Meghann Cuniff
Meghann Cuniff (born 1983)[1] is an American legal affairs journalist.
Cuniff was raised in Corvallis, Oregon. Her father, George Cuniff, was a lawyer, who died when she was 20.-gq, wapo She attended University of Oregon and joined the student newspaper The Daily Emerald as a staff reporter.-wapo At 25 she worked as an education reporter in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.-19th She next worked as a crime reporter for the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington.-wapo In 2013 Cuniff took a position at the Orange County Register. After being laid off, she began to work in legal journalism for cites including the Los Angeles Daily Journal and Law.com.-wapo
Cuniff She was previously the Senior West Coast Correspondent for Law & Crime.[2]
Cuniff gained prominence while reporting on the trial of Tory Lanez, who was convicted for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet. Her Twitter threads about the case regularly went viral and grew her social media following, as she became known as a reliable source of information about the case.[3]-the19th,kcrw
and she was nicknamed Meghann Thee Reporter by users following the trial.[4] Cuniff's coverage
She stated that her goal on social media is to break down complex legal cases so that they are comprehensible to laymen, and to fill the void in reporting on court cases that is rife with misinformation spread via blogs.-gq, kcrw
Cuniff is a freelance journalist. She covers a variety of legal cases, and began covering those involving the entertainment industry while working for Law & Crime.-xxl
such as Young Thug's RICO case,[5] breaking the news about Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis writing letters of support for Danny Masterson. hip hop stars.-wapo The majority of her legal coverage centers federal white-collar crime cases.-wapo
She publishes coverage to her websit, Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff.-the19th
She has appeared as a commentator on Nancy Grace and Snapped.
The Los Angeles Press Club’s 65th annual Southern California Journalism Awards
References
- ^ Branigin, Anne. "The rise of 'Meghann Thee Reporter,' the internet's favorite court insider". Washington Post. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Haile, Heven. "Meghann M. Cuniff, aka Meghann Thee Reporter, Weighs in on the Tory Lanez Sentencing and the Social Media Circus Surrounding His Trial". GQ. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Norwood, Candice. "How 'Meghann Thee Reporter' became the go-to source for information on the Tory Lanez trial". The 19th. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ Williams, Janaya. "'Meghann The Reporter' on the complex world of celebrity cases". KCRW. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Meghann 'Thee Reporter' Cuniff, the Internet's Most Popular Legal Reporter Right Now, Weighs In on Young Thug's Trial, Diddy's Allegations, Tory Lanez Insults and More". XXL. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
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