Kurin v. Balter update: The defense names its first witnesses.
As I announced earlier this month, the $10 million defamation suit against me by University of California, Santa Barbara archaeologist Danielle Kur…
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KURIN V. BALTER UPDATE: THE CASE MOVES INTO THE CRITICAL DISCOVERY PHASE
As regular readers of this blog know, I have been sued for defamation by University of California, Santa Barbara archaeologist Danielle Kurin for m…
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Another harasser bites the dust. Please don't pass him. [Updated Sept 24 2020: The New York Times weighs in]
Over the past weeks I have been Tweeting about the misconduct investigation the American Museum of Natural History in New York City has been co…
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A case study in lying to protect a serial abuser: Luis Jaime Castillo Butters and his "friends" [Updated Sept 6, and with dozens of comments]
Late last June, in a post entitled "Andean Archaeology Has a #MeToo Problem," I reported on my investigation of misconduct by Peruvian arc…
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Major law firm steps in to defend reporter falsely accused of defamation for his #MeToo reporting
I am very pleased to announce that BakerHostetler , one of the U.S.'s largest law firms, will be representing me pro bono in the Kurin v. …
Read more![The truth at last, or at least some of it, about Peter Rathjen, the U of Adelaide, the U of Melbourne, the U of Tasmania, etc. [Updated Sept 3, 2020: University of Melbourne "leader" finally speaks]](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NtaT0gwizlA/X0YoPAu3_nI/AAAAAAAAK0U/HMTuK0240ssttw105h75kgbWbSaXS2v4wCNcBGAsYHQ/w680/Rathjen.jpg)
The truth at last, or at least some of it, about Peter Rathjen, the U of Adelaide, the U of Melbourne, the U of Tasmania, etc. [Updated Sept 3, 2020: University of Melbourne "leader" finally speaks]
Peter Rathjen, former VC and president, U Adelaide It may take a long time for the mighty to fall, but more and more often these days, they even…
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My book about Neolithic Catalhoyuk in Turkey and the origins of civilization, the paperback edition. For more information about it, please visit MY WEB SITE
- Michael Balter
- I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE
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