Ben Greenman: What I Read
Author and New Yorker editor Ben Greenman recently faced a slight Twitter addiction problem, has "dozens of secret sources," and tries "like hell to read normal books."
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Brian Lam, founder of gadget review site The Wirecutter, on his pared down media diet. "I try not to open Twitter too often. Some editors, I don't know how they're getting any work done."
Author and New Yorker editor Ben Greenman recently faced a slight Twitter addiction problem, has "dozens of secret sources," and tries "like hell to read normal books."
The New York Times national security correspondent and author of The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth, is a fan of Homeland — despite covering the C.I.A., and despite the liberties the show takes.
Linguist, lexicographer, and self-professed word nerd Ben Zimmer takes in an admirable amount of information daily, across all forms of media, new and old. It's not just about words.
Maureen Johnson, the Y.A. novelist whose latest book, The Madness Underneath, was released in February, provides regular dispatches to 75,000-plus followers via her "main thing online," Twitter.
The NPR senior strategist plays "online news anchor" by weaving together tweets and social-media footage, all while engaging his followers to take an active role in helping him cover the news. Here are some of his must-follows.
The editor in chief and publisher of MIT Technology Review turns to his iPad after saying good morning to his wife, but the last thing he looks at before going to sleep is a hardcover book.
The CBS This Morning co-host has a television in every room of her house and has named her iPhone Charlotte, after Charlie Rose.
The NY1 anchor wakes up to email, reads a lot of newspapers, and has a weakness for game shows.
Monday through Friday, Details editor in chief Dan Peres commutes to work with The New York Times and home with The New York Post, and considers it a luxury that he can benefit from the media consumption of others.
What I'm paid to do is be your news junkie. Hurricane Sandy made that impossible for the last two days.
Kate Carraway, Vice columnist and writer for the National Post, the Globe and Mail, and The Grid, is a media consumption machine, but she draws the line at sites that ask her to write for them and then say they can't pay her.
Rembert Browne, staff writer for Grantland, loves books, thinks he still hates the Internet (but uses it constantly anyway), and steals his New York Times from a neighbor.
The editor of The Onion Will Tracy checks Twitter so that the satirical newspaper doesn't use your jokes and checks newspaper sites so that The Onion responds to more current events.
New Yorker television critic Emily Nussbaum shares her iPhone-driven media consumption: Twitter in the morning, books throughout the day, and movies late at night.
Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air and an author herself, exemplifies the reading life. For her, that means limiting her online reading and getting up as early as 4 a.m. to tackle the more than 100 books delivered to her house weekly.
Media blogs, books, Toronto's rock scene, and of course The Times, keep The New York Times' new, digitally minded public editor informed and entertained.
Gail Collins, New York Times columnist and author most recently of As Texas Goes... buys three newspapers every morning and hopes Jon Stewart won't scoop her at night.
The tech savvy Democratic senator from Missouri talks about her devotion to digital media and her Twitter faux pas.
The minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives is "addicted" to newspapers, loves to get the local journal wherever she goes, and can't do without her New York Times crossword puzzle.
Heather Cocks (left) and Jessica Morgan, creators of the blog Go Fug Yourself and authors of books including the upcoming Messy, have slightly different strategies for their similarly extensive daily media consumption.
The New York Times tech reporter reveals her unflagging devotion to media on screens of all sizes, the glory of animated gifs and an intimidatingly impressive number of apps.
Sasha Frere-Jones, staff writer and pop-music critic at The New Yorker, loves Instapaper but believes in printing things out, and wants to start an Edith Wharton book club.
The New Yorker senior editor and Close Read blogger begins her daily media consumption with a crucial question: Sports Center or Morning Joe?
The Damsels in Distress director talks Twitter fakes, the dangers of being a "periodicalaholic," and the French racing forum.
The tools New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter uses to monitor the media, including the four TVs in his bedroom.
Alexis Ohanian, the dude who co-founded Reddit, helped launch Hipmunk, advocates for free culture, opposes SOPA and serves as an all-around start-up sage, reads a lot of Reddit.
The creative director of Barney's New York and author of the new book of essays Gay Men Don't Get Fat tells us about his morning reading routine, his love of grim English news, and muses about Twitter.
The Marketplace reporter talks about her Twitter philosophy, when she retweets, and how she filters financial news.
Andrew Ross Sorkin, author of Too Big to Fail, on how he filters financial news.
The recurring actor on HBO's Bored to Death and Saturday Night Live alumnus explains how she gets her news.
The MSNBC host vents on his hatred for Wikipedia and his faith in the staying power of liberal talk radio
The author, amateur boxer, and creator of HBO's Bored to Death explains why newspapers make the best dining companions.
The Fox News host on MSNBC vs. Fox and the quality he dislikes most about TV news anchors
A conversation with New York, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair contributing editor Vanessa Grigoriadis about how she consumes information.
The Dealbreaker editor explains what's bookmarked on her browser and tuned on her cable box.
Fox's White House correspondent is 'captive to devices and President Obama'
The New York Times reporter is switching beats and his Twitter list
A reader offers some best wishes we all share
The founder of Political Wire offers a glimpse of his work day
The novelist shares her favorite sites and her hilarious method to avoid procrastination
President Obama's economic brain divulges his love for hard data and Us Weekly
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