Charley Locke
@charleylocke.bsky.social
mostly interviewing kids and elders, so yeah, I’m earnest.
contributing writer at nyt magazine, also making stuff elsewhere
www.charleylocke.com
contributing writer at nyt magazine, also making stuff elsewhere
www.charleylocke.com
Cool perk of my beat though is that today I won bingo at senior housing
every time I forget how weird reporting trips are… traveling to go be as extroverted and emotionally engaged with strangers as possible, and in the off-time I’m like scarfing down a weird sandwich in a rental car and wandering around an anodyne/interchangeable motel room
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Cool perk of my beat though is that today I won bingo at senior housing
every time I forget how weird reporting trips are… traveling to go be as extroverted and emotionally engaged with strangers as possible, and in the off-time I’m like scarfing down a weird sandwich in a rental car and wandering around an anodyne/interchangeable motel room
September 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
every time I forget how weird reporting trips are… traveling to go be as extroverted and emotionally engaged with strangers as possible, and in the off-time I’m like scarfing down a weird sandwich in a rental car and wandering around an anodyne/interchangeable motel room
I’m in line at jiffy lube and the teens sitting on a nearby bench are talking about how much they love the paris review. magazine culture is alive and well, folks, and it’s getting an oil change in portland.
September 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I’m in line at jiffy lube and the teens sitting on a nearby bench are talking about how much they love the paris review. magazine culture is alive and well, folks, and it’s getting an oil change in portland.
Reposted by Charley Locke
Another great one from @wired.com's Generation iPad package: @charleylocke.bsky.social on the forthcoming social media ban for under-16s in Australia.
www.wired.com/story/kids-s...
www.wired.com/story/kids-s...
The Tweens Down Under: Life Without Social Media in Australia
As Australia rolls out a ban on social media for kids under 16, tech companies face steep fines and teens face life without TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms. Will it work?
www.wired.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another great one from @wired.com's Generation iPad package: @charleylocke.bsky.social on the forthcoming social media ban for under-16s in Australia.
www.wired.com/story/kids-s...
www.wired.com/story/kids-s...
looking to feel old? one of my teen mentees just told me about her "2014 Tumblr playlist," which she listens to as she pretends to be experiencing what it was like to be a teenager "back in those times"
August 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
looking to feel old? one of my teen mentees just told me about her "2014 Tumblr playlist," which she listens to as she pretends to be experiencing what it was like to be a teenager "back in those times"
two teens just told me that after seeing a story I wrote in a print nyt magazine, they now think I'm "so famous and so real." print as clout: not dead!!!
July 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
two teens just told me that after seeing a story I wrote in a print nyt magazine, they now think I'm "so famous and so real." print as clout: not dead!!!
all this talk about the “golden age” of magazines… I would just like to say that, I, too, experienced it (wore pencil skirts to my vanity fair internship in summer 2012, where I fetched graydon carter’s lunch from hale & hearty and delivered packages to writers’ brownstones in the west village)
July 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
all this talk about the “golden age” of magazines… I would just like to say that, I, too, experienced it (wore pencil skirts to my vanity fair internship in summer 2012, where I fetched graydon carter’s lunch from hale & hearty and delivered packages to writers’ brownstones in the west village)
had a dream last night that I was on a flight with zohran and he traded for a middle seat so that a mom and a little kid could sit together. just the kind of good guy he is
June 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
had a dream last night that I was on a flight with zohran and he traded for a middle seat so that a mom and a little kid could sit together. just the kind of good guy he is
Reposted by Charley Locke
As a Berkeley High freshman, Megan Greenwell broke a story that exposed a trafficking ring led by one of the city's richest landlords.
Berkeley-raised author explores how private equity profits by destroying companies
As a Berkeley High freshman, Megan Greenwell broke a story that exposed a trafficking ring led by one of the city's richest landlords.
www.berkeleyside.org
June 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As a Berkeley High freshman, Megan Greenwell broke a story that exposed a trafficking ring led by one of the city's richest landlords.
for NYT Magazine, I wrote about how AI sees and makes sense of us—and the freaky ways it can help us understand ourselves better www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A.I. Can Already See You in Ways You Can’t See Yourself (Gift Article)
Some of the technology's most startling new abilities lie in its perception of humans.
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
for NYT Magazine, I wrote about how AI sees and makes sense of us—and the freaky ways it can help us understand ourselves better www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
there's so much pontificating from experts about how teens don't date or hook up anymore. so I talked to the *actual* experts on being a teenager today (teenagers themselves)
www.vox.com/even-better/...
www.vox.com/even-better/...
Is young love really dead?
Teenagers today are maligned for being anti-romance. What’s really going on?
www.vox.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
there's so much pontificating from experts about how teens don't date or hook up anymore. so I talked to the *actual* experts on being a teenager today (teenagers themselves)
www.vox.com/even-better/...
www.vox.com/even-better/...
I wrote about how the Trump administration is making life worse for aging Americans, which includes both seniors with financial security and those of us who aren't seniors yet @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Baby Boomers’ Luck Is Running Out
After a lifetime of good fortune, the generation has become vulnerable at exactly the wrong moment.
www.theatlantic.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I wrote about how the Trump administration is making life worse for aging Americans, which includes both seniors with financial security and those of us who aren't seniors yet @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
remember: if a source refuses to answer your questions, it could be because they don't trust you. but if they're in middle school, it also could be because *checks notes* they're mad at their mom and you were on speakerphone.
May 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
remember: if a source refuses to answer your questions, it could be because they don't trust you. but if they're in middle school, it also could be because *checks notes* they're mad at their mom and you were on speakerphone.
love to get punked by a source (called a teen and got his voicemail, which was one of those "hi! ... hello??? ... can you hear me???" recordings. teen boys, making me stammer confusedly from 2002 to infinity)
March 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
love to get punked by a source (called a teen and got his voicemail, which was one of those "hi! ... hello??? ... can you hear me???" recordings. teen boys, making me stammer confusedly from 2002 to infinity)
I'm tickled and impressed by the magazine that has claimed @nytmag.bsky.social, I aspire to also be a contributing writer to... New Yurt and Tent Magazine
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm tickled and impressed by the magazine that has claimed @nytmag.bsky.social, I aspire to also be a contributing writer to... New Yurt and Tent Magazine
just received an email from a source, containing a dozen links to mesmerizing live jellyfish cams. highly recommend interviewing cool teenagers and happy to report that despite everything, the kids are all right www.youtube.com/live/OMlf71t...
Live Jelly Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
just received an email from a source, containing a dozen links to mesmerizing live jellyfish cams. highly recommend interviewing cool teenagers and happy to report that despite everything, the kids are all right www.youtube.com/live/OMlf71t...
So many of us feel helpless about how to change enormous injustices. Jennifer rolled up her sleeves and just started doing it.
Glad to get to write about a “global changemaker” who is, first and foremost, meeting the needs of her community, who leads by listening and taking action.
Glad to get to write about a “global changemaker” who is, first and foremost, meeting the needs of her community, who leads by listening and taking action.
At COP, Jennifer Uchendu found that global leaders weren’t interested in the urgent perspectives of young Africans. So she created the space she needed, where African youth can talk about the intersecting experiences of climate catastrophe.
#NatGeo33
www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/arti...
#NatGeo33
www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/arti...
Activist Jennifer Uchendu is highlighting the emotional impact of climate change
In Nigeria, she discovered the rarely discussed burdens of environmental catastrophe. Fostering difficult conversations, she realized, was a necessary first step to finding solutions.
www.nationalgeographic.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So many of us feel helpless about how to change enormous injustices. Jennifer rolled up her sleeves and just started doing it.
Glad to get to write about a “global changemaker” who is, first and foremost, meeting the needs of her community, who leads by listening and taking action.
Glad to get to write about a “global changemaker” who is, first and foremost, meeting the needs of her community, who leads by listening and taking action.
At COP, Jennifer Uchendu found that global leaders weren’t interested in the urgent perspectives of young Africans. So she created the space she needed, where African youth can talk about the intersecting experiences of climate catastrophe.
#NatGeo33
www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/arti...
#NatGeo33
www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/arti...
Activist Jennifer Uchendu is highlighting the emotional impact of climate change
In Nigeria, she discovered the rarely discussed burdens of environmental catastrophe. Fostering difficult conversations, she realized, was a necessary first step to finding solutions.
www.nationalgeographic.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
At COP, Jennifer Uchendu found that global leaders weren’t interested in the urgent perspectives of young Africans. So she created the space she needed, where African youth can talk about the intersecting experiences of climate catastrophe.
#NatGeo33
www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/arti...
#NatGeo33
www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/arti...
great way to force yourself to follow this rule is to write for kid readers. I am constantly asking experts questions like "but how come a bike stays upright?" "what about farts are stinky?" "does it actually matter if I brush my teeth?"
always pretend you're writing for a curious 10-year-old!
always pretend you're writing for a curious 10-year-old!
this is directly related to my most important journalism (which i struggle mightily to follow myself) which is: questions that might make you aopear dumb to the interviewee are usually some of the best questions
March 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
great way to force yourself to follow this rule is to write for kid readers. I am constantly asking experts questions like "but how come a bike stays upright?" "what about farts are stinky?" "does it actually matter if I brush my teeth?"
always pretend you're writing for a curious 10-year-old!
always pretend you're writing for a curious 10-year-old!
Megan, who is so powerful that legions of teens adore her *even after* she took away their phones, has written a brilliant book that urgently clarifies how private equity ruins specific, actual lives. I plan on handing out copies on wall street next time I'm in nyc, lmk if you want to join
I am extremely freaking thrilled to announce that Bad Company is *officially* available for preorder wherever you buy books. (I am linking to Bookshop but buy it wherever!) I worked so, so hard on this book, and it would mean a ton to me if you ordered it. bookshop.org/a/109816/978...
March 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Megan, who is so powerful that legions of teens adore her *even after* she took away their phones, has written a brilliant book that urgently clarifies how private equity ruins specific, actual lives. I plan on handing out copies on wall street next time I'm in nyc, lmk if you want to join
Reposted by Charley Locke
This is a little more time-consuming but I really loved this piece by @charleylocke.bsky.social about memorizing poems instead of looking at your phone and I really feel like this could have a healthy impact on your writing (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/m...
The Morning Ritual That Helps Me Resist the Algorithm (Gift Article)
Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This is a little more time-consuming but I really loved this piece by @charleylocke.bsky.social about memorizing poems instead of looking at your phone and I really feel like this could have a healthy impact on your writing (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/m...
today I interviewed a 13-year-old who signs off emails not with "Sincerely" or "Best" but with "Your Fisherman". the only acceptable email signature imo
March 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
today I interviewed a 13-year-old who signs off emails not with "Sincerely" or "Best" but with "Your Fisherman". the only acceptable email signature imo