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Josh Sternberg is the Executive Editor of Morning Brew. Prior to that he was an editor at Adweek. Sternberg also spent some time working at the Washington Post as a content strategist and NBC News as the director of branded content. He was also a media reporter for Digiday. Additional bylines include: The Atlantic, The Awl, Pacific Standard, Mashable, Huffington Post, Mediaite, Entrepreneur. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and kids.
joshsternberg has written 321 posts for The Sternberg Effect

So you want to read a media newsletter?


Hello! Welcome to The Media Spy, yet another newsletter to collect dust in your inbox until you decide to unsubscribe. This is going to be an experiment of sorts, as I swim through this real thing called life (or until I land my next gig). And I thank you for being a companion on this … Continue reading →

Loose thoughts on the media business


Welcome to The Media Nut by me, Josh Sternberg. Executive Editor, Morning Brew. Sign up now so you don’t miss the first issue. In the meantime, tell your friends!

The Luckiest of Birthdays


I share a birthday with my daughter. How lucky is that? Very. Continue reading →

What Little Kids Are Made Of


I saw with my own two eyes the difference between little boys and little girls. Continue reading →

In Prague, A 35th Birthday Celebrated


I wound up in Prague, a family town, for my 35th birthday. Continue reading →

Journalist: What’s In A Name?


As the media world evolved, from general news to niche content, from devoted audience to audience fragmentation, so has what it means to be a journalist. Continue reading →

Subwayisms


When the train pulls into a station and you see a whole bunch of crowded cars, followed by a solitary empty-ish car, and then some more crowded cars, you know something’s not quite right. Continue reading →

Down South In New Orleans


I was in New Orleans for Digiday’s Programmatic Summit. But when the panel discussions were over and the networking moved from the formal setting of the Ritz-Carlton to the informal backdrop of the Crescent City, I got to explore a slice of the city beyond the tourist trap of Bourbon Street. Continue reading →

The Fast-Talking Year of 1989


In the last year of the penultimate decade of the 20th century, fast talking and singing gripped the nation. Continue reading →

Picture Perfect


Pictures and the powerful sense of awe. Continue reading →

Digital Advertising’s Repeat Problem


Digital advertising has a repetitive problem. Or, more accurately, its problem is that it lacks repetitiveness. Continue reading →

Two Important Digital Videos


Two digital videos, one by Dylan, the other by GoldieBlox, broke down norms — of both medium and message. Continue reading →

Newspapers from November 22, 1963


JFK was killed on November 22, 1963. Here are images of newspapers from that day and the following days. Continue reading →

BuzzFeed’s Mobile Philosophy


Mobile advertising is diseased and Buzzfeed believes it has a cure. Continue reading →

Sunday Poll: Pick your sporting moment


Which sporting moment would you choose? Continue reading →