Populist leaders are working to Trump’s playbook: pick a fight with the press, get the public on side and avoid scrutiny by broadcasting direct to the nation. With some global leaders now routinely ...
Sewell Chan
Sewell Chan joined The Texas Tribune as editor in chief in October 2021. Previously he was a deputy managing editor and then the editorial page editor at the Los Angeles Times, where he oversaw coverage that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2021. Chan worked at the New York Times from 2004 to 2018, as a metro reporter, Washington correspondent, deputy Op-Ed editor and international news editor. He began his career as a local reporter at the Washington Post in 2000. A child of immigrants, Chan was the first in his family to graduate from college. He has a degree in social studies from Harvard and a master's in political science from Oxford, where he studied on a British Marshall scholarship. He is a member of PEN America, the Council on Foreign Relations, and numerous journalism organizations.
What has the fake news problem taught us about the nature of the news cycle? Ahead of the 2020 US election, this is the perfect time to assess lessons of the disinformation era for our industry.
News jobs in the US dropped by 25% in the decade between 2008 and 2018, hitting local newsrooms the hardest. At the same time, local news remains the most trusted by audiences, and a critical front li...