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Joe Ragazzo is the publisher at TPM, overseeing the design, product and revenue staffs out of the New York City office. Joe used to be a journalist but realized if some journalists don't figure out how to make journalism financially sustainable, there won't be any left. He also says Go Browns.

TPM is hiring a Publishing Fellow

TPM is hiring a Publishing Fellow to join our publishing team working out of our New York City office.

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Chat with Michael Moss, author of NYT Bestseller ‘Salt, Sugar, Fat’

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author of New York Times bestseller ‘Salt Sugar Fat’ Michael Moss will chat with Prime members in The Hive (sub req) today at 2 PM Eastern. Moss is an expert on the food industry, having worked as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and New York Times. He focuses on the industry in the context of health, safety, nutrition, politics, and corporate interests. ‘Salt Sugar Fat‘ won the 2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Writing & Literature, and Michael Pollan called it “a Fast Food Nation for the processed food industry.”

Michael will be answering questions about his book, his reporting, and the politics and economics of what we eat. Please drop your questions here!

LIVE CHAT: Pulitzer-Winning Food Industry Expert, Author Michael Moss

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author of New York Times bestseller ‘Salt Sugar Fat’ Michael Moss will chat with Prime members in The Hive (sub req) Monday, July 6 at 2 PM Eastern. Moss is an expert on the food industry, having worked as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and New York Times. He focuses on the industry in the context of health, safety, nutrition, politics, and corporate interests. ‘Salt Sugar Fat‘ won the 2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Writing & Literature, and Michael Pollan called it “a Fast Food Nation for the processed food industry.”

Michael will be answering questions about his book, his reporting, and the politics and economics of what we eat. Please drop your questions here at or before 2 PM on Monday July 6!

Join Our Live Chat With Best Selling Author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Best selling author of “Ashley’s War” Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is in The Hive (sub req) chatting with Prime members. Stop by between no and 4 PM EST.

Chat with Gayle Lemmon, Middle East Policy Expert

Gayle Lemmon, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a New York Times bestselling author, will be chatting in The Hive (sub req) at 3 PM EST Tuesday, June 23rd. She has written two books about women in the Middle East. Her most recent, Ashley’s War, tells the story of female soldiers who ran special ops missions in Afghanistan.

Gayle will be answering questions about Middle East policy and national security, as well as her books, in a live chat with Prime subscribers. Drop questions here at or before 3 PM EST on Tuesday 6/23!

Chat with Journalist and NYT Best Selling Author Guy Lawson at 3 PM Eastern

Guy Lawson, New York Times bestselling author and a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, will be in The Hive chatting with Prime members at 3 PM Eastern (sub req). His work has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, and Harper’s. His new book, Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History, was just released on June 9.

Join him for a live chat to talk about his book (which we’ve excerpted here), our failed war on drugs and more. Drop questions here at or before 3 PM EST.

And remember, you can now participate in live chats via mobile! If you don’t have a Prime subscription, you can sign up here.

Comments, Live Chats & Mobile Updates

A few house cleaning items regarding both our public and Prime commenting/discussion areas. Please take a look.

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Join our education Live Chat today at 2:30 PM in The Hive

Elizabeth Green, CEO and editor-in-chief of Chalkbeat, a news site devoted to educational change, will chat with Prime members today in The Hive (sub req).

Green has years of experience in education reporting, having written for The New York Sun, New York Times Magazine and U.S. News & World Report. Last year, she published Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone). She will be answering questions about her book, the Common Core, teacher evaluations, and the opt-out movement.

Drop your questions here before or join us at 2:30 PM Eastern.

Live Chat: Elizabeth Green, CEO and editor-in-chief of Chalkbeat, Thursday May 28th, 2:30 PM Eastern

Elizabeth Green is the CEO and editor-in-chief of Chalkbeat, a news site devoted to educational change. Elizabeth has years of experience in education reporting, having written for The New York Sun, New York Times Magazine and U.S. News & World Report. Last year, she published Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone). Elizabeth will be answering questions about her book, the Common Core, teacher evaluations, and the opt-out movement. Drop your questions here (sub req) before or at 2:30 PM EST on Thursday 5/28.

Got a Question About LGBT rights? Get It Answered Here

International LGBT rights expert Jessica Stern will be answering questions (sub req) from Prime members in The Hive at 2 PM Eastern.

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