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Camille Bromley

@chameauleon.bsky.social

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writer / editor @nytimes. Formerly Wired / The Believer / CJR / Harper's
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@theverge.comDec 28, 2025, 9:46 PMReposted by @chameauleon.bsky.social

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/...

Verge headline: The rescued Vietnamese infants of Operation Ballit have grown up
by Camille Bromley
2025 YEAR IN REVIEW

Illustration depicts a painterly collage of children half-shrouded,  flanked by clouds and aircraft
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@projectceti.bsky.socialNov 13, 2025, 6:43 PMReposted by @chameauleon.bsky.social

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.

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

nationalgeographic.comExclusive: Sperm whale speech has human-like 'vowels'The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows.
@paniw.bsky.socialDec 17, 2025, 1:32 PMReposted by @chameauleon.bsky.social

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

nationalgeographic.comWhy matriarchs reign supreme in the meerkat worldAs 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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@chameauleon.bsky.socialDec 8, 2025, 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...

cjr.orgThe 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.
@columjournreview.bsky.socialNov 12, 2025, 9:48 PMReposted by @chameauleon.bsky.social

Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends. Read Sarah Leonard.
www.cjr.org/feature/the-...

cjr.orgWhat the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
@columjournreview.bsky.socialNov 4, 2025, 5:11 PMReposted by @chameauleon.bsky.social

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...

cjr.orgLegacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran MamdaniThe New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do.
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@chameauleon.bsky.socialAug 25, 2025, 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...

businessinsider.comLife, liberty, and the obsessive pursuit of the perfect morning routineA survey of America's 250-year, unhinged quest for the perfect morning routine, from Benjamin Franklin to Bryan Johnson.
@columjournreview.bsky.socialJul 15, 2025, 11:16 AMReposted by @chameauleon.bsky.social

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...

cjr.orgWhat Makes Heat So Hard to Cover?For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on.
@chameauleon.bsky.socialJul 9, 2025, 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...

cjr.orgMegan Greenwell on How Private Equity Is Devastating the MediaA conversation with the author of Bad Company.
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@chameauleon.bsky.socialJun 6, 2025, 4:10 PM

Bonus feature: Max Levin shares a list of words he learned from Samuel Delany camillelebromley.substack.com/p/delanys-wo...

camillelebromley.substack.comDelany's Words, by Max Levin"In each of the books I read, I encountered words that I had never seen before."
@chameauleon.bsky.socialJun 3, 2025, 4:50 PM

Here's Natalie Meade on watching and rewatching A Different World! camillelebromley.substack.com/p/a-differen...

camillelebromley.substack.comA Different World, by Natalie Meade"It was the first time Black American campus life was staged on television."
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@chameauleon.bsky.socialMay 30, 2025, 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...

orionmagazine.orgImpractical Magic - Orion MagazineLittle is known about Amanita muscaria. We’re still obsessed with eating it
@chameauleon.bsky.socialMay 30, 2025, 3:34 PM

I'm in here, writing about my favorite mushroom 🍄 The entire lineup of this issue is fantastic.

OOrion Magazine@orionmagazine.bsky.socialMay 29, 2025, 9:26 PM

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...

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@chameauleon.bsky.socialMay 29, 2025, 6:11 PM

In which a prolific critic -- Nicholas Russell -- writes about a prolific novelist -- Gene Wolfe camillelebromley.substack.com/p/on-gene-wo...

camillelebromley.substack.comOn Gene Wolfe, by Nicholas Russell"It’s never occurred to me to stop reading Wolfe."
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@columjournreview.bsky.socialMay 21, 2025, 4:41 PMReposted by @chameauleon.bsky.social

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...

cjr.orgJournalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley LoweryLowery 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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@chameauleon.bsky.socialMay 21, 2025, 7:47 PM

I loved this beautiful little ode to Goya's quiet painting "The Dog," by Clement Gelly camillelebromley.substack.com/p/goyas-blac...

camillelebromley.substack.comGoya's Black Dog, by Clement Gelly"It was only while gazing at 'The Dog' that I could feel anything at all."
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@chameauleon.bsky.socialMay 15, 2025, 5:20 PM

In which Meg Bernhard writes about Rosalía, living in Spain, and girl book clubs: camillelebromley.substack.com/p/la-rosalia...

camillelebromley.substack.comLa Rosalía, by Meg Bernhard"Most of my music taste, I admit, comes from my exes. Rosalía is the exception."
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@chameauleon.bsky.socialMay 14, 2025, 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...

cjr.orgQ&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.”
@chameauleon.bsky.socialMay 8, 2025, 4:24 PM

There might be!

@knguyen.bsky.socialMay 8, 2025, 4:22 PMReposted by @chameauleon.bsky.social

Wrote in Camille's zine about the bizarre history of cover songs

CCamille Bromley@chameauleon.bsky.socialMay 8, 2025, 3:24 PM

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...

open.substack.comAn 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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