Happy Thanksgiving: The Washington Post published my profile in a big spread!
My recent media blitz includes a feature on KCRW's "All Things Considered."
Happy Thanksgiving from Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff. As you gather with your friends and family, I wanted to take a moment to let you know how much I appreciate your subscription and readership. Thank you!
I never dreamed I’d be featured in a big spread in the The Washington Post print edition with the headline, “Meghann Cuniff’s broader appeal,” but it happened this week. The profile that went online last Thursday published in Tuesday’s print edition. I’m so thankful to the writer, Anne Branigin, for her amazing work and attention to detail, and to photographer Zaydee Sanchez for her great photography.
A follower highlighted the sentence “And what you see, amid her life’s detritus, is the person who is arguably the most influential legal journalist working today” and told me he believes “it is mandatory to include this in your X bio.” I replied, “Yeah, you’re probably right,” and he said, “I know you are humble, but sometimes you have to toot the horn!” I know he’s right. It is a great article. A public relations flack working full-time for a year couldn’t secure a piece like that.
I’m so thankful for all the kind words from my colleagues who’ve shared the piece, including ace Politico reporter Kyle Cheney. Kyle and I met through the platform formerly known as Twitter during our coverage of Donald Trump’s former lawyer John Eastman’s legal effort to stop Chapman University from releasing his emails to the January 6th Committee.
You can read the Post profile for free — no paywall! — through this link.
I’ve been a little overwhelmed with the attention. I need to reply to many emails while sorting through podcast invitations and business inquiries. I often get inquiries from people interested in interning for me or working as my assistant. The most pressing thing I need is someone who can help me make clips of my TV and podcast appearances and share them across my social media platforms, particularly TikTok. If you’re interested, please get in touch.
KCRW, the Los Angeles affiliate of National Public Radio, featured me in yesterday’s episode of “All Things Considered.” You can listen to the seven-minute segment below; it’s mostly me talking about all the attention and also that time I got recognized at an Outback Steakhouse in south Orange County.
Meanwhile, I’m enjoying a nice partnership with LiveNOW from Fox that’s put me on air several times recently to discuss R&B singer Cassie’s lawsuit against music mogul Diddy (her ex-boyfriend) and their lightning fast settlement. I also appeared on Scripps News’ live news show and on Good Morning Britain.
On Tuesday night, I joined LiveNOW host Andrew Craft to discuss rapper A$AP Rocky’s assault with a firearm case. LiveNOW allows for lengthy discussions, and we got into some of the videos from Monday’s hearing, including Joe Tacopina’s cross-examination and Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge M.L. Villar’s ruling.
I’m enjoying a surge in subscribers to my YouTube channel, where I upload all my TV appearances. I also recently uploaded all footage from A$AP Rocky’s preliminary hearing, as well as video depositions that disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti gave in 2015. You can watch them at your leisure.
I also enjoying a surge in attention on the platform formerly known as Twitter, where I’m currently sitting at nearly 104,500 followers and get more views on there than all other social media sites combined.
But, like so many others, I have serious concerns about the direction of the platform under Elon Musk, and I am making a push to build my followings on other platforms such as Bluesky, Threads and Facebook. (If anyone wants a Bluesky invite code, I have five. Get in touch.)
My biggest following outside the platform formerly known as Twitter is on Instagram, where I recently broke 10,000 followers. I am making a big push to post on there much more often. I also am looking for ways to improve the visual appeal of my page and bring more uniformity to my posts through a Meghann Thee Reporter branding package.
The purpose of all my social media is to drive traffic to my YouTube channel and to Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff while building my national and international presence as a legal affairs journalist who reports from courtrooms, not Law & Crime Network livestreams.
Paid subscriptions to this mailing list are the best way to support my work. You can pay through the Substack option below, or you can use Venmo (MeghannCuniff), CashApp ($MeghannCuniff), PayPal or Zelle (meghanncuniff@gmail.com). The cost is $8 per month or $80 per year.
Paid subscribers make my work possible. I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who bought subscriptions after reading the Post profile. One subscriber chose to pay $1,000. I thanked her in an email and told her the money makes my life easier, and she replied. “Truly my pleasure to help you expand your network of spreading the truth.” The words mean more than the money, but the money definitely matters, too.
I am excited about the future of Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff and everything that’s ahead. Thank you again for your subscription and readership.
Happy Thanksgiving!
-meghann
You deserve the recognition after such dedication and hard work - good things do happen (eventually) to good people!
I'm late but congratulations! 💜