Micah Loewinger is a reporter for On the Media, where he focuses on internet culture, politics, and the far-right.
His investigation into Zello, a walkie-talkie app used for recruitment and organizing by militia groups, won the John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting. His piece on a Syrian refugee camp in a Swedish Wild West theme park was a finalist for a Livingston Award for international reporting.
Before stumbling into a job at OTM, Micah interned for NPR Music, Radiolab, Soundcheck, WNET’s Great Performances, and Bush Radio in Cape Town, South Africa, the continent’s oldest community-run station. Everything he knows about this medium he learned from the best frickin’ college radio station in the world, WNYU 89.1FM, where he served as Program Director. Catch him as an erratic host of the 60’s-70’s experimental psychedelic radio show, Plastic Tales From the Marshmallow Dimension. Micah likes to cook borscht and scroll through Twitter.
He also loves tips and story ideas from listeners! DM him or send him a message on Signal: (646) 753-2373.
Micah Loewinger appears in the following:
Thursday, August 04, 2022
A new pay-to-play culture is taking root in the podcast industry.
Friday, July 29, 2022
And why some reckon the ERA is the most promising route to codifying abortion rights.
Friday, July 29, 2022
How a big week of Trump news played out in the media.
Friday, July 29, 2022
Why we might not see a hallmark of political journalism this year.
Friday, July 29, 2022
A big week of Trump news; why Republicans have stopped speaking to journalists; Ron DeSantis' press strategy; and the importance of the ERA.
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Re-examining the century-long smear campaign against sharks.
Friday, June 17, 2022
Before it could even meet for the first time, the group became the subject of a vicious right-wing campaign.
Friday, June 17, 2022
A former Infowars cameraman on what he learned about the truth, and himself.
Friday, May 13, 2022
What TikTok panics reveal about our understanding of technology.
Friday, April 29, 2022
The world’s wealthiest man is buying Twitter, because Twitter is power.
Monday, April 18, 2022
The story of Bobi, who streams the video game "Escape From Tarkov" on the platform Twitch.
Friday, April 08, 2022
Our preference for simple stories has made it hard to keep track of the pandemic.
Friday, March 11, 2022
A Twitch streamer, his family, and their escape from Ukraine.
Friday, February 04, 2022
In 1976, 17-year-old Steven Pico sued his Long Island school district.
Friday, January 07, 2022
How violence surrounding the election began unfolding months earlier.
Friday, January 07, 2022
Listen to recordings from an insurrectionist as she stormed the Capitol.
Friday, January 07, 2022
A grassroots pro-gun movement, militias, and the threat of civil war.
Friday, December 24, 2021
Reporters murdered, a surge in arrests, and shuttered newspapers.
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
The actor behind Dash of "The Incredibles" confronts its sequel for the first time.
Friday, November 12, 2021
The story of a man auctioning off his viral moment as a series of NFTs.