Oct. 7 Reshaped US Jewish Media As Trust In Mainstream Outlets Eroded, Media Executive Tells I24NEWS
A media executive reports that American Jewish communities are increasingly turning to Jewish-focused media outlets for news following the October 7 attacks. This shift is driven by a growing distrust of mainstream media and a desire for news that aligns with their Jewish identity.
Why it matters
It highlights a significant fragmentation in media consumption habits and the growing influence of niche, identity-based journalism in the US.
The October 7 massacre fundamentally changed the relationship between American Jews and Jewish media, driving demand for hard news while widening distrust of mainstream outlets, a leading Jewish media executive told i24NEWS .
How is American-Jewish media adapting to the internal transformations within communities? Ami Eden, president of the American Jewish Press Association and CEO and executive editor of 70 Faces Media, said Jewish outlets had already been moving beyond traditional news coverage in the years before October 7, increasingly seeking to help audiences connect with their Jewish identity.
What changed after the attack, he said, was that the news itself became inseparable from that identity.
“It’s not only that people became hungrier for news,” Eden told American View. “The reason they became hungrier is because what was happening in the news was impacting their Jewish identity.”
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