A.J. Bauer | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by A.J. Bauer

A.J. Bauer is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU.

“Hyperlocal and state-level right-wing digital news sites represent a new and often less visible terrain for right-wing misinformation campaigns, ‘culture war’ posturing, and doxxing efforts.”

Covering the right wrong

“Journalists can’t be so cavalier as to assume that ‘shedding light’ on antisemitism, transphobia, homophobia, xenophobia, and racism is always either harmless or beneficial.”

CPAC is over (if you want it)

“Covering CPAC has always been ethically dubious; covering it now is journalistic malpractice.”

The year of MAGAcal thinking

“A narrative wedge is forming between reality-based conservative news outlets and the borderline fan fiction that passes for news on the Trumpist sites.”

A fork in the road for conservative media

“While conservative media often seem to control of the national narrative, the Trump era has reiterated they are, in fact, limited by the perceived boundaries of acceptable public discourse.”

The coming splintering of conservative media

“Without Trump as its lodestar, the conservative mediasphere is likely to experience a period of fragmentation as well — competition for right-wing audiences and clicks will foster ideological sorting as different sites will seek to establish their niches and advance these competing conservatisms.”