfielder could indicate a massive change to how sports journalism is practiced. It happened leading into the playoffs, when ESPN wanted to do a story about how Castellanos has been connected to an infamous meme on sports social media.
the WNBA players' unprecedented stand against 'biased' reporting
Thanks for being here! Below, a deep dive into the women’s basketball reporting that USA TODAY’s Christine Brennan has published this season, which prompted a response from the Women’s National Basketball Players’ Association. A disclaimer that this is not intended as an attack on Brennan personally, and, as you will see below, I have tried to directly address this matter with Brennan in the past and she responded by blocking me.
REPRISE: Woj made me, and all of us, better
A rare two-post day, because my friend and mentor Adrian Wojnarowski announced his retirement from ESPN and journalism today to take a job as the general manager of the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team. I wrote this piece back in 2017 when he joined ESPN, and I wanted to share it today. Because for all we can and should say about Woj the journalist and how you can’t tell the story of digital sports journalism without him, I want to share a little about the kind of person he is.
Emergence of antiferromagnetic correlations and Kondolike features in a model for infinite layer nickelates - npj Quantum Materials
Abstract We report a determinant quantum Monte Carlo study of a two-band model, inspired by infinite-layer nickelates, focusing on the influence of interlayer hybridization between \(3{d}_{{x}^{2}-{y}^{2}}\) orbitals derived from Ni (or Ni and O) in one layer and rare-earth (R) 5d orbitals in the other layer, hereafter the Ni and R layers, respectively.
To tape or not to tape ... wait, really?
Old textbooks are fascinating source material. They are often a student’s first real introduction to a profession. It’s where the basic norms, practices, values, roles and routines of a field like journalism are first presented. Students imprint on this, carrying many of these lessons into their careers for good and for bad.
A major sports betting journalism scandal is coming
The predictions in this series are often happy, joyful, optimistic about the coming year, bursting with all the promise and possibilities facing journalism in the next 12 months. Allow me to be a downer just this once. My prediction for 2024 is that there will be a major scandal involving a sports journalist and sports gambling.
Charge order and superconductivity in a two-band model for infinite-layer nickelates
The recent discovery of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates has drawn considerable attention; however, a consensus on the fundamental building blocks and common ingredients is necessary to understand and describe their ground states and emergent properties is lacking. A series of experimental and theoretical studies have suggested that an effective two-band Hubbard model with Ni 3dx2−y2 and rare-earth (R) 5d character may describe the low-energy physics.
Quantitative assessment of the universal thermopower in the Hubbard model - Nature Communications
Abstract As primarily an electronic observable, the room-temperature thermopower S in cuprates provides possibilities for a quantitative assessment of the Hubbard model. Using determinant quantum Monte Carlo, we demonstrate agreement between Hubbard model calculations and experimentally measured room-temperature S across multiple cuprate families, both qualitatively in terms of the doping dependence and quantitatively in terms of magnitude.
The totem of American journalism
Let’s start with an assertion: Digital news is better than print. Think of the daily newspaper, the Morning Miracle as Dave Kindred called it. Think of the daily print edition of The New York Times, or the Washington Post, or the Wall Street Journal (just so we don’t get bogged down in critiques of a given outlet). Whichever one you’re thinking of, that paper is the pinnacle of American daily journalism. It’s got the best reporters, editors, photographers, designers.
The best newspaper man I ever worked with
Chuck Pollock is the best newspaper man I ever worked with. No sense in burying the lede. If I tried, he’d call me and tell me to get to the point, already. So let’s stick with the point. Chuck Pollock is the best boss I’ve ever had. He is one of the most influential people in the history of sports journalism in Western New York. Chuck retired this week from The Times Herald in Olean.
Paying for online news
My pal Mike Sielski had a Twitter exchange with several of his followers on Monday morning about his most recent column in the Philadelphia Inqurirer. It wasn’t the Mike’s opinion that had his followers fired up. It was the availability of said opinion piece. This is part of a much longer conversation about digital journalism economics and the state of online journalism.
Trent Crimm, The Independent
Sometimes, research in my field is important. Sometimes, it deals with critical topics about the present and the future of journalism and news media. Sometimes, it's about Ted Lasso. This weekend, I have the honor of presenting at the IACS Summit on Communication and Sport, in Barcelona, hosted by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the University of Alabama.
A masterclass from ESPN
At one point Monday night, not long after Damar Hamlin’s horrific injury, Scott Van Pelt introduced a reporter who was giving a live update from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. I didn’t write down exactly what Van Pelt said, but by way of introduction, it was words to this effect: We deal with what we know, not what we want to be true, So what do we know now? We are going to be teaching the first few hours of ESPN's coverage from Monday night for decades in journalism programs.
Unicorns and The Athletic
In his excellent newsletter that you absolutely should subscribe to, Dave Karpf recently wrote about Facebook and the economic models of the modern tech world: Reading that, I instantly thought of The Athletic. Looking back, my skepticism and questions about The Athletic were never about the idea behind it, or by the work being done by the talented reporters and editors there.
A broken translational symmetry state in an infinite-layer nickelate - Nature Physics
Abstract A defining signature of strongly correlated electronic systems is a rich phase diagram, which consists of multiple broken symmetries, such as magnetism, superconductivity and charge order1,2. In the recently discovered nickelate superconductors3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, a large antiferromagnetic exchange energy has been reported, which implies the existence of strong electronic correlations11. However, signatures of a broken-symmetry state other than superconductivity have not yet been observed.
Women Athletes Make Change on Social Media
Monthly Issue The Influence of Sports Media At 10:11 a.m. on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, overturning the precedent established in 1973 with Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion. Just 11 minutes after the news broke, NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women’s Soccer League posted a statement on its Twitter feed denouncing the decision. “NJ/NY Gotham FC vehemently objects to any rollback of Roe v.
Episode 163: Finding Your Sweet Spot with Dr. Catherine Pearlman
Dr. Catherine Pearlman joins Brian to talk about her new book, “First Phone: A child's guide to digital responsibility, safety and etiquette.” Catherine discusses her career as a social worker, parenting coach and writer, how she got a syndicated column, and the writing lessons she learned from writing two columns a week for several years.
The Role of Sports Media in Athlete Mental Health
Monthly Issue Mental Health: A New Priority in Sport James Blake remembers his first major news conference. It was the third round of the 2001 U.S. Open tennis tournament. Blake, then a relative newcomer on the ATP Tour, found himself the subject of an on-court racial comment from eventual champion Lleyton Hewitt. Blake, who lost the match in five sets, also suffered heat stroke and needed two bags of intravenous fluids.
Sports journalism in a post-Twitter world?
Beware anybody who claims to know what comes next, or what it all means. The fact is, of course, nobody knows what’s going to happen to Twitter now that Elon Musk owns the joint. It could become a right-wing cesspool. It could become pay to play. It could soon feature an edit button. It could soon welcome Donald Trump back. It could stay pretty much the same. So any prediction or big-picture discussion of Twitter’s future — yep, including this one — should be taken with an Everest-sized grain of salt.
Mike Vaccaro — the best of all of us
It's the winter of 2000. I'm a young sports reporter at The Times Herald, my first job out of college, covering my first beat. St Bonaventure was playing a Saturday afternoon game at Fordham. We got into town on Friday night and stayed at a Marriott in New Jersey (Teaneck, I want to say), and Saturday morning I met one of the writers who used to have my job. It was the first of many meals I've shared with Mike Vaccaro .
Zoom access and sports journalism
The first day of the International Association of Communication and Sports annual summit last week took place at Lincoln Financial Field. The good folks at the stadium gave a group of attendees a lunch time tour of the stadium. Along with a quick stop on the field (impressive) and the media interview room (decidedly less impressive), we got to spend five minutes in the Eagles' locker room.
When you can't tell the story of the day
There was only one story coming out of the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team’s game at Saint Joseph’s on Saturday night. It wasn’t the Bonnies winning their seventh consecutive game, it wasn’t the Bonnies’ stellar defense in the final minutes, and it wasn’t even them keeping their fledgling at-large bid hopes alive. The only story was Osun Osunniyi's injury.
Where Sports Media Is Going in Sports Betting Age
Monthly Issue Passions & Pitfalls in American Sports Betting Tim Graham offered a hypothetical situation. Let’s say you are a sports journalist who covers the Montana State University men’s basketball team. They play in the Big Sky Conference – a long way from the bright lights of the Atlantic Coast Conference or the Big Ten. You’re watching practice one day, the only media member there, and you see Montana State’s starting point guard turn his ankle. It’s clear he’s injured. You open your phone.
You’ll be able to buy a newspaper day pass
Let’s see if this sounds familiar. You’re scrolling Twitter and you see a link to a story that sounds interesting. You click it, head to the newspaper’s website, and are greeted with an interstitial ad. “This story is for subscribers only!” Or the dreaded “You’ve reached your limit of free articles” — even though this is the first time you’ve come to this site in months.
They don’t teach this in journalism school
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the growth of Substack as a journalistic platform in the past year. And yes, there’s a certain irony in writing about Substack on my own Substack. But most of the talk seems centered around the impact on the business of journalism, the few controversial writers on the platform who are full of sound and fury, or the impact of this on consumers, there has been less talk on what this looks like for journalists on the ground doing it.
Episode 152: Bus Bubble with Tania Elizabeth
Grammy and Juno-award winning musician Tania Elizabeth joins Brian to talk about the writing and recording of her upcoming album and more. Tania’s been a touring musician for nearly her entire life, and has spent the past seven years playing fiddle in the Avett Brothers. Before that, she was a founding member of The Duhks and toured extensively both on her own and as an accompanist. In 2021, she recorded her first solo record in nearly 10 years and hopes to release it in 2022.
Naomi Osaka, or when news breaks in your research area
When a [news story breaks in your area of research](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/sports/tennis/french-open-naomi-osaka-quits.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage), it is an odd rush. My first instinct this past week is that I should say and write something about what's happening. After all, I have dedicated years of my life to studying this issue. I am an lower-case expert on the subject. This is what I do.
Episode 147: Make Your Editor Happy with Will Leitch
Will Leitch joins Brian to talk about pandemic life, sports journalism and Will’s upcoming novel, How Lucky. Will and Brian talk about their lives during the pandemic, how sports journalism survived its self-perceived existential crisis, and how sports’ return helped pave the the way for a return to normalcy. Will then talks about his upcoming book, which he calls the purest distillation of what he feels abut the world.
Streaming apps, and answering the HBO question
An interesting note coming out of my media economics class this week. We’re talking about streaming TV, and I asked the students to list the apps they subscribe to (or have access too, wink wink). The idea is to think through the economics of this newish form of media. Not just how much they pay for them, but what they get from them as well. As an example, one student listed nine different apps they use, either through paying or sharing passwords with friends and family.
Digital subscriptions for newspaper sports sections
In sports journalism, when we talk about digital subscription models, we’re almost always talking about The Athletic. But over the past several years, newspapers have started to rely more heavily on digital subscriptions as a business model, with some companies experimenting with sports-only subscriptions.
When John Chaney spoke, you listened
You had to feel bad for Oliver Purnell. Back in the early 2000s, Purnell was the Dayton men’s basketball coach. He had the second slot (10:20 a.m.) in the weekly Atlantic 10 men’s basketball conference call, where each coach would get 10 minutes to answer questions from various reporters. You had to feel bad for him because he went on immediately after John Chaney. First rule of covering the Atlantic 10 was never be late for the conference.
The year sports journalism changes for good
So the sports journalism apocalypse didn’t happen in 2020. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and sports shut down across the United States, there was genuine concern about the state of the beat. How would it work when there were no games? My own research has shown that, historically, no area of journalism is as tied to its subject matter as sports journalism is to game coverage. But as it turned out, sports journalism survived just fine. Reporters took the opportunity to get creative finding stories.
Episode 142: Bet On Yourself with Tyler Dunne
Tyler Dunne returns to the show to talk about his new NFL newsletter, Go Long. Tyler discusses why he decided to start a newsletter with Substack and why he believes this is the future of sports journalism. He talks about the lessons he learned from watching his dad start his own company and what it means to bet on yourself. Tyler and Brian also talk about the challenges of reporting via Zoom and how the early morning hours can be the best time of day to write.
What Donald Trump has done to sports journalism
For most of my sports journalism career, I covered high school sports. Yes, I covered college basketball and minor-league baseball as my beats. But at both The Times Herald in Olean and the Press & Sun Bulletin in Binghamton, I spent as much time covering high school sports as those higher-profile beats. Whether it was Big 30 football or STAC baseball, at least 2-3 of my shifts each week in 10 years of sports journalism involved covering high schools.
The Other 51 on Apple Podcasts
185 episodes The best conversations about writing happen at the bar after deadline. That's the vibe we're going for here. A podcast about writing, with Brian Moritz. The best conversations about writing happen at the bar after deadline. That's the vibe we're going for here. A podcast about writing, with Brian Moritz. AUG 31, 2023 North Star with Sam Borden Sam Borden of ESPN joins Brian this week to talk about reporting, interviewing, and life as a foreign correspondent.
‘Kamala is my new hero’
We huddled around my wife and her phone. The campfire roared in front of us, taking what little chill there was out of the unseasonably warm November night. My daughter and her best friend had taken a break from their Percy Jackson fanfest to watch the news. As Vice President-elect Kamala Harris took the stage, they cheered so loud we thought they’d wake the neighbors.
ESPN writers going behind paywall
Sources said that breaking news and investigative pieces will remain outside the paywall on ESPN.com, but writers who focus on insight and analysis will now primarily be available only to ESPN+ subscribers. For example, if baseball insider Jeff Passan has a feature, it would be on ESPN+, but if he were to break a big signing, it would remain outside the paywall.
Media coverage of women's sports
The biggest story surrounding the NCAA Tournaments this weekend has been the publicized differences between the men’s and women’s tournaments, whether it is the on-site training facilities, the swag bags, Covid tests, or the playing facilities themselves. I’m not going to call them shocking differences, because if you’re been around sports for 27 seconds, this won’t shock you.
Episode 135: I Spoke Up with Julie DiCaro
Sports writer, radio host, and author Julie DiCaro discusses her upcoming book, her career in sports media and more. Julie talks about her career path from public defender to sports columnist. Julie and Brian discuss the surprising similarities between practicing law and being a sports columnist and how being a lawyer prepared Julie to write about sports.
The Other 51 Episode 133: Mike Freeman
Mike Freeman, a veteran NFL writer and author, joins Brian to talk about his new book, “Football’s Fearless Activists” and how the movement led by Collin Kaepernick changed the NFL and sports in America. Mike talks about how he knew he would write a book about this movement the moment he first saw Kaepernick’s protest in 2016, and how he knew he was done reporting and ready to write.
Episode 131: No Soup Cans with Zach Roberts
Zach Roberts, an independent journalist who has been covering protests for more than 15 years, joins Brian this week to talk about covering the recent Black Lives Matter protests in Rochester, N.Y. Zach, who was Brian’s student back in 2014, talks about how he got his start in freelance investigative journalism, how covering Occupy Wall Street changed the course of his career, and his experiences covering the protests of Daniel Prude’s death in Rochester.
Episode 129: That's Just Twitter with Julia Azari
Julia Azari, a professor at Marquette University and contributor to Five Thirty Eight, joins Brian to talk about public scholarship, politics and more. Julia and Brian talk about the challenges in teaching politics and journalism over the past four years, whether or not professor and journalists should openly talk about their politics, and how things have changed since the 2016 election. The main topic is public scholarship.
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