Jack Benjamin
@jackcarterbenjamin.bsky.social
Senior reporter and podcast producer for The Media Leader, a trade publication focused on all things commercial media.
Writer, journalist, American in London.
Writer, journalist, American in London.
Something special about half frame film photography
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Something special about half frame film photography
Oh god, the business accounts have come to WhatsApp DMs
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oh god, the business accounts have come to WhatsApp DMs
NEW: Goalhanger is launching a new podcast next week: The Rest Is Science.
Hosted by professor Hannah Fry and VSauce's Michael Stevens, the series will run twice a weekly (Tues + Thurs), exploring big scientific ideas.
Hosted by professor Hannah Fry and VSauce's Michael Stevens, the series will run twice a weekly (Tues + Thurs), exploring big scientific ideas.
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
NEW: Goalhanger is launching a new podcast next week: The Rest Is Science.
Hosted by professor Hannah Fry and VSauce's Michael Stevens, the series will run twice a weekly (Tues + Thurs), exploring big scientific ideas.
Hosted by professor Hannah Fry and VSauce's Michael Stevens, the series will run twice a weekly (Tues + Thurs), exploring big scientific ideas.
Media consumption has, practically speaking, remained consistent — we still like to watch, listen, read, and use social as much as we always have.
The only thing really changing is that new platforms have come in and undercut the business model of older companies by using a mix of data and opacity.
The only thing really changing is that new platforms have come in and undercut the business model of older companies by using a mix of data and opacity.
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Media consumption has, practically speaking, remained consistent — we still like to watch, listen, read, and use social as much as we always have.
The only thing really changing is that new platforms have come in and undercut the business model of older companies by using a mix of data and opacity.
The only thing really changing is that new platforms have come in and undercut the business model of older companies by using a mix of data and opacity.
So not only is Bari Weiss about to head CBS News despite not having any newsroom experience, she is also going to juggle that responsibility while still remaining EIC and CEO of The Free Press.
October 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
So not only is Bari Weiss about to head CBS News despite not having any newsroom experience, she is also going to juggle that responsibility while still remaining EIC and CEO of The Free Press.
The Guardian is launching its first ever major US brand campaign amid a new round of investment in its US operation.
Ads will be running in NYC's subway, on billboards in Manhattan, and on Vox Media podcasts.
Seems like a missed opportunity to promote the brand beyond the New York market.
Ads will be running in NYC's subway, on billboards in Manhattan, and on Vox Media podcasts.
Seems like a missed opportunity to promote the brand beyond the New York market.
September 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Guardian is launching its first ever major US brand campaign amid a new round of investment in its US operation.
Ads will be running in NYC's subway, on billboards in Manhattan, and on Vox Media podcasts.
Seems like a missed opportunity to promote the brand beyond the New York market.
Ads will be running in NYC's subway, on billboards in Manhattan, and on Vox Media podcasts.
Seems like a missed opportunity to promote the brand beyond the New York market.
I’m not sure it qualifies as “spirited debate” when one person states a fact and the other person just lies.
September 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I’m not sure it qualifies as “spirited debate” when one person states a fact and the other person just lies.
I hate A/B tested headlines.
On NYT, the homepage says Trump “plays reality TV host” at his cabinet meeting. Click the article and you get a different headline.
Why isn’t there confidence in what the story is? And why isn’t it: Trump forces cabinet to compliment him in dictatorial media spectacle?
On NYT, the homepage says Trump “plays reality TV host” at his cabinet meeting. Click the article and you get a different headline.
Why isn’t there confidence in what the story is? And why isn’t it: Trump forces cabinet to compliment him in dictatorial media spectacle?
August 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I hate A/B tested headlines.
On NYT, the homepage says Trump “plays reality TV host” at his cabinet meeting. Click the article and you get a different headline.
Why isn’t there confidence in what the story is? And why isn’t it: Trump forces cabinet to compliment him in dictatorial media spectacle?
On NYT, the homepage says Trump “plays reality TV host” at his cabinet meeting. Click the article and you get a different headline.
Why isn’t there confidence in what the story is? And why isn’t it: Trump forces cabinet to compliment him in dictatorial media spectacle?
I was terrified of Peeves in EA’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone game on PC.
Nightmare fuel.
Nightmare fuel.
August 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I was terrified of Peeves in EA’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone game on PC.
Nightmare fuel.
Nightmare fuel.
August 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Top story on NYT has a headline and description that launders Trump’s position on what is an obvious power grab (not to mention his general lack of coherence at yesterday’s meandering press conference).
No mention of DC’s actual crime rate until the 6th paragraph.
What are we even doing here?
No mention of DC’s actual crime rate until the 6th paragraph.
What are we even doing here?
August 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Top story on NYT has a headline and description that launders Trump’s position on what is an obvious power grab (not to mention his general lack of coherence at yesterday’s meandering press conference).
No mention of DC’s actual crime rate until the 6th paragraph.
What are we even doing here?
No mention of DC’s actual crime rate until the 6th paragraph.
What are we even doing here?
And a few more from Arcachon and the Dune of Pilat, which is absolutely stunning.
August 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
And a few more from Arcachon and the Dune of Pilat, which is absolutely stunning.
Recently went to Bordeaux and since I stopped posting on Instagram I don't have as much to do with the pictures, so here's a few I'm proud of. All on the X100F.
August 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Recently went to Bordeaux and since I stopped posting on Instagram I don't have as much to do with the pictures, so here's a few I'm proud of. All on the X100F.
Someone tell me I’m wrong.
June 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Someone tell me I’m wrong.
It is 2001. A Republican president is passing a tax bill that benefits only the wealthy and is warmongering in the Middle East.
It is 2025. A Republican president is passing a tax bill that benefits only the wealthy and is warmongering in the Middle East.
It is 2025. A Republican president is passing a tax bill that benefits only the wealthy and is warmongering in the Middle East.
June 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
It is 2001. A Republican president is passing a tax bill that benefits only the wealthy and is warmongering in the Middle East.
It is 2025. A Republican president is passing a tax bill that benefits only the wealthy and is warmongering in the Middle East.
It is 2025. A Republican president is passing a tax bill that benefits only the wealthy and is warmongering in the Middle East.
Remarkable how Trump’s communication tactics have spread throughout the entire right-wing ecosystem.
Reporting from: @sarafischer.bsky.social
Reporting from: @sarafischer.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Remarkable how Trump’s communication tactics have spread throughout the entire right-wing ecosystem.
Reporting from: @sarafischer.bsky.social
Reporting from: @sarafischer.bsky.social
@profgalloway.com at Cannes Lions: “Republicans buy football teams, Democrats buy newspapers.”
Galloway, Candace Parker and A-Rod agreed: one of the best investments for American business leaders going forward are women’s sport teams.
Galloway, Candace Parker and A-Rod agreed: one of the best investments for American business leaders going forward are women’s sport teams.
June 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
@profgalloway.com at Cannes Lions: “Republicans buy football teams, Democrats buy newspapers.”
Galloway, Candace Parker and A-Rod agreed: one of the best investments for American business leaders going forward are women’s sport teams.
Galloway, Candace Parker and A-Rod agreed: one of the best investments for American business leaders going forward are women’s sport teams.
I love my Pen F (gothic). My favorite part of how it was engineered is the sideways mirror. Also diptychs. Diptychs are so fun.
May 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I love my Pen F (gothic). My favorite part of how it was engineered is the sideways mirror. Also diptychs. Diptychs are so fun.
The machinations of his mind are an enigma.
May 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The machinations of his mind are an enigma.
The new-look Observer website is up and running.
The lead story: an exposé on Tristan Tate.
observer.co.uk
The lead story: an exposé on Tristan Tate.
observer.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The new-look Observer website is up and running.
The lead story: an exposé on Tristan Tate.
observer.co.uk
The lead story: an exposé on Tristan Tate.
observer.co.uk