Editing at @NYTmag, formerly @TheAtlantic
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Laura Bennett retweeted
Jun 9
The New York Times published a roundtable discussion between @DAcemogluMIT, @deanwball, @clarashih & myself about the future of AI & who wins at work. I think it is a really nice overview of the core debates on the topic, and has some fun examples. nytimes.com/2026/06/09/magaz…
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Laura Bennett retweeted
29 Apr 2024
Albert Brooks was offered roles that went to Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, and Steve Martin. He turned them all down and reshaped American entertainment his own way. theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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Laura Bennett retweeted
4 Apr 2024
A spectacular reading list: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
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19 Feb 2024
This is such a perceptive, lovely profile of Jodie Foster by Jordan Kisner. It includes: sneaker shopping, a great interview with Mel Gibson, and so much fascinating insight into Foster's very complicated relationship to fame theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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14 Dec 2023
This was extremely difficult reporting and the piece @mikespiesnyc wrote is so powerful, moving, sensitive, and fair. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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13 Sep 2023
So many unbelievable, damning details about Romney's GOP colleagues in this piece (adapted from @mckaycoppins' incredible book). But this one about the ketchup salmon keeps haunting me theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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13 Sep 2023
.@JenishaWatts is a remarkable person, colleague, and writer, and I can't say enough good things about this essay theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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8 Sep 2023
This profile of @dreamhampton by @skornhaber is riveting and smart and each quote is better than the last theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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Laura Bennett retweeted
24 Jul 2023
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In our new issue, I have a big story about AI and the human future drawn from conversations with Sam Altman and others at OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters, and in East Asia during the closing stretch of Altman's recent world tour.
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Laura Bennett retweeted
14 Jun 2023
After four University of Idaho students were murdered, TikTok and Reddit sleuths swarmed the campus. The community is still struggling with the wreckage they left behind.
My dispatch from Moscow, Idaho:
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3 May 2023
This is definitely the first Tom Hanks profile I've read to involve local newspaper clippings from the 1930s. It’s also lovely and wise in typical Chris Heath fashion theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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1 Nov 2022
Hoo boy this essay by Honor Jones is phenomenal. It's also the largest quantity of words I've read since giving birth a few months ago and it made me cry a whole lot theatlantic.com/family/archi…
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Laura Bennett retweeted
19 Jul 2022
New Interview: I talked to Alan Dershowitz about getting shunned, the January 6th committee, and the end of his friendship with Larry David. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/a…
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19 Jul 2022
Lowen is one of the best editors and people I've ever worked with. He is a dream colleague. Anyone who hires him is very lucky
Hello friends (and Elon). This is just to say: I've left Slate after what's felt like several meaningful lives. It's a privilege to depart at a time when Slate's future is bright, and I'm excited about the hobbies I'll pick up and lose interest in while figuring out what's next.
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This Hannah Giorgis piece is a fascinating look at why there are so few interracial couples on reality TV--and also contains some eye-popping behind-the-scenes details about how Love Is Blind producers ginned up racial tensions theatlantic.com/culture/arch…
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13 Jun 2022
We're flooding the environment with light and sound, to disastrous effect. @edyong209's cover story on "sensory pollution" is full of beautiful sentences, sharp insights & great photos, especially one displeased turtle that is now burned into my brain theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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26 Apr 2022
"Think of it as an unpaid internship in monarchy." This piece is fascinating and fun theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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Laura Bennett retweeted
12 Feb 2022
There was so much fantastic stuff on Slate this week, in text and audio ... it's been a joy to spend a big chunk of time today catching up 🧵
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Laura Bennett retweeted
11 Feb 2022
Here's a cool new job at one of the best places to work in journalism: Wanna be Slate's first-ever senior editor of ADVICE?
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