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KQED (NPR/PBS), ‘No One in Public Media is Safe’: KQED Layoffs Underscore Peril of Federal Defunding, July 18, 2025
Al Jazeera English, CBS cancels Colbert’s Late Show amid pending Paramount-Skydance merge, July 18, 2025
Newsweek, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert face uncertain futures, July 15, 2025
NYU Steinhardt News, Who’s Buying the Free Press? A Q&A with Rodney Benson, May 29, 2025
Prospect Magazine, Who Owns the Media?, Media Confidential Podcast with former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and former FT editor Lionel Barber, April 17, 2025
Editor & Publisher, Saving the news media moving beyond the benevolence of billionaires, February 13, 2024 (Article co-authored with Victor Pickard, originally in The Conversation)
Al Jazeera English, Dec. 11, 2024, Real-life ‘Succession’: What is the latest Murdoch family drama all about?, Dec. 11, 2024
The Bergen Record / NorthJersey.com, Should newspapers endorse political candidates? Some are backing away: Opinion, October 25, 2024
NiemanLab, Patterns in philanthropy leave small newsrooms behind, Feb. 8, 2024
Semafor, Will Rupert Murdoch’s media empire change with his son in charge?, Sept. 21, 2023
Reuters, Reactions: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox, News Corp, Sept. 21, 2023
Poynter, Opinion: The Pulitzer goes to … Black introspection, May 5, 2023
Sydney Morning Herald, Philanthropy could help journalism thrive: But it’s not without risk, February 20, 2023
Columbia Journalism Review, The Washington Post has a Bezos problem, September 27, 2022
Transcend Media Service (Solutions Oriented Peace Journalism), The Monopoly on Your Mind, Part 2: Billionaires Bet Big on the News, May 2, 2022
Axios, Media experts sound alarm on rise of paywalled content, January 11, 2022
NiemanLab, With a tight focus on inequality and a new CEO, the Center for Public Integrity plots a path forward, August 9, 2021
The Atlantic, Germany found a way to reduce polarization. Could it work in the U.S.?, July 30, 2021
Byline Times (UK), Can Philanthropy Save Public Interest Journalism?, (authored), June 22, 2021
Poynter, This newsroom wants to connect gun violence victims with help, March 26, 2021
The New Republic, America needs its own BBC to restore public trust in the media, August 13, 2020
Medium, Three views on the ways to provide better news to everyone, March 25, 2019
Axios, The media haves and have nots, December 4, 2018
Axios, The rise of the pro-Trump media machine, May 16, 2018
Salon, Tech billionaires keep buying publications: here’s what that means for the future of journalism, September 23, 2018
PBS News Hour, Why billionaire investors are gambling on news publications, September 18, 2018
Columbia Journalism Review, International Reporting Project closes amid funding shift for foreign news, Feburary 9, 2018
NiemanLab, Better, Less Read, Less Trusted, (authored), December 2017
NiemanLab, Are nonprofit news sites just creating more content for elites who already read a lot of news?, September 6, 2017
Le Monde Diplomatique, US Media: the bottom line, and Métamorphoses du paysage médiatique américain, (authored) September 2017
The Conversation, The slippery slope of the oligarchy media model, (co-authored with Victor Pickard), August 10, 2017
Infobae (Argentina), La guerra de Donald Trump con la prensa: parecidos y diferencias con América Latina, January 28, 2017
Peace and Conflict Politics, Trump and the American Media Landscape, November 30, 2016
L’Obs, Pour les médias américains, Trump était une bonne affaire, November 12, 2016
France Culture, L’Amérique de Donald Trump sous le regard des universitaires, November 10, 2016
USA Today, The curious case of Sumner Redstone, June 15, 2016
INA Global, Are foundations the solution to the journalism crisis? March 25, 2016 / Les fondations sont elles la solution la crise du journalisme, April 5, 2016
ARD (German public radio), Interview about Viceland’s international expansion, March 1, 2016
NYU Local, Why does Paris want to be Brooklyn?, November 12, 2015
Pacific Standard, The Donald Trump Effect: Right-leaning politicians are the most frequently quoted voices in American news stories on immigration, July 9, 2015
Bloomberg, The U.S. Media Barons Handing Over Their Empires to a New Generation, June 11, 2015
The Conversation, Migrants at sea: the missing context, (authored), May 22, 2015
Le Monde Diplomatique, The Story Behind the Stories / Quarante ans d’immigration dans les médias en France et aux Etats-Unis, (authored), May 2015
CBS Radio-DC, Expert: ‘Greater Caution On The Part Of The US Mainstream Press’, January 13, 2015
International Business Times, Charlie Hebdo First Issue: Magazine Was In Financial ‘Danger’ Before Paris Massacre, January 13, 2015
Technewsworld.com, Bubblews Will Give You a Penny for Your Thoughts, July 29, 2014
Miami Herald, An immigration crisis long in the making, (authored) July 12, 2014
Extra! (Monthly magazine of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), Public Media and Political Independence, June 2014
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio (live interview), The Current with Anna Tremonti, What is the future of public broadcasting in Canada?, May 14, 2014
Le Monde Diplomatique, Partisan Media, (authored), May 2014
Huffington Post, interview with Max Benavidez, An Interview with Rod Benson on Journalism and Democracy, April 2, 2014
Le Monde, “La Française”, star en Amérique, January 17, 2014
Toronto Star, Rob Ford and the centre of the universe, November 23, 2013
France-Amerique, En France comme en Amérique, les médias façonnent le débat sur l’immigration, November 7, 2013
French-American Foundation, Benson examines immigration reform in the United States, October 25, 2013
Foreign Policy, If you think Big Bird is breaking the bank, be glad you’re not paying for Schnappi, October 4, 2012
Toronto Star, Mrs. DSK picked to lead Le Huffington Post, January 23, 2012
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC TV) (video and transcript), UK phone hacking scandal reaches U.S., July 19, 2011
L’Express, Ce que les Américains pensent de nous, Français, June 22, 2011
Le Monde Diplomatique, Arianna Huffington Meets Citizen Kane, (authored), May 2011
New York Times, In Defense of Federal Money for Public Radio, (authored), March 24, 2011
Common Dreams, The Case for Spending More on Public Broadcasting, (authored), March 14, 2011
Christian Science Monitor, Don’t Diminish Democracy to Settle a Political Score, (authored), March 14, 2011
NiemanLab, Funding public media: How the US compares to the rest of the world, March 11, 2011
The Guardian, In the absence of public media funding, the US has outsourced its national voice, February 25, 2011
In These Times, What You Need to Know About the Assault on NPR and PBS, February 24, 2011
Pacific Standard, Might Public Broadcasting Follow BBC Model?, February 22, 2011
Mail and Guardian (Johannesburg, South Africa), See SA media in a bigger and changing picture, October 25, 2010
Columbia Journalism Review – The Research Report, French Connections, May/June 2010
Pressthink, Journalism, French and American Style (Interviewed by Jay Rosen), December 2003