Gene Meyer

When The Washington Post was The "Washington" Post Democracy Dies in Layoffs

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It's Official! WP is no longer a "paper of record."

It's Official!
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The End of the [Book] World A Bittersweet Event

The End of the [Book] World
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Old News Is No News Except in The Washington Post

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Democracy Dies in Stupidity Also in hyprocrisy

Democracy Dies in Stupidity
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The Cashless Society What's in your wallet?

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Eugene L Meyer (@eugenelmeyer872891) @Margaret Sullivan

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I profiled Kushner for Moment Magazine but he ghosted me. At another time for the NYT I interviewed Ivanka and found her accessible, smart and pleasant.

Eugene L Meyer (@eugenelmeyer872891) After the mass layoff of more than 300 from the newsroom of The Washington Post, where I worked for 34 years, the idea of data-driven journalism sounds like an oxymoron. Whatever happened to old-fash...

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Democracy Dies in Darkness. Indeed! | Eugene L. Meyer As I write this, I am reading about the utter destruction and decimation of the Washington Post staff by Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of the newspaper

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“The future of New York is Queens.” | Eugene L. Meyer Jackson Heights, Queens

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A Packed House in Windham for a Conversation on the Future of Local News More than 100 Catskills residents braved single-digit temperatures on Saturday for a conversation about the future of local journalism. “The Future of News: Global and Local,” hosted by Windham reside...

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Andre Previn A work-in-progress

Andre Previn
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“The future of New York is Queens.” -- Gary Shteyngart, New York Times, Dec. 28 Actually, Queens is my past in New York.

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Eugene L Meyer (@eugenelmeyer872891) 1984 was 25 years in the future when I “reviewed” it for 9th grade English in 1957. Has the future caught up with the past? Or maybe surpassed it?

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“The future of New York is Queens.” -- Gary Shteyngart, New York Times, Dec. 28 Actually, Queens is my past in New York.

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Eugene L Meyer (@eugenelmeyer872891) I just unsubscribed from “The Free Press,” which doesn’t espouse a free press. Founder Bari Weiss is no journalist, witness her spiking of 60 Minutes report on Trump deportees to the hell hole prison ...

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Eugene L Meyer (@eugenelmeyer872891) No, you can’t do that! Ballroom Edition. Wherein I share background on Trump’s willful evasion and disregard for duly constituted federal agencies tasked with overseeing any proposals to alter the W...

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Eugene L Meyer (@eugenelmeyer872891) No, you can’t do that! Ballroom Edition. Wherein I share background on Trump’s willful evasion and disregard for duly constituted federal agencies tasked with overseeing any proposals to alter the W...

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Eugene L Meyer | Substack Author and Journalist. Former Wash Post reporter and editor. Editor, B'nai B'rith Magazine. Washington Independent Review of Books, board member and contributor. Five for Freedom: The African American...

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Recalling Tom Stoppard’s longtime friendship with composer André Previn. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-f... @genemeyer.bsky.social #booksky

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AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND | Eugene L. Meyer My final edition No, not of this blog but as the editor of B'nai B'rith Magazine, the eclectic Jewish magazine I've been proud to helm for 16 years.  The current Winter 2025 issue is my last as the ed...

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Sadly, Sir Tom Stoppard has passed away. Fortunately, I was able to interview him for my biography of Andre Previn, a work in progress.
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President Garfield is having a moment. It's about time! | Eugene L. Meyer He was the 20th president, whose short time in office was cut even shorter by an assassin's bullet.  President James A. Garfield has long been forgotten and ignored -- until now.  A four-part Netflix ...

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