Charlotte Klein
Media Reporter
Charlotte Klein is a media reporter at Vanity Fair’s Hive, where she writes about media and politics. She was previously a fact-checker at New York magazine. Find her on Twitter or at charlotte_klein@condenast.com.
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Inside The New York Times’ Big Bet on Games
Wordle. Connections. Spelling Bee. Ye olde crossword. The Times is home to beloved brainteasers that are helping boost the paper’s bottom line. As one staffer jokes, the “Times is now a gaming company that also happens to offer news.”“A New Voice for the Times”: Is “The Morning” the Future?
The New York Times’ flagship newsletter is hugely popular with readers, a source of tension among some reporters, and, for top leaders, more of what the traditional paper needs.Is the Media Finally Waking Up to a New Kind of Supreme Court Coverage?
Judicial coverage has long sidestepped the politicking that goes on in and around the Supreme Court. Post-Dobbs leak, and amid mounting ethics concerns, that may be changing. “It needs to be covered in a more comprehensive way,” a legal affairs reporter says.“I’ll Walk Away From Anything”: Kara Swisher Calls the Shots
The ultimate media insider is juggling podcasts, writing a memoir, and texting with “half the planet.” (“She has a coffee before bed,” says Ben Smith.) Swisher opens up to Vanity Fair about her career, including leaving The New York Times, and laments journalists’ lack of business savvy. “If you don’t understand the economics of what’s happening,” she says, “you’re fucked.”“It’s Very Easy to Monday-Morning Quarterback”: Kim Godwin Talks Scandals, Shake-Ups, and Success at ABC News
It’s been a turbulent time at the network, from T.J. and Amy setting off a tabloid feeding frenzy to layoff fears under Bob Iger’s new regime at Disney. Vanity Fair caught up with Godwin amid frustrations over her handling of recent crises—and questions about her vision going forward.“It’s Gotta Grow to Stay Alive”: Inside Noah Shachtman’s Raucous Reinvention of Rolling Stone
The scoop-hungry, Twitter-happy editor has turbocharged the magazine’s digital metabolism—“back in the game,” says Gus Wenner—and chafed some staff along the way, who wonder if the new Rolling Stone is becoming the old Daily Beast.“I’m Gonna Be Open Even If Sometimes That’s Messy”: How Sally Buzbee Is Putting Her Stamp on The Washington Post
The executive editor opens up about her first frenetic year atop the masthead—tackling everything from newsroom restructuring to Twitter tumult—and ongoing challenges, from covering threats to democracy to actually meeting staffers in person.Alyssa Farah Griffin, the Ex-Trump Aide, Wants to Be America’s Household Conservative
Since fleeing MAGA-land, Farah Griffin scored a CNN gig and is auditioning to fill Meghan McCain’s old seat on The View. Can this Mark Meadows protégé pull off a post-Trump rebrand?“Like-Minded People Keep Coming”: How One New Jersey Town Became a Magnet for the Media Elite
Welcome to Montclair, where a large swath of The New York Times is working from home and the local paper’s advisory board resembles “the Pulitzer committee,” as one resident put it. Amid such suburban splendor, will they ever want to commute back to the newsroom?“Reading Signals and Reading Between the Lines”: The Challenges of Covering Putin’s Russia
The scramble among Western news organizations to confirm the death of opposition leader Alexey Navalny highlighted the difficulty of getting reliable information out of the increasingly closed-off country.“There Has Never Been Less Tolerance for This”: Inside a New York Times Magazine Writer’s Exit Over Gaza Letter
The paper’s guild has objected to the handling of award-winning journalist Jazmine Hughes’s resignation, an episode that comes as newsrooms contend with staff speaking out on the Israel-Hamas war.
