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Sam Thielman

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Covers:  Politics, news media, technology, comic books, film
Doesn't Cover: Sports, reality TV
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Sam Thielman’s Biography

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Sam Thielman is a reporter, critic, essayist, and editor based in New York. He currently writes about comics and politics for The New Yorker, Slate, and The Guardian, and he is the editor of Spencer Ackerman's global affairs newsletter, Forever Wars. Previously, he worked for the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School overseeing print and website publication of the Tow Center's research reports, journalistic output, and digital tools. As a staff writer, he has covered t…

Sam Thielman’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Comic-Strip Writer Who Became a Legend

The Comic-Strip Writer Who Became a Legend

Héctor Germán Oesterheld's pulp adventures won him a devoted following-and made him a target of Argentina's j…

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How Kate Beaton Paid Off Her Student Loans

How Kate Beaton Paid Off Her Student Loans

The Canadian cartoonist Kate Beaton is a master of liminal spaces. Her drawings are accomplished and often be…

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The Cute and Horrifying World of Jim Woodring

The Cute and Horrifying World of Jim Woodring

"Where do you get your ideas?" is a question that most authors dread. The cartoonist Jim Woodring has a simpl…

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Marvel and DC face backlash over pay: 'They sent a thank you note and $5,000 - the movie made $1b...

Marvel and DC face backlash over pay: 'They sent a thank you note and $5,000 - the movie made $1b...

atch any superhero movie and you will see a credit along the lines of "based on the comic book created by", u…

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Journalism still has power. But not the way you'd hope.

Journalism still has power. But not the way you'd hope.

Pete Hegseth, the Fox News personality, Iraq War veteran, and one-time guard at the Guantanamo Bay detention …

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The fascist next door: how to cover hate

The fascist next door: how to cover hate

At UNC Charlotte in North Carolina on Tuesday, April 30, a 22-year-old man allegedly shot six people in his a…

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I’ll Show You the Life of the Mind

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By Sam Thielman Verified
| Flaming Hydra
We are sick in our souls. The other day New York Times columnist and podcaster Ezra Klein interviewed Christopher Rufo, the professional racist whose recent campaign of lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Ohio was rewarded on June 25 by the right-wing Supreme Court majority, who gave the Trump administration carte blanche to rescind temporary protected status for every immigrant.
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A Big Week for Self-Dealing

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By Sam Thielman Verified
| forever-wars.com
Photo by Ivan Radic, 2021. CC-BY-2.0 Edited by Spencer Ackerman SAM HERE—Spencer is tied up with work and I’m writing a quick edition with items of interest to the FW audience. I’m also delighted to tell you that tomorrow we’ll be publishing a dispatch from Belfast by a local author who is helping people affected by the anti-immigrant pogroms there. Keep an eye out for it.
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ANDRO ID (Part 1)

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| Flaming Hydra
A humanoid robot eight stories tall is, first and foremost, impractical. The human form’s bipedal gait and high center of gravity make stability the designer’s foremost concern, relegating any other purpose for which the robot might be intended—combat, entertainment, housing—subsidiary, if not altogether unsuitable. And even a perfectly stable giant robot must encounter the same problems that might trouble a human being of identical stature, strength, and resilience.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Compiling the Broadway grosses at the late, lamented Daily Variety.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

At its best, it can democratize coverage, but it also allows people who are good at social media to appear more legitimate, often wrongly.
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