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Kevin Merida

@meridak.bsky.social

Independent journalist/storyteller/media leader. Formerly: LA Times/ESPN/WaPo. Co-author of new photo book, “Kamala.” Lover of hoops, books, beaches, family.

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Fear... The Future Does Not Fit in the Containers of the Past.Edition 267.

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”—Nelson Mandela.
More than ever today, we need bravery over fear. Check out @rishadt.bsky.social

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22.09.2025 12:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Reevaluating the NBA GOAT debate: Beyond Jordan and LeBron Kevin Merida explores why the legendary Celtic Bill Russell should be part of the GOAT debate — for his skills and bravery on and off the court.

Bill Russell. Redefining greatness. That’s all. Interviewed on @wgbh.org “All Things Considered,” hosted by Arun Rath.
www.wgbh.org/culture/2025... Reevaluating the NBA GOAT debate: Beyond Jordan and LeBron | GBH

23.07.2025 04:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Coming to Cleveland? We have some things to say. @nabjofficial.bsky.social @blacknandv.bsky.social @nabjlaofficial.bsky.social

17.07.2025 14:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Journalism is a difficult business to make money on, says @meridak.bsky.social but it's also a unique business. "In what other business do we ask the owners not to interfere?"

No matter the ownership or times, journalists manage to do the work. "Journalism is undefeated." #ClassACTHR73Forum

10.07.2025 23:39 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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🛡️ The constitutional freedom that allows citizens to scrutinize governments and hold officials accountable is under threat. ClassACT HR73 invites you to a vital conversation on the future of journalism and democracy. Don’t miss our forum feat. @meridak.bsky.social‬ and experts!

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17.06.2025 14:38 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Happy to be joining friends and journalists I admire @ire.org in New Orleans.

25.05.2025 23:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | NBA’s greatest scorer teams up with a young star. Prepare for fireworks. When the NBA’s greatest scorer teams up with one of its young stars, prepare for a postseason straight from central casting.

A piece on the beauty of basketball, an iconic Spike Lee film, and the new LeBron-Luka partnership. My latest installment of an essay series for @postopinions.bsky.social

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24.04.2025 15:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Opinion | LeBron James, father and son As his incomparable career enters another transition, King James places fatherhood front and center.

LeBron James and his coming of age as a father who grew up without one. My latest essay in a yearlong series. @postopinions.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

18.04.2025 16:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tonight, talking “Kamala” the photo book and Kamala the human being. Plus, politics, visual expression and all the rest with @evamckend.bsky.social

04.03.2025 04:49 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

“If our profession is to confront itself, we need to have more courage for disruption…Organize ourselves and our work differently.” Thanks, @lenfestinstitute.org for publishing and convening with @aspendigital.bsky.social

28.02.2025 22:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Come join Deb and I and our friend @evamckend.bsky.social talk about visual expression, politics, and these times. We’re kicking off Women’s History Month. 🏆

28.02.2025 01:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“We don’t know our country well enough.” My provocation to our profession. We need to get closer to our communities. Honored to share ideas with brilliant friends and top media leaders. @columjournreview.bsky.social
@aspeninstitute.bsky.social
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20.02.2025 19:24 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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L.A. Local News Initiative names social impact leader Michele Siqueiros as founding CEO | What's New | Los Angeles Local News Initiative Written on Feb 11, 2025 | Siqueiros will helm a historic effort to ensure the future of local, independent journalism in Los Angeles

Great news: Longtime L.A. civic leader Michele Siqueiros is the founding CEO of the new nonprofit L.A. Local News Initiative, aimed at strengthening and expanding local journalism in Los Angeles County. Let’s Go!

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11.02.2025 19:28 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Game Over. Kendrick Lamar. Mustaaard! 🏈 #SuperBowl #Halftime

10.02.2025 01:42 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Jon Batiste. That’s all. #SuperBowl #nationalanthem

09.02.2025 23:31 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Column | Portraits in power: The official photos of Melania and President Trump The new White House portraits of the first lady and the president tell a story of hard-nosed power and all-encompassing anger.

A dissection and critique of two portraits. From one of the top critics in the game.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

29.01.2025 20:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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They waited and waited for an evacuation order. The fire came first, and people died in Altadena In this section of western Altadena, residents weren't ordered to evacuate until after 5 a.m., according to records reviewed by The Times. That was well after smoke and flames were threatening the are...

Heartbreaking. But essential reporting & storytelling. @brittnymejia.bsky.social

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26.01.2025 18:28 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | ‘A roster change for the ages’: 8 writers on the Washington Commanders What’s fueling the team’s comeback? A new quarterback, coach, owner, name and identity.

8 writers on The Commanders? Why not? I am a lifelong fan, we’ve had season tickets in our family since 1967. I’m here for all the hoopla. ✊🏾 @wshcommanders.bsky.social
@postopinions.bsky.social
@postsports.bsky.social
@washingtonpost.com
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25.01.2025 01:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I Was Kamala Harris’ Videographer. I Wish I Could Show You What I’ve Seen. — Slate She completely changed me.

An up close view of history unfolding. Kamala Harris’s videographer Azza Cohen with some choice insights. @slate.bsky.social

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21.01.2025 18:01 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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SALA Series on LinkedIn: #media #leadership #politics #democracy As the former Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times, acclaimed author and journalist Kevin Merida joins Dalen Cuff and Monica McNutt on the SALA Pod and…

“I knew Monica before she was Monica.” And if you don’t know, now you know. Find someone to believe in, people. I got @mcnuttmonica.bsky.social & Dalen Cuff to name two. And a thousand more I can’t name-check here.

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20.01.2025 05:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🙏🏾🙏🏾 Appreciate the generous words, my friend. Gonna stay committed to our profession, and do whatever I can wherever I am to push it forward. Glad we have you in the craft.

20.01.2025 04:30 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Jayden Daniels has been cold-blooded since childhood If the Commanders’ rookie quarterback seems especially poised, that’s by design. His father drilled it into him at an early age.

“He has turned the Washington Commanders into the surprise of the NFL season, helped a region fall back in love with football and proved his friends right. America is seeing what they saw and saying what they said.”
Sam Fortier on JD5 for @washingtonpost.com

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20.01.2025 04:25 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I didn’t pick headline, but glad you and others remember the McPhee book on Bradley. An homage.

20.01.2025 04:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How NYU's Deborah Willis Created a Visual Record of the Harris Campaign, Selfies Included The Tisch photography and imaging chair and her co-author Kevin Merida organized their photographic biography around themes such as joy and family

Always love talking photography and our “Kamala” photo book with my friend, the great Deborah Willis. This time for @newyorkuniversity.bsky.social

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17.01.2025 01:19 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | LeBron James: A sense of where he is The first in a series of essays examining the past, present and future of a basketball superstar and cultural force.

First in a yearlong essay series assessing LeBron James, his life, career and cultural influence. Will explore themes beyond hoops-like greatness, introspection, father-son relationships snd more. @postopinions.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

15.01.2025 17:55 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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How should the news industry cover Trump? Ten top journalists weigh in. The Washington Post asked current and former media professionals what they think is the right approach to covering Trump’s second term.

My thoughts, along with others, about media coverage of the next Trump administration and coverage of our fellow human beings. @washingtonpost.com @jeremybarr.bsky.social

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07.01.2025 17:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'Kamala' offers a new photographic biography of Vice President Harris The new book 'Kamala: Her Historic, Joyful, and Auspicious Sprint to the White House' is a photographic biography capturing important moments in the life of the vice president and 2024 Democratic pres...

We did some talking on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social about the power of photography, capturing history and our new photo book, “Kamala: Her Historic, Joyful and Auspicious Sprint to the White House.”

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02.01.2025 20:51 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I interviewed Jimmy Carter in the mid-1980s for the @dallasnews.bsky.social
He was incredibly thoughtful, generous with his time, and passionate about The Carter Center. He became a global ambassador for peace, justice, freedom and democracy, the needy, and decency. #RIPJimmyCarter

29.12.2024 23:54 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kevin Merida on life after LA Times and new Kamala Harris book Nearly a year after stepping down from the LA Times, Kevin Merida teams up with Deborah Willis to create the photographic biography, "Kamala: Her Historic, Joyful and Auspicious Sprint to the White Ho...

Appreciated the interview by @delanomassey.bsky.social @axios.com regarding our new book, “Kamala: Her Historic, Joyful and Auspicious Sprint to the White House.”
www.axios.com/2024/12/26/k...

27.12.2024 06:23 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

My quote of the day from Dave Chappelle via Vice: “It takes you years to learn how to be yourself.” 🙏🏾🏆

26.12.2024 23:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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