Media Coverage of THE EDITORS
The Editors was released August 13, 2024.
TV
“New High-Tech Thriller: The Editors.” (16 August 2024). Interview with ABC for “Good Morning Texas.”
“The Editors.” (3 July 2024). Interview with NBC Bay Area for “Press:Here.”
Radio
“Why all roads of inquiry lead to Wikipedia.” (13 August 2024). NPR’s 1A via WAMU in Washington, D.C. Episode aired: August 13, 2024.
“Texas Author Publishes ‘High-Tech’ Thriller About Wikipedia.” (30 August 2024). KAMR Amarillo.
“Stephen Harrison on Wikipedia’s Role and its lessons for news media.” (29 August 2024). The Fix. Wikipedia is essential infrastructure, almost like a utility that provides a trustworthy resource to the broader Internet
“Numlock Sunday: Stephen Harrison on The Editors.” (18 August 2024). Numlock News.
“Wikipedia says no individual has a monopoly on truth.” (11 July 2024). Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends. While its major plot turns are all invented, The Editors is also clearly and intriguingly animated by real-life people and interpersonal dynamics.
“Q&A with author Stephen Harrison about his upcoming novel ‘The Editors’ and the digital landscape.” (8 July 2024). Washington University Student Life. The novel takes place on Infopendium, a fictional version of Wikipedia, where some users edit pages for neutrality while others edit with an agenda in mind, trying to slant the truth.
“Stephen Harrison’s debut novel says Wikipedia matters (regardless of what your middle-school teachers might say).” (13 August 2024). Washington University Student Life. Harrison shows us the risks of corrupting that shared truth that is guiding us all.
“Stephen Harrison On Books and Writing,” by journalist Taylor Dibbert. (8 July 2024). Discuss writing routines, the book publication process, and challenges of misinformation.
Podcasts
“Noshing With Stephen Harrison, Author, ‘The Editors.’” (24 July 2024). Ira’s Everything Bagel.
“In his hi-tech thriller, Harrison creates a fictional version of Wikipedia.” (24 July 2024). Read, Beat (… and Repeat). Steve Tarter, WCBU.
Wikimania (annual conference)
“A Suspense Novel Inspired by Wikipedia? A Fireside Reading of The Editors.” (10 August 2024). Video from the Wikimania 2024 user conference in Katowice, Poland.