Feven Merid

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Staff Writer at Columbia Journalism Review

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Glamour Crashes Down to Reality

1 month ago | cjr.org | Feven Merid

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Two of the past three issues of a new fashion publication, Boy Brother Friend, have opened on the subject of war. There is, according to Kk Obi, the founder, and Matthew Benson, the editorial director, no way around this tension when the magazine’s subject is the African continent and its diaspora.
Wikipedia’s Reluctant Resisters

1 month ago | cjr.org | Feven Merid

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Since Donald Trump’s reelection, Wikipedia has been catching right-wing bullets. There have been taunts from Elon Musk, prompted by a page that described his Nazi-style salute during the inauguration. “Defund Wikipedia,” he posted on X—which, under his ownership, has positioned itself as a competing source of “authoritative” information.
Q&A: Robin Berjon on Freeing Journalists’ Feeds

1 month ago | cjr.org | Feven Merid

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Among the billionaires in attendance at Donald Trump’s inauguration were Elon Musk, the owner of X; Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta; and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, which also owns YouTube. Their presence starkly illustrated a concern that many social media critics have echoed for some time: these companies, as key as they are to our social infrastructure, are also at the whims of their leaders.
The Promise of IndyMedia

1 month ago | publici.ucimc.org | Feven Merid

0 Flares 0 Flares × This article was originally published in Columbia Journalism Review on November 22, 2024. It has been shortened to fit and lightly edited for style. At the end of November, 1999, when the World Trade Organization met at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, so many thousands of protesters arrived on the scene that they effectively ended the conference; what ensued became known as the Battle of Seattle.
CrimeTube

2 months ago | cjr.org | Feven Merid

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Criminal justice has always captivated the American public. Whether cases involving celebrities—Johnny Depp, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson—or ones that make new ones: the Menendez brothers, Casey Anthony. Court reporting is as storied a beat as exists in the traditional media. But in recent years, coverage of high-profile cases has found a new home, and established new superstars, on YouTube.
Q&A: Susan Chira on Criminal Justice Reporting and Leaving the Marshall Project

Jan 15, 2025 | cjr.org | Feven Merid

Sign up for The Media Today, CJRâs daily newsletter. Last year, Susan Chira announced that she would be stepping down as editor in chief of the Marshall Project, a nonprofit newsroom focused on criminal justice stories, this month.
On the Front Lines of the Los Angeles Fires

Jan 9, 2025 | cjr.org | Feven Merid

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Wally Skalij has covered fires for the Los Angeles Times for twenty-five years, so when he saw a recent forecast calling for a severe windstorm this week, he immediately flagged it to his editor. “If this is true, this can be really bad,” he said. Even so, what ensued over the past few days left him shocked.
How Twitter Turning to X Changed Journalism

Nov 26, 2024 | cjr.org | Feven Merid

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, in 2022, and renamed it X, the number of users has steadily declined. For journalists, who anecdotal evidence suggests are quitting in large numbers, the shift has been particularly profound.
Q&A: Stephen G. Bloom on a Breeding Ground for Expat Journalists in Brazil

Nov 26, 2024 | cjr.org | Feven Merid

Sign up for The Media Today, CJRâs daily newsletter. In 1979, at the age of twenty-eight, Stephen G. Bloom set out to Rio de Janeiro to work as a foreign correspondent for the Latin America Daily Post, one of several English-language newspapers in Brazil. The country was a destination for many expat reporters looking to jump-start writing careers.
The Promise of IndyMedia

Nov 21, 2024 | cjr.org | Feven Merid

Sign up for The Media Today, CJRâs daily newsletter. At the end of November in 1999, when the World Trade Organization met at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, so many thousands of protesters arrived on the scene that they effectively ended the conference; what ensued became known as the Battle of Seattle.