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Jessica Abramsky

Apr 12, 2024, 8:31 AM

Alarming reality of some young American journalists who don’t understand the war

University Press newsroom wall quote by Dan Rather on April 11, 2024. Photo by Jessica Abramsky.

“Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine,” by Dan Rather is the quote on my newsroom’s wall. When I first started college journalism, I thought that was extremely exaggerated. Well, now I’ve learned that was naive. Journalism...

Mar 29, 2024, 5:47 AM

Some American college journalists don’t want to see news about Israel-Hamas War

I recently traveled with the staff of my university’s student-run newspaper to New York City for a College Media Association conference. While we were having dinner on March 15, my friend, a student journalist, was scrolling through her Instagram...

Feb 7, 2024, 12:12 AM

Being a Jewish student journalist in America during the Israel-Hamas War

Screenshot of a video from a pro-Palestine protest at Florida Atlantic University on Oct. 11. Screenshot courtesy of FAU alumna Ariana Hoblin.

I should be asleep because I have class in the morning, but I spend my days obsessively watching and reading the news on the Israel-Hamas War. I am a proud Zionist Jew with an Israeli grandfather. I’m a 19-year-old junior...

About Me

Jessica Abramsky is a Jewish university student in the United States with a background in college and freelance journalism. She is the former editor-in-chief of Florida Atlantic University's student-run newspaper, the University Press.