Rivkah Brown | |
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 Brown in 2020 | |
| Born | 1992 (age 31–32) |
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| Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor, reporter, podcaster |
| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Website | rivkahbrown |
Rivkah Brown (born 1992) is an English journalist. She currently serves as editor-in-chief at Vashti Media, as well as commissioning editor and reporter for Novara Media. She previously filled this role for The Independent.
Early life and education
editBrown grew up in Stamford Hill, East London.[1] She attended the Henrietta Barnett School in North London. She went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 2014 and a Master of Studies in World Literatures in English from the University of Oxford in 2016. For the latter, she earned an Ertegun Graduate Scholarship.[2]
Career
editUpon graduating from Cambridge, Brown began her career writing Edinburgh Fringe Festival reviews for Broadway Baby,[3] as well as film and television reviews for Aesthetica. Later in 2016, she served as Co-Editor-in-Chief at The Inkling, a Medium-based essay magazine, and helped with publicity for the independent film The New Man. Brown worked as a policy advisor in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in 2017.[4]
After interning at the Financial Times and contributing to publications such as The Guardian, The New Statesman, the London Review of Books, Ha'aretz and Dazed, Brown became a senior commissioning editor and columnist for The Independent in 2019 as well as Editor-in-Chief at Vashti Media. She wrote a number of articles for the former criticising the British monarchy.[5] She also produced podcasts for UnHerd.[6] In the run-up to the 2019 general election, Brown was a member of the campaign group Jews Against Boris (later Jewish Solidarity Action).[7] In January 2020, Brown wrote an article on Holocaust revisionism in Poland, prompting a Twitter "pile-on" upon being criticised by Polish-born Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski, who doubled down on his remarks in Parliament. Shortly after, Kawczynski came under fire for speaking at a far-right conference, on which Brown wrote "Kawczynski is a symptom of a disease endemic within British Conservatism".[8][9]
Brown joined Novara Media in 2021 as commissioning editor and reporter. During her time at Novara, Brown has covered stories about internal Labour Party politics (such as Apsana Begum's harassment by her ex-husband),[10] the housing crisis,[11] and transphobia.[12] Brown also became known on the platform for her vox-pop-style street interviews.[13] In addition, she has appeared on programmes such as Channel 4 News and LBC.[14][15]
References
edit- ^ "Rivkah's off to Namibia". 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Rivkah Brown (UK)". Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Articles by Rivkah Brown". Broadway Baby. 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Advocacy and Representation" (PDF). The Heritage Crafts Association. February 2018. p. 12. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Brown, Rivkah (6 January 2020). "Don't fall for the royals' bogus environmentalism – real change must come from the people". The Independent. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Brown, Rivkah (23 January 2019). "People like Nick Timothy don't get fired: they just fail into great new jobs". The News Statesman. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Young left-wing Jews canvass for Labour candidate seeking to oust Boris Johnson". Jewish News. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Brown, Rivkah (5 February 2020). "Daniel Kawczynski is being used as a scapegoat over Tory antisemitism". The Independent. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Weich, Ben (30 January 2020). "Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski criticised for appearing alongside Viktor Orbán and far right". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Brown, Rivkah (22 September 2022). "'Labour Weaponised My Domestic Abuse to Get Rid of Me': Apsana Begum on Her Return to Politics". Novara Media. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Brown, Rivkah (25 July 2022). "Meet the Squatter-Turned-'Slumlord' Jacking up Rents by 113%". Novara Media. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Brown, Rivkah (24 December 2022). "How I Deradicalised My Terf Mum". Novara Media. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Brown, Rivkah (19 September 2022). "The Mourners Who Queued for Hours to See the Queen". Novara Media. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Cross Question with Iain Dale: 23/06 Watch again". LBC. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Novara Media's Rivkah Brown speaks about targeted protests against MPs". LBC. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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