Theo Wayt is a journalism student at NYU and a former Public Books intern.
Theo Wayt
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Writing on Public Books
Tabloid War, Class War
Respectability is overrated. Or so said Gawker, the influential, controversial, and luridly entertaining news and gossip site that was forced to close in 2016. Covering stories that other media outlets wouldn’t touch, Gawker made the powerful squirm, anticipated #MeToo, and started an extraordinary wave of labor organizing in digital media, all while embracing a critical, […]
