March 2015
A round-up of some of the best things that happened in the last month
Medium news
We released several new features last month, including mobile publishing. Read about all of our updates in The Story.
Entertainment
Shonda Rhimes’s delivered a speech at the Human Rights Campaign gala.
Mad Men co-producer Josh Weltman produced a series on how to draw the show’s characters.
Tavis Smiley published an excerpt from his new book about Maya Angelou.
Desperate Housewives actress Marcia Cross spoke up in support of Stand Up to Cancer.
YouTube star Paige McKenzie announced a contest for her new book, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl.
Screenwriter Julie Bush opined about women in Hollywood.
Stephanie Wittels Wachs published a touching eulogy for her brother, Parks and Recreation writer/producer Harris Wittels.
Bestselling author and chef Michael Ruhlman wrote about good cooking.
Politics
President Obama interviewed The Wire’s David Simon.
Vice President Biden published his first two posts.
Both Michelle Obama and Speaker John Boehner chronicled their recent international tours.
Let Girls Learn
Working together to open the doors of education for girls around the world.
medium.com
White House photographer Pete Souza published an exclusive photo series from Selma.
House Republicans released their 2016 budget.
Tech
Dueling apps Meerkat and Periscope published updates.
Twitter’s Vice President of Global Media Katie Stanton announced a new female-led angel fund.
Lean Startup creator Eric Ries launched a Kickstarter campaign.
TrueX and Reserve founder Joe Marchese announced a new startup studio.
Media
Vice COO Alyssa Mastromonaco announced the company’s paid family leave policy.
Wired EIC Scott Dadich introduced the site’s new design.
Bloomberg Associates principal Katherine Oliver explained how she used film and tech to help revitalize New York City.
Former GigaOm writers Laura Hazard Owen, Kevin Tofel, Matthew Ingram, and Janko Roettgers found a home here after the site’s demise.
Social innovation
The Clinton Foundation created publications around two initiatives.
Acumen founder Jacqueline Novogratz published her diary from Pakistan.
Academia
Stanford economics professor and economist J. Bradford DeLong started voraciously blogging, while Stanford law professor Larry Lessig launched v.2 of his Mayday.US SuperPAC.
New publications
We partnered with the Gates Foundation to launch Bright, a publication on innovation in education.
We executed a partnership with the 92nd St. Y for their festival, 7 Days of Genius.
The World Economic Forum launched their new class of social entrepreneurs.
Medium publications
Matter continued to publish innovative features, including a series debating whether we should #bansports, Mary H.K. Choi’s ecstasy vacation, and an exhaustive survey of Kanye West’s oeuvre. They also broke news on the flawed Mars One mission and annotated an essay by Michael Paterniti.
Cuepoint published first-person pieces by Alice In Chains’s William Duvall and Boreta of the Glitch Mob.
The Cauldron published first-person pieces by LA Laker Julius Randle, NCAA leading scorer Tyler Harvey, Indiana Colt Coby Fleener, Golden State Warrior Stephen Curry, and Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders.
The Message welcomed new writers Tim Carmody, Tressie McMillan Cottom, and Jessamyn West.