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Clare Malone

Clare Malone is a contributing writer at The New Yorker covering the media business, journalism, and politics. She received the 2025 Mirror Award for commentary.

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Inside Bari Weiss’s Hostile Takeover of CBS News
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The network’s new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire class more willing than ever to indulge Donald Trump.

How Jessica Reed Kraus Went from Mommy Blogger to MAHA Maven
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The founder of “House Inhabit” gained popularity chronicling the Presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Clare Malone reports on how she has continued to grow her audience during the second Trump Administration—with political gossip and “quality conspiracy.”