ICYMI: October 22-28

What I produced and consumed this week.

Oct 29, 2023

∙ Paid

For The Breach, I wrote an exposé of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affair’s “Face It, Fight It” conference in Ottawa, which was billed as an event dedicated to combatting antisemitism, but predictably focused almost exclusively on defending Israel, according to recordings shared with me by someone on the inside.

Here at The Orchard, I did a couple AMAs, for which I’m now doing one question at a time to keep them short.

If you have any questions you’d like me to answer, feel free to drop a comment below or email me at appel[dot]jeremy[at]gmail[dot]com.

Oct. 27, 2023 AMA: Big Tech vs. Small Journalism

Jeremy Appel

Oct 27

Watch now (9 mins) | Today’s question comes from Scott Martin, who writes the excellent newsletter, The Catch: “What effect has the decline of Twitter and the results of Bill C-18 had on your work specifically, if any? (Talking metrics, coverage, exposure etc.)” Here’s the

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Oct. 24, 2023 AMA: Neoliberalism's Toll

Jeremy Appel

Oct 25

Watch now (7 mins) | I’ve decided to do a new AMA format, so you aren’t given a monthly hour-long video of me rambling. Instead, I’m going to periodically post short videos answering a single question at a time. This way, you can tune into what you want and tune out what you’re not interested in.

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