The L.A. Times’ editor is stepping down. Did his policy on Israel coverage lead to his ouster?
Kevin Merida restricted reporters who publicly opposed Israel’s war in Gaza from covering it
Media
The Latest
-
Fast Forward -
News He covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus. Then the protesters rebuked him.
Jacob Wheeler, a reporter at USC's Annenberg Media, went on hiatus after attacks on his coverage turned personal
-
News Departure of Jerusalem Post’s top editor comes after years of turmoil at newspaper
Avi Mayer left the English-language Israeli newspaper this week, less than a year after he was appointed editor-in-chief despite scant experience in journalism
-
Fast Forward UCLA newspaper fires Jewish student reporter who spoke at pro-Palestinian rally
The paper’s editor said its ethical standards prohibit attending rallies. The reporter, Eli Nachimson, is seeking legal counsel
-
Culture I marched for Israel with 300,000 people — so why is the media so obsessed with the fringe?
The Jewish people can't let their narrative be kidnapped
-
Fast Forward A 25-year-old Lebanese TV reporter and her cameraman are latest journalists to die covering the war
Total number of media workers killed since Oct. 7 is 53, highest casualty toll for journalists in 30 years
-
Books Palestinian poet who chronicled daily life in Gaza released after capture by IDF
Mosab Abu Toha had written essays on the difficulty of caring for his family during Israeli bombardment for several major American publications
-
News ‘Journalism is not a crime’: Pulitzer and MacArthur winner Lynsey Addario on war photography
She’s covered war in Israel, Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. But don’t ask her — or any other journalist — to take sides
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
- 2
Fast Forward Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes
- 3
News ‘Do you have the Torahs?’ Synagogue races LA wildfire to rescue its past and future
- 4
Opinion Why is Netanyahu poised to OK a ceasefire that’s favorable to Hamas? One word: Trump
In Case You Missed It
-
Yiddish ווידעאָ: איציק האָרן רעדט אויף ייִדיש וועגן זײַנע צוויי זין, פֿאַרכאַפּטע אין עזה VIDEO: Itsik Horn speaks in Yiddish about his two sons, hostages in Gaza
לויט די נײַעס־באַריכטן וועט מען אין גיכן באַפֿרײַען 33 פֿון די ערובֿניקעס אָבער ס׳איז נישט קלאָר צי דאָס נעמט אַרײַן זײַנע זין
-
Culture Was Casanova an antisemite, a believer in Kabbalah — or both?
-
Film & TV In ‘Midas Man,’ a by-the-numbers tribute to the fifth Beatle
-
Fast Forward 6 Chabad tunnel defendants plead guilty
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
