John Patrick Pullen
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Founding editor of @longlead.com, an award winning journalism studio publishing features that make an impact. Formerly: @Fortune.com, and @TIME.com. Yup, they call me JPP.
Imagine moaning for years about the "gotcha" news media only to burn it all down to build gotcha news media.
Jon Passantino@passantino.bsky.social · last wk.Bari Weiss & Nick Bilton are busy trying to recruit talent for their revamped "60 Minutes," conducting dozens of screen tests. And CBS News leaders "have also expressed a desire to air hidden camera-style investigative pieces" on the show. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
I had prosciutto and strawberry ice cream last week. Would not recommend.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Scoop of the year! We taste-test 99 of 2026’s most unusual ice creams, from the unbeatable to the unlickable
Musk has been wanting to do this for 27 years. Here's the opening scene from LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET, ep. 2, the @longlead.com podcast hosted by @vermontgmg.bsky.social:
The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.X Money is launching in the US starting today
"Paramount also described the delay as a 'significant win.'" Down is the new up, folks.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoBreaking News: Paramount agreed to delay its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery while a judge considers a lawsuit aimed at blocking the deal.
Nicholas Carr's book "Superbloom" has transformed my thinking on the internet, and should be required reading for anyone working in media today. Lucky you, it's now out in paperback. I dare you to read it—or listen to it (that's what I did)—you will be too.
Long Lead@longlead.com · 2w agoWhat if the internet isn't making us more connected but more divided? For years, we've assumed that more communication leads to more understanding. But author Nicholas Carr says history tells a different story — and the content collapse happening around us is contributing to the disconnect.
One of the motifs in Long Lead's feature TITLE WAVES is the relationship between mothers and daughters and the balance of strength and grace in two families who helped fight for Title IX. Journalist Kim Cross discusses with Envi how she balanced grieving her late mother while reporting the feature
Making Waves: A Conversation with Kim Cross about “Title Waves,” Caregiving, and Grief - EnVi Media
Kim Cross caught up with Envi to discuss how she balanced caregiving and grieving her late mother while reporting on “Title Waves.”
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I want to take my 12yo to see Avengers: Doomsday. We just need to watch... (checks notes)... 39 other movies first.
Key & Peele: Jordan Peele's 'Kewl' Moment
ALT: Key & Peele: Jordan Peele's 'Kewl' Moment
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Reuters: JUDGE ORDERS PARAMOUNT TO TEMPORARILY PAUSE WARNER BROS ACQUISITION IN CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT TO ALLOW FURTHER PROCEEDINGS
Counterpoint: The internet isn’t totally lost yet, and it can be redeemed.
Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · 2w ago
Megan Rapinoe losing out on a world cup advertising brand deal for being an outspoken trans ally as a result of AI decision making underlines how these tools function as mechanisms for censorship and blanding culture into nothingness.
This is a terrific illustration -- for elected officials but also for media figures -- of the incredible power of simply refusing to take a bullshit dodge for an answer. Keep asking the question, over and over again, and make the weasels squirm.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoOSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...
After launching in 2023, ORI MAGAZINE quickly became a globally distributed publication-plus-reporting-grant for journalists to write the ambitious travel stories they were longing to write, and for readers to read the stories they were longing to see about the great big world “out there.”
While reporting Long Lead's feature TITLE WAVES in Hawaii, writer Kim Cross had the opportunity to go on a paddle out and spread some of her mother's ashes. The journalist recalls that she had the "best surf of my life" with her mother's mana surfing with her.
As a travel writer, journalist Kade Krichko spent over 180 days of the year on the road. In his time traveling, he "had a lot of help. I was working with fixers, translators, other journalists, professors, and sources in these areas," getting interested in their own perspectives on travel stories.
Reading this story makes me feel like I washed a fistful of stupid pills down with mug of stupid juice, and they're both kicking in at the same time. The amount of rake-stepping in the president's current situation makes Sideshow Bob look like a birthday party clown.
Trump returning to US on old Air Force One amid Iran threats
President Trump confirmed Wednesday that he’s taking the old Air Force One back to the U.S. from Turkey but deflected questions about security concerns regarding the new Qatari-donated model.…
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ORI MAGAZINE founder Kade Krichko calls himself a "reluctant business owner" when reflecting on how he came to create the print-only travel publication, which emphasizes visual storytelling and narrative journalism. But a career of freelancing and wanting to reframe travel stories gave him the push.
Paramount executives have refused to comply with Oregon AG Dan Rayfield's request for documents related to the company's interactions with the Trump administration:
I love social promos that unironically tells you the story is not worth reading it. After all, the progressive version of Xwitter was Twitter.
The Telegraph@telegraph.co.uk · last mo.The progressive version of Twitter offers a world of vicious, sneering odium that only those who see themselves as kinder humans dish out 🔗 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/03/is-there-anything-more-pathetic-than-a-bluesky-user/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_li_pathetic-than-a-bluesky-user/
I recently interviewed @eoinhiggins.bsky.social for @longlead.com's Depth Perception newsletter. Check it out: depthperception.longlead.com/p/journalist...
Journalist Eoin Higgins on the defamation lawsuit that proved his point
Frivolous defamation suits can work even when they lose — take it from someone who beat one.
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Amid the 250th, I'm excited to announce my new book: "America in 25 Revolutions: The 250-year quest of an imperfect country to be a more perfect union." Writing it reminded me that we have always been an imperfect country—but change is possible: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-project-...
A project of hope and optimism for our 250th
"America 250" can't just be a tacky birthday party. It has to be a moment when we assess where our country has come — and where it still has to go.
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@jlussenhop.bsky.social felt she was just hitting her stride at ProPublica when she signed on to become host of its podcast PAPER TRAIL. Though she knew her work as an investigative reporter would come to an end, she was thrilled to talk through feats of journalism, demystifying the process.
Today's Supreme Court decision on Title IX would be completely anathema to the law's author, Patsy Mink. Per her daughter, @wendymink.bsky.social: "Trumpists (are) pervert(ing) Title IX to pressure schools at all levels to injure some girls/women by discriminating against them." Learn more:
Long Lead@longlead.com · last mo.In June 1972, Congress passed Title IX, a law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives funding from the federal government. But over 50 years later, women are still fighting for equal treatment in schools.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Fourteenth Amendment protects birthright citizenship, blocking Donald Trump's executive order to end it. Roberts has the opinion for the court, which is 5-4 on the constitutional question and 6-3 on whether federal law protects birthright citizenship.
Read Long Lead's feature AN UNNATURAL DISASTER to learn more about Canaan and how its citizens built their city by hand only to experience their democracy's fall: haiti.longlead.com
Canaan rose from an earthquake. Can it survive Haiti’s fall?
Questions come with building a city: How do we electrify homes? Who will form a government? Can police protect us from gangs?
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