Kevin Lerner
@klerner.bsky.social
Professor and Chair of Journalism and Sports Media at Montclair State University. I am a journalism historian, studying press criticism, and literary & alternative journalism.
When I first read this, I 💯% thought that Johnny Storm was in East Asia, stumping for Lee Jae Myung.
August 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When I first read this, I 💯% thought that Johnny Storm was in East Asia, stumping for Lee Jae Myung.
Gotta say, @theonion.com, this broadsheet size looks good on you.
June 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Gotta say, @theonion.com, this broadsheet size looks good on you.
The state of things has devolved to the point where the Paper of Record is structuring its stories around How it started/How it’s going memes.
June 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The state of things has devolved to the point where the Paper of Record is structuring its stories around How it started/How it’s going memes.
I have a text thread of journalism nerd friends who fetishize reporter’s notebooks. One of those friends is also here and shared this new addition to her collection. No photo credit b/c I’m totally sharing w/o permission. 😇 I’m too lazy to dig mine out of my backpack.
May 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I have a text thread of journalism nerd friends who fetishize reporter’s notebooks. One of those friends is also here and shared this new addition to her collection. No photo credit b/c I’m totally sharing w/o permission. 😇 I’m too lazy to dig mine out of my backpack.
In the end I decided to come down to my 25th reunion at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Happy to have already connected with a half dozen classmates over breakfast. Less happy that we have to have a panel about free speech and institutional integrity. But such is the world right now.
May 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In the end I decided to come down to my 25th reunion at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Happy to have already connected with a half dozen classmates over breakfast. Less happy that we have to have a panel about free speech and institutional integrity. But such is the world right now.
The Kentucky Derby may be decadent and depraved, but at least Journalism is a clear favorite.
April 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Kentucky Derby may be decadent and depraved, but at least Journalism is a clear favorite.
Hearing Chris Hayes on the day of the #handsoff protests. He was met with a cardboard sign from an audience member who had been out protesting.
April 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hearing Chris Hayes on the day of the #handsoff protests. He was met with a cardboard sign from an audience member who had been out protesting.
I'm floored to find out that I'm one of the eight Columbia Scholastic Press Association Centennial Alumni Achievement Award winners. Very cool to be part of this group. I love working with CSPA. This is the first award I've won from them since I was 17!
precollege.sps.columbia.edu/news/cspa-ce...
precollege.sps.columbia.edu/news/cspa-ce...
February 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm floored to find out that I'm one of the eight Columbia Scholastic Press Association Centennial Alumni Achievement Award winners. Very cool to be part of this group. I love working with CSPA. This is the first award I've won from them since I was 17!
precollege.sps.columbia.edu/news/cspa-ce...
precollege.sps.columbia.edu/news/cspa-ce...
Kudos to the @nytimes.com editors who kept themselves amused by juxtaposing news about what’s going on in Wales with news about what’s going on in whales.
February 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Kudos to the @nytimes.com editors who kept themselves amused by juxtaposing news about what’s going on in Wales with news about what’s going on in whales.
Always get the quote from the expert, even if the expert's quote is "🤷🏻♂️"
November 28, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Always get the quote from the expert, even if the expert's quote is "🤷🏻♂️"
Sophomore registration day is like…
November 14, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Sophomore registration day is like…
This is 100% intentional, right? I mean, I guess if you're a Times headline writer who has to come up with the typical wishy-washy normalizing heds, you have to do *something* to amuse yourself, no?
November 11, 2024 at 7:49 PM
This is 100% intentional, right? I mean, I guess if you're a Times headline writer who has to come up with the typical wishy-washy normalizing heds, you have to do *something* to amuse yourself, no?
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #291,915!
September 17, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #291,915!
Ah, the old Mrs. Dalloway opening…
September 11, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Ah, the old Mrs. Dalloway opening…
My favorite Tom Wolfe piece.
July 23, 2024 at 9:56 PM
My favorite Tom Wolfe piece.
This parenthetical makes type-nerd Kevin very happy. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/t...
February 28, 2024 at 10:03 PM
This parenthetical makes type-nerd Kevin very happy. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/t...
Thrilled to welcome @jbouie.bsky.social to Marist College tonight. Amazing job by student Emma Denes introducing him too.
November 2, 2023 at 11:11 PM
Thrilled to welcome @jbouie.bsky.social to Marist College tonight. Amazing job by student Emma Denes introducing him too.
A journalism historian never forgets the first time he saw a Merganthaler Linotype in person.
August 7, 2023 at 10:05 PM
A journalism historian never forgets the first time he saw a Merganthaler Linotype in person.