Camille Bromley
@chameauleon.bsky.social
writer / editor @nytimes. Formerly Wired / The Believer / CJR / Harper's camillebromley.com
Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon in 1975. Fifty years later, a generation of adoptees wrestle with Vietnam’s legacy of transnational adoption. Read more from @chameauleon.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Thank you National Geographic and @chameauleon.bsky.social for featuring our research! By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Exclusive: Sperm whale speech has human-like 'vowels'
The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows.
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Lovely piece on how meerkats deal with climate change by @chameauleon.bsky.social in National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... I had the pleasure to chat with Camille about the importance of understanding how extreme heat changes food availability 🐛 for meerkats
Why matriarchs reign supreme in the meerkat world
As a corner of Africa heats up, new research shows how the future of the species rests with powerful matriarchs making tough choices for survival.
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I wrote about my favorite form of online discourse -- debunking videos -- for the new Journalism 2050 issue of @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/med...
The Media, Debunked! In our very online news environment, truth and lies are becoming interchangeable.
In our very online news environment, truth and lies are becoming interchangeable.
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Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends. Read Sarah Leonard. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
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Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani
The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do.
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I've been more "productive" as a freelancer than at any other point in my life, despite my longstanding skepticism of productivity. I think this is why Zak at @businessinsider.com asked me to write about morning routines. This was extremely fun + illuminating! www.businessinsider.com/america-obes...
Life, liberty, and the obsessive pursuit of the perfect morning routine
A survey of America's 250-year, unhinged quest for the perfect morning routine, from Benjamin Franklin to Bryan Johnson.
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For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on. What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover? by Meg Bernhard. www.cjr.org/feature-2/wh...
What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover?
For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on.
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I asked @greenwell.bsky.social a bunch of questions for @columjournreview.bsky.social about private equity in local news and what to do about it. Her book Bad Company is excellent -- go read it! www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
Megan Greenwell on How Private Equity Is Devastating the Media
A conversation with the author of Bad Company.
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I wrote about my favorite mushroom for @orionmagazine.bsky.social 's new mushroom issue 🍄 🍄 Honestly had so much fun writing this -- mushrooms are a trip! Thanks to @tajjaisen.bsky.social for editing orionmagazine.org/article/impr...
Impractical Magic - Orion Magazine
Little is known about Amanita muscaria. We’re still obsessed with eating it
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I'm in here, writing about my favorite mushroom 🍄 The entire lineup of this issue is fantastic.
Orion Magazine@orionmagazine.bsky.social · last yr.COVER REVEAL! It’s here, it’s here, it’s here! Meet Orion’s Summer 2025 issue: THE FUTURE IS FUNGI. Orion’s 201st issue is now shipped out (or already in your hands!) and it’s all about the strange, rule-bending, mind-altering, awe-inducing world of fungi. orionmagazine.org/issue/summer...
Wesley Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in journalism say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...
Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery
Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.
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I talked to @stevenlevy.bsky.social for @columjournreview.bsky.social about how reporting on tech companies has changed since his first story in 1982 www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Q&A: Steven Levy on AI and the Evolving Relationship Between Tech Companies and the Press
“What you find when you get into a place is always more interesting than any preconception you have.”
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From @chameauleon.bsky.social: Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath.
The rescued Vietnamese infants of Operation Babylift have grown up
Fifty years after the fall of Saigon a generation of adoptees wrestle with Vietnam’s legacy of transnational adoption
theverge.com
Check out this week's SLR featuring @chameauleon.bsky.social, @danmoore.bsky.social, @livaaben.bsky.social, @chafkin.bsky.social, @flopuetz.bsky.social, @skornhaber.bsky.social & many more talented writers mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...
The Sunday Long Read: Karate, Dreams, Masterminds
The week's best journalism. Every Sunday.
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We’re dropping a new story each day this week. A wide range of work from Viet writers, with accompanying work by a Viet illustrator, and even a Viet fact checker!
Bradford Pearson@bradfordpearson.bsky.social · last yr.This looks incredible: @theverge.com is running a series of stories on the legacy of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
I have a memorial to Skype in here!
Michael Zelenko@mvzelenko.bsky.social · last yr.Years later, I can still feel the bouncy Skype ringtone of calling my grandpa in Russia right in my bones @restofworld.org put together a Skype memorial of global users sharing their memories in audio/video This piece is a delight and beautiful palate cleanser! restofworld.org/2025/skype-s...
This week @theverge.com is publishing a series on the legacy of the Vietnam War. I wrote about the generation of children who were adopted from the war. While reporting this, I was struck by how historically singular the experiences of this group of people are. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
The rescued Vietnamese infants of Operation Babylift have grown up
Fifty years after the fall of Saigon a generation of adoptees wrestle with Vietnam’s legacy of transnational adoption
theverge.com
had a great time talking to camille about "agi" and how journalists are covering AI
Camille Bromley@chameauleon.bsky.social · last yr.I talked to @maxread.info for @columjournreview.bsky.social about whether "AGI" is really the most important story right now, and who it serves to say that. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
I talked to @maxread.info for @columjournreview.bsky.social about whether "AGI" is really the most important story right now, and who it serves to say that. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Last summer, I decided to make a thing with some friends. Here it is: one whip-smart little zine about fandom and obsession. In a year full of fun projects, this one was the most fun of all. You can buy a print copy for $15 or subscribe here for free: camillelebromley.substack.com/p/announcing...
Announcing Know-It-All zine
a zine by and for people who like to read and watch and listen to stuff
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It's true — I made a zine! Buy a copy or subscribe here to read for free: camillelebromley.substack.com/p/announcing...
Announcing Know-It-All zine
a zine by and for people who like to read and watch and listen to stuff
camillelebromley.substack.com
Katie Gee Salisbury@kayteesal.bsky.social · last yr.Take a break from the dumpster fire/apocalypse/end of democracy and read a zine...? My friend Camille produced this beautifully designed, “whip-smart little zine” called Know-It-All. I contributed a piece on the thing I know the most about—what else but Anna May Wong. substack.com/home/post/p-...
I chatted with @violazhou.bsky.social at @restofworld.org about how she covers the Chinese tech industry. We talked DeepSeek, tariffs, and AI competition for @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Q&A: Viola Zhou on the Challenge of Covering Chinese Tech
The Trump administration thinks of Chinese tech as a dangerous rival to Silicon Valley. How do Chinese companies see it?
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Erika Hayasaki and I talked about what makes a story tick and other writing stuff! Her substack has great advice for freelancers, I recommend. thereportedessay.substack.com/p/do-the-kin...
An absolute pleasure to talk to @davey.bsky.social and @leonyin.org about their blockbuster Bloomberg investigation into the podcasts building support for Trump's agenda. Via @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Q&A: Bloomberg’s Davey Alba and Leon Yin on the New Political Influence of Podcasts
“The question is, Can they hang?”
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Writing this review of Lee Chang-dong's first story collection in English prompted me to rewatch his films...all masterpieces. If you like them, Snowy Day is very much on the same level. Via @nytimesbooks.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...
Book Review: ‘Snowy Day and Other Stories,’ by Lee Chang-dong
Set in 1980s South Korea, Lee Chang-dong’s book “Snowy Day and Other Stories” hangs in the shadow of the violent Gwangju massacre.
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5. "Do Our Dogs Have Something to Tell the World?" @chameauleon.bsky.social "Bromley’s fascinating feature can’t render a definitive judgment on dogs’ linguistic facility, since science can’t either, but it still plumbs the question with rigor and verve." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/m...
Do Our Dogs Have Something to Tell the World?
Many owners think so, thanks to the “talking buttons” craze on TikTok and Instagram. Scientists are less convinced.
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This from @chameauleon.bsky.social is so dang good. And not just because I consider Ellie a close friend www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/m...
Do Our Dogs Have Something to Tell Us?
Many owners think so, thanks to the “talking buttons” craze on TikTok and Instagram. Scientists are less convinced.
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