COVERAGE
APRIL 27, 2026
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jodi Kantor sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss The New York Times’ Supreme Court coverage and her latest book, How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work. They talk about getting a behind-the-scenes look at the Supreme Court’s internal documents and private correspondence that detail the expansion of shadow docket cases, how the partisan results of rulings benefit President Trump more than previous Democratic presidents, and Kantor advises young graduates on approaching their life’s work in a positive, productive way in How to Start.
Jodi Kantor – Supreme Court Coverage & "How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work"
APRIL 27, 2026
How to Start (Even When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going)
As work becomes the place we look for identity, stability, and meaning, the stakes feel higher than ever. Esther invites you in for a live conversation between friends, New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor and facilitator and author Priya Parker. A question echoes through the room: how do you start when you don’t know where you’re going?
This is a conversation about uncertainty, ambition, and finding the courage to begin anyway.
APRIL 24, 2026
Bombshell report exposes how Supreme Court empowers Trump agenda through shadow docket rulings
Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace
Brand new reporting from The New York Times reveals how the conservative justices on the Supreme Court use shadow docket rulings to bolster Trump and the GOP agenda at large. Nicolle is joined by Jodi Kantor and Melissa Murray for analysis.
April 24, 2026
Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Jodi Kantor
Jodi Kantor is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist at The New York Times whose reporting has reshaped our understanding of power, accountability, and the systems that govern our lives. She joins to discuss breaking the Harvey Weinstein story, her investigations into the Supreme Court, and how to build a meaningful career in a rapidly changing world.
APRIL 23, 2026
How to find a career you love – for gen Z and everyone else: ‘You don’t want your life’s compass to be dread’
In her new book, New York Times investigative journalist Jodi Kantor has set her mind to helping young people find their life’s work. What should they, or anyone else who feels lost and overwhelmed right now, do to get started?
APRIL 21, 2026
How young professionals can find meaningful and successful work in the age of AI
Award-winning journalist Jodi Kantor addresses how young professionals and students can find a career path in the age of artificial intelligence while pursuing their dreams and finding meaning in their work.
APRIL 19, 2026
This Is a Hard Time to Start a Career. These Two Words Can Help.
Advice on building a rewarding work life, even amid employment gloom.
To the graduates of the Class of 2026, recent graduates and those who love you:
Congratulations and I’m sorry. You’re graduating into a job market unlike any we’ve known. The messages you’re getting about work are overwhelmingly negative. Our task, at this festive but fraught time, is to figure out how you should respond.
This article is adapted from Jodi Kantor’s book, “How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work.”
APRIL 16, 2026
On with Kara Swisher: Beat the Resume Bots & Build a Career You Love with Jodi Kantor
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter Jodi Kantor joins Kara to talk about her new book, How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work. It’s a guide for young people starting their careers in an age of AI disruption, economic instability and political chaos.
Jodi acknowledges the difficult reality graduates face and tries to offer practical yet empathic advice. She argues that meaningful careers are built on “craft” and “need.” Kara and Jodi discuss how to find workarounds in an automated hiring hellscape, and what key things to look for in a first job. Plus, Jodi explains why young people need to take calculated risks, and what that looks like for recent graduates.
MARCH 3, 2026
Infiltrating the Supreme Court
A roundtable conversation with top Supreme Court reporters on secrecy at the court, the justices’ ethics and how they do their job at a crucial moment.
The Supreme Court was once a sedate — even stately — beat for reporters. There was a predictable pace and a familiar timeline for the court’s resolution of cases through cert petitions, briefs, arguments and opinions. There were a couple of major decisions every year. But for the most part, the average news consumer or political observer did not need to pay close attention to the court’s work on a daily basis.
Those days are long gone.
DECEMBER 11, 2025
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Jodi Kantor Announces New Book How to Start — See the Cover!
In a job market “unlike anything we’ve seen before,” Jodi Kantor is lending a hand — or, more accurately, her pen.
With her new book How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work, the journalist, 50, hopes to steer young professionals toward fulfilling and meaningful careers.
Last year, The New York Times reporter — who, along with Megan Twohey, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service for bringing to light decades of sexual abuse allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein — was asked to speak to the graduating class at her alma mater, Columbia University.
The prompt Kantor was given for the keynote speech required her to call on everything she’s learned in her professional life, she tells PEOPLE. It also planted the seed that has since blossomed into How to Start.