Carter Sherman, senior reporter formerly of Vice and author of 'The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over Its Future,' is now writing for The Guardian. Her book maps how internet culture and political polarization have reshaped sex education, abortion access, and relationships for younger generations.
Sherman brings a decorated track record to this interview: a Scripps Howard Award, a National Press Club Journalism Award, and four Emmy nominations. The conversation ranges from her beat covering sex and gender politics to, unexpectedly, a childhood fear of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
The Ocarina of Time detail is not the point, but it is the hook. The full interview at The Verge covers how Sherman approaches one of the most politically charged beats in American journalism right now, and what draws a serious investigative reporter to the messy overlap of bodies, policy, and the internet.
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