Thank you for writing about this. I stumbled on the encryption story you wrote for The Baffler somewhat recently while trying to clean up my use of technology and support better companies, and it connected a lot of dots for me regarding some of the experiences I've had while trying to report on certain tech topics. I found your blog and …
Thank you for writing about this. I stumbled on the encryption story you wrote for The Baffler somewhat recently while trying to clean up my use of technology and support better companies, and it connected a lot of dots for me regarding some of the experiences I've had while trying to report on certain tech topics. I found your blog and subscribed. For the sake of argument, I'd just like to make the point that what gets covered is not entirely up to journalists -- there are gatekeepers, and even if someone tries to write about certain things, those types of pitches often get rejected, or sources that you think will be helpful end up stonewalling or trying to spin it. It's an underlying catch-22 that feels exhausting and it's almost impossible to overcome. But either way, thank you. I'm going to order Surveillance Valley and read it after the holidays.
Thank you for writing about this. I stumbled on the encryption story you wrote for The Baffler somewhat recently while trying to clean up my use of technology and support better companies, and it connected a lot of dots for me regarding some of the experiences I've had while trying to report on certain tech topics. I found your blog and subscribed. For the sake of argument, I'd just like to make the point that what gets covered is not entirely up to journalists -- there are gatekeepers, and even if someone tries to write about certain things, those types of pitches often get rejected, or sources that you think will be helpful end up stonewalling or trying to spin it. It's an underlying catch-22 that feels exhausting and it's almost impossible to overcome. But either way, thank you. I'm going to order Surveillance Valley and read it after the holidays.
totally. great. point. it's of course not just journalists -- but editors, too.
thanks!