William Powers

William Powers is the media critic for National Journal magazine, a weekly in Washington, D.C. He was previously a staff writer for The Washington Post, a columnist for The New Republic and a U.S. Senate aide. His writing has also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, the Los Angeles Times and many other publications. He is two-time winner of the National Press Club’s Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism. His research at the Shorenstein Center will focus on “The death of paper” and its implications for media content.