The 21st Show

Margaret Sullivan’s advice to journalists covering politics

 

Margaret Sullivan was a newspaper editor, and has covered the media at the New York Times and the Washington Post. In her new book, Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life, she says the rise of former President Donald Trump’s brand of politics ought to change the way reporters do their jobs.

Guest:

Margaret Sullivan

Author, Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life | Author, Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy

Former media columnist, The Washington Post | Former public editor, The New York Times