Camille Bromley
@chameauleon.bsky.social
writer / editor @nytimes. Formerly Wired / The Believer / CJR / Harper's
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Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon in 1975. Fifty years later, a generation of adoptees wrestle with Vietnam’s legacy of transnational adoption.
Read more from @chameauleon.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more from @chameauleon.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
December 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon in 1975. Fifty years later, a generation of adoptees wrestle with Vietnam’s legacy of transnational adoption.
Read more from @chameauleon.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more from @chameauleon.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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Thank you National Geographic and @chameauleon.bsky.social for featuring our research! By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
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www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Exclusive: Sperm whale speech has human-like 'vowels'
The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Thank you National Geographic and @chameauleon.bsky.social for featuring our research! By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
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www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Lovely piece on how meerkats deal with climate change by @chameauleon.bsky.social in National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... I had the pleasure to chat with Camille about the importance of understanding how extreme heat changes food availability 🐛 for meerkats
Why matriarchs reign supreme in the meerkat world
As a corner of Africa heats up, new research shows how the future of the species rests with powerful matriarchs making tough choices for survival.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Lovely piece on how meerkats deal with climate change by @chameauleon.bsky.social in National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... I had the pleasure to chat with Camille about the importance of understanding how extreme heat changes food availability 🐛 for meerkats
I wrote about my favorite form of online discourse -- debunking videos -- for the new Journalism 2050 issue of @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/med...
The Media, Debunked! In our very online news environment, truth and lies are becoming interchangeable.
In our very online news environment, truth and lies are becoming interchangeable.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I wrote about my favorite form of online discourse -- debunking videos -- for the new Journalism 2050 issue of @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/med...
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Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends. Read Sarah Leonard.
www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
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What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends. Read Sarah Leonard.
www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
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Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani
The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
I've been more "productive" as a freelancer than at any other point in my life, despite my longstanding skepticism of productivity. I think this is why Zak at @businessinsider.com asked me to write about morning routines. This was extremely fun + illuminating! www.businessinsider.com/america-obes...
Life, liberty, and the obsessive pursuit of the perfect morning routine
A survey of America's 250-year, unhinged quest for the perfect morning routine, from Benjamin Franklin to Bryan Johnson.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I've been more "productive" as a freelancer than at any other point in my life, despite my longstanding skepticism of productivity. I think this is why Zak at @businessinsider.com asked me to write about morning routines. This was extremely fun + illuminating! www.businessinsider.com/america-obes...
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For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on. What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover? by Meg Bernhard. www.cjr.org/feature-2/wh...
What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover?
For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on. What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover? by Meg Bernhard. www.cjr.org/feature-2/wh...
I asked @greenwell.bsky.social a bunch of questions for @columjournreview.bsky.social about private equity in local news and what to do about it. Her book Bad Company is excellent -- go read it! www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
Megan Greenwell on How Private Equity Is Devastating the Media
A conversation with the author of Bad Company.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I asked @greenwell.bsky.social a bunch of questions for @columjournreview.bsky.social about private equity in local news and what to do about it. Her book Bad Company is excellent -- go read it! www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
I wrote about my favorite mushroom for @orionmagazine.bsky.social 's new mushroom issue 🍄 🍄
Honestly had so much fun writing this -- mushrooms are a trip! Thanks to @tajjaisen.bsky.social for editing orionmagazine.org/article/impr...
Honestly had so much fun writing this -- mushrooms are a trip! Thanks to @tajjaisen.bsky.social for editing orionmagazine.org/article/impr...
Impractical Magic - Orion Magazine
Little is known about Amanita muscaria. We’re still obsessed with eating it
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May 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I wrote about my favorite mushroom for @orionmagazine.bsky.social 's new mushroom issue 🍄 🍄
Honestly had so much fun writing this -- mushrooms are a trip! Thanks to @tajjaisen.bsky.social for editing orionmagazine.org/article/impr...
Honestly had so much fun writing this -- mushrooms are a trip! Thanks to @tajjaisen.bsky.social for editing orionmagazine.org/article/impr...
I'm in here, writing about my favorite mushroom 🍄
The entire lineup of this issue is fantastic.
The entire lineup of this issue is fantastic.
COVER REVEAL! It’s here, it’s here, it’s here! Meet Orion’s Summer 2025 issue: THE FUTURE IS FUNGI.
Orion’s 201st issue is now shipped out (or already in your hands!) and it’s all about the strange, rule-bending, mind-altering, awe-inducing world of fungi.
orionmagazine.org/issue/summer...
Orion’s 201st issue is now shipped out (or already in your hands!) and it’s all about the strange, rule-bending, mind-altering, awe-inducing world of fungi.
orionmagazine.org/issue/summer...
May 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I'm in here, writing about my favorite mushroom 🍄
The entire lineup of this issue is fantastic.
The entire lineup of this issue is fantastic.
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Wesley Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in journalism say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...
Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery
Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.
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May 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Wesley Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in journalism say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...
I talked to @stevenlevy.bsky.social for @columjournreview.bsky.social about how reporting on tech companies has changed since his first story in 1982 www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Q&A: Steven Levy on AI and the Evolving Relationship Between Tech Companies and the Press
“What you find when you get into a place is always more interesting than any preconception you have.”
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May 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I talked to @stevenlevy.bsky.social for @columjournreview.bsky.social about how reporting on tech companies has changed since his first story in 1982 www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Wrote in Camille's zine about the bizarre history of cover songs
Next up! @knguyen.bsky.social's investigation into the state of YouTube cover songs, ft. "As It Was" by Harry Styles open.substack.com/pub/camillel...
An Infinite Playlist of "As It Was," by Kevin Nguyen
"I decided to investigate the state of the cover song on YouTube."
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May 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Wrote in Camille's zine about the bizarre history of cover songs
Belatedly, I wrote about Weike Wang's novels for @thenation.com ! www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Weike Wang’s Meticulous Satires of Identity Politics
Rental House, a novel of marriage and manners, tries to make sense of how a blended family negotiates conflicts of race and class.
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May 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Belatedly, I wrote about Weike Wang's novels for @thenation.com ! www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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From @chameauleon.bsky.social: Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath.
The rescued Vietnamese infants of Operation Babylift have grown up
Fifty years after the fall of Saigon a generation of adoptees wrestle with Vietnam’s legacy of transnational adoption
www.theverge.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
From @chameauleon.bsky.social: Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath.
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Check out this week's SLR featuring @chameauleon.bsky.social, @danmoore.bsky.social, @livaaben.bsky.social, @chafkin.bsky.social, @flopuetz.bsky.social, @skornhaber.bsky.social & many more talented writers mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...
The Sunday Long Read: Karate, Dreams, Masterminds
The week's best journalism. Every Sunday.
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April 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Check out this week's SLR featuring @chameauleon.bsky.social, @danmoore.bsky.social, @livaaben.bsky.social, @chafkin.bsky.social, @flopuetz.bsky.social, @skornhaber.bsky.social & many more talented writers mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...
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We’re dropping a new story each day this week. A wide range of work from Viet writers, with accompanying work by a Viet illustrator, and even a Viet fact checker!
This looks incredible: @theverge.com is running a series of stories on the legacy of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
American War
A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
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April 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We’re dropping a new story each day this week. A wide range of work from Viet writers, with accompanying work by a Viet illustrator, and even a Viet fact checker!
I have a memorial to Skype in here!
Years later, I can still feel the bouncy Skype ringtone of calling my grandpa in Russia right in my bones
@restofworld.org put together a Skype memorial of global users sharing their memories in audio/video
This piece is a delight and beautiful palate cleanser!
restofworld.org/2025/skype-s...
@restofworld.org put together a Skype memorial of global users sharing their memories in audio/video
This piece is a delight and beautiful palate cleanser!
restofworld.org/2025/skype-s...
When the world connected on Skype
On the eve of its demise, Rest of World readers remember how Skype changed their world.
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April 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I have a memorial to Skype in here!
This week @theverge.com is publishing a series on the legacy of the Vietnam War. I wrote about the generation of children who were adopted from the war. While reporting this, I was struck by how historically singular the experiences of this group of people are.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
The rescued Vietnamese infants of Operation Babylift have grown up
Fifty years after the fall of Saigon a generation of adoptees wrestle with Vietnam’s legacy of transnational adoption
www.theverge.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This week @theverge.com is publishing a series on the legacy of the Vietnam War. I wrote about the generation of children who were adopted from the war. While reporting this, I was struck by how historically singular the experiences of this group of people are.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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had a great time talking to camille about "agi" and how journalists are covering AI
I talked to @maxread.info for @columjournreview.bsky.social about whether "AGI" is really the most important story right now, and who it serves to say that. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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April 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
had a great time talking to camille about "agi" and how journalists are covering AI
I talked to @maxread.info for @columjournreview.bsky.social about whether "AGI" is really the most important story right now, and who it serves to say that. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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April 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I talked to @maxread.info for @columjournreview.bsky.social about whether "AGI" is really the most important story right now, and who it serves to say that. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Last summer, I decided to make a thing with some friends. Here it is: one whip-smart little zine about fandom and obsession. In a year full of fun projects, this one was the most fun of all.
You can buy a print copy for $15 or subscribe here for free: camillelebromley.substack.com/p/announcing...
You can buy a print copy for $15 or subscribe here for free: camillelebromley.substack.com/p/announcing...
Announcing Know-It-All zine
a zine by and for people who like to read and watch and listen to stuff
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April 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Last summer, I decided to make a thing with some friends. Here it is: one whip-smart little zine about fandom and obsession. In a year full of fun projects, this one was the most fun of all.
You can buy a print copy for $15 or subscribe here for free: camillelebromley.substack.com/p/announcing...
You can buy a print copy for $15 or subscribe here for free: camillelebromley.substack.com/p/announcing...
It's true — I made a zine! Buy a copy or subscribe here to read for free: camillelebromley.substack.com/p/announcing...
March 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's true — I made a zine! Buy a copy or subscribe here to read for free: camillelebromley.substack.com/p/announcing...
I chatted with @violazhou.bsky.social at @restofworld.org about how she covers the Chinese tech industry. We talked DeepSeek, tariffs, and AI competition for @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Q&A: Viola Zhou on the Challenge of Covering Chinese Tech
The Trump administration thinks of Chinese tech as a dangerous rival to Silicon Valley. How do Chinese companies see it?
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March 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I chatted with @violazhou.bsky.social at @restofworld.org about how she covers the Chinese tech industry. We talked DeepSeek, tariffs, and AI competition for @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...