EPISODE · Jun 3, 2026 · 1H 10M
How Do You Cover the Biggest Story of Your Life With No Institution Behind You? with Gillian Brockell
from Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle · host Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle
Journalist Gillian Brockell spent a decade at the Washington Post, took a buyout thinking she'd be back in two years, and watched the place fall apart from the outside. She joins us to talk about what it actually cost to leave, why the buyout money wasn't Bezos being generous, what happened when she filed a major Emmett Till story and the new editors tried to make the bad guy look less bad, and how she ended up becoming what may be the only journalist in America covering ICE deportation flights full time. Hear the bonus conversation at http://patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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