Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 102: The Best of Longform Journalism in 2017
Anthony and James discuss their favorite pieces of longform (non-Waters) journalism in 2017.
Anthony and James go through their favorite pieces of longform journalism from 2017. These stories appeared in publications other than WatersTechnology.com. To read the best of Waters in 2017, you can read those here, here and here:
Weinstein’s Complicity Machine
New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/05/us/harvey-weinstein-complicity.html?src=longreads
Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies
Ronan Farrow (New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-army-of-spies?src=longreads
London Bridge is Down
Sam Knight (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge
PPE, the Oxford Degree that Runs Britain
Andy Beckett (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford-university-degree-that-rules-britain
Left Behind
Sarah O’Connor (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b6dbf34e-c987-11e7-aa33-c63fdc9b8c6c
How the Sandwich Consumed Britain
Sam Knight (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/24/how-the-sandwich-consumed-britain
America Beyond Detention
Texas Observer
https://www.texasobserver.org/america-beyond-detention/
Dwayne Johnson for President
Caity Weaver (GQ)
https://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johnson-for-president-cover
Deliverance From 27,000 Feet
John Branch (NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/18/sports/everest-deaths.html?_r=0
The Baby in the Plastic Bag
Bernt Jakob Oksnes (Dagdablet)
https://www.dagbladet.no/spesial/the-baby-in-the-plastic-bag/
The Fallout From Sportswriting’s Filthiest Fuck-Up
Jeff Pearlman (Deadspin)
https://deadspin.com/the-fallout-from-sportswritings-filthiest-fuck-up-1797691830
What Bullets do to Bodies
Jason Fagone (HuffPo)
http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/gun-violence/
A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah (GQ)
https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist
How Fake News Turned a Small Town Upside Down
Caitlin Dickerson (NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/magazine/how-fake-news-turned-a-small-town-upside-down.html?_r=1
Contact Info
As is the case with everything we do, we’d love to get some feedback from our listeners. Feel free to reach out to Anthony or James via Twitter or email.
Anthony: @a_malakian; anthony.malakian@infopro-digital.com
James: @JimRundle; james.rundle@infopro-digital.com
Past 10 episodes:
Episode 92: The Best of Sibos Toronto
Episode 93: Recaps of Sibos Toronto, Risk USA & Sifma DC
Episode 94: The CME’s Bitcoin Play & FSB Worries About AI
Episode 95: Bitcoin/Blockchain News, BNP’s Acquisition, Post-Trade Tech
Episode 96: CAT Concerns & Big Tech Takes Aim at Asset Managers
Episode 97: C-Level Execs Talk Bitcoin, Fintechs, Cognitive Computing & Open-Source Tech
Episode 98: A Focus on Asia, Rolet Out at LSEG, Nasdaq’s Bitcoin Futures
Episode 99: Fintech and Innovation, a Discussion
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