Talk:Jacki Karsh

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Request to add photograph

Please add the Wikimedia Commons image File:Jacki Karsh headshot.jpg to the article as a photograph of Jacki Karsh.

Suggested wikitext: [[File:Jacki Karsh headshot.jpg|thumb|A headshot of Jacki Karsh]] ~2026-46957-12 (talk) 20:31, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done NomanPK44 (talk) 21:08, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 29 August 2026

Description of suggested change: Please update the lead to include Jacki Karsh's journalism career and her six Los Angeles Area Emmy nominations. Her nominations are documented in independent entertainment-industry publications including Deadline Hollywood and Variety. I believe this is relevant biographical information because the current lead describes her as a media personality and activist but does not mention her journalism work or Emmy nominations. Diff:

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Jacki Karsh is an American media personality and activist.

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Jacki Karsh is an American journalist, media personality and activist. She has received six Los Angeles Area Emmy nominations for her journalism and production work.

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made.NomanPK44 (talk) 16:30, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 3 September 2026

Description of suggested change:

Factual accuracy and neutrality concerns (COI disclosure)

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I am the founding director of the Karsh Journalism Fellowship discussed in this article, so I have a conflict of interest per WP:COI and am not editing the article directly. I'm raising these points here for an uninvolved editor to review.

1. Misattributed motive for the fellowship's founding. The article states "Karsh stated the fellowship was created to help Israel win an 'information war'," citing Kouddous (Drop Site, Oct. 8, 2025). The quote it's built on is from a December 2024 interview with LA Mom Magazine, reacting to the October 7, 2023 attacks — nine months before the fellowship was announced (August 2025) — in which Karsh speaks about her own journalism generally ("So this is my front. Journalism is my front."), not about a fellowship that did not yet exist. Presenting this as her stated reason for creating the fellowship misrepresents the source. The fellowship's own contemporaneous mission statement — "equips journalists to report with depth, rigor, and clarity on Jewish issues" (karshfellowship.org) — should be included alongside any characterization of its purpose, per WP:DUE.

2. "Middle East Misinformation" session does not exist. The article states the fellowship's sessions "include topics such as 'How to Cover Antisemitism' and 'Middle East Misinformation.'" The fellowship's full published curriculum (https://karshfellowship.org/curriculum/) lists 26 named sessions across three retreats; no session by that name or close variant appears. The closest titles are "Reporting on Antisemitism" / "Antisemitism in America" and "Tools for Tackling Misinformation" (a general media-literacy session, not Middle East-specific). Requesting this be corrected against the primary source.

3. "Pro-Israel advocates" is not supported by the cited source. The article describes Van Jones and Michael Powell as "pro-Israel advocates," citing Kouddous (Drop Site). That source does not use this characterization for either person — it describes Jones as a CNN commentator who apologized for controversial remarks about Gaza coverage, and Powell as an Atlantic/NYT writer who criticized Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders in one piece. Labeling living people's political stance beyond what a cited source says raises both WP:SYNTH and WP:BLP concerns. Requesting the label be removed or replaced with language the source actually supports.

4. Selective mentor list. The fellowship's mentors page (https://karshfellowship.org/mentors/) lists 17 mentors; the article names only 4 (Jones, Schrader, Powell, plus a general reference to NYT/Atlantic/Spectator/Ynet/ Times of Israel journalists). Requesting the fuller list be reflected, or the existing selection be attributed as illustrative rather than presented as representative of the roster.

Happy to provide sources or answer questions. VeniceBeachSpaniel (talk) 23:32, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Not done: your request appears to have been generated by a large language model. Day Creature (talk) 03:53, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 5 September 2026

Description of suggested change:

Hi, I'm requested changes to this page. I am not a disinterestaed party: I'm the director of the Karsh Journalism Fellowship, so I'm responding to the content in Jacki's bio that speaks to the Fellowship. Of course I leave it to you to determine fairness. Here are my issues:

1. The content misattributes the motives for starting the Fellowship. It states, "Karsh stated the fellowship was created to help Israel win an 'information war'," and it cites an article in DropSite. But check the article! Jacki said Israel faces an information war in interview she gave after Oct. 7, 2023 and in early 2025, in the first case 2 years and in the second 9 months before I started the fellowship. The motivation for the fellowship is to help journalists cover Jewish issues with accuracy, depth and nuance — that's all. TNow as it reads it leads people to believe Jacki was quoted on the fellowship... she wasn't. It wasn't even an idea yet. She wasn't even being interviewed about the fellowship.

2. It cites one Karsh session as, "Middle East Misinformation." No such session exists. The curriculum is linked to on the site (https://karshfellowship.org/curriculum/). There's a session on misinformation but it's general, for giving journalists tools to dealw ith it in any context. I think this should just link to the actual cuirriculum.

3. The paragraph calls Van Jones and Michael Powell "pro-Israel advocates." But the actual article cited doesn't call them that. The entry gives them labels that aren't supported by the attribution.

4. Also it lists just three of many mentors, and only ones it (inaccuuately) accuses of pro-Israel bias. It doesn't list mentors from more progressive outlets. I think it should show the whole rostr or at least a more represntative sampling.

Please feel free to reach out if you have questions. The Karsh website features the full curriculum, instructors, fellows and mentors --

Edit request 9 September 2026

Description of suggested change:

Hi, I sent a request for changes a few days ago and have not heard back, and none of the factual corrections have ben made. What do I do now?

You wait until someone gets to it. This place is run by volunteers, hence it sometimes take a while. Schwede66 21:49, 9 September 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 9 September 2026

Description of suggested change:

Hi, I see I did not follow the correct format. I will below.

1. The content misattributes the motives for starting the Fellowship. It states, "Karsh stated the fellowship was created to help Israel win an 'information war'," and it cites an article in DropSite. But check the article! Jacki said Israel faces an information war in interview she gave after Oct. 7, 2023 and in early 2025, in the first case 2 years and in the second 9 months before I started the fellowship. The motivation for the fellowship is to help journalists cover Jewish issues with accuracy, depth and nuance — that's all. TNow as it reads it leads people to believe Jacki was quoted on the fellowship... she wasn't. It wasn't even an idea yet. She wasn't even being interviewed about the fellowship.

The sentence: "Karsh stated the fellowship was created to help Israel win an "information war".[3][4] should be changed to read: Karsh stated the fellowship was created "to invest in rigorous journalism on Jewish issues.” <ref>https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/shocked-by-poor-gaza-war-reporting-l-a-couple-launches-fellowship-to-improve-coverage-on-israel-jewish-life/<ref>

2. It cites one Karsh session as, "Middle East Misinformation." No such session exists. The curriculum is linked to on the site (https://karshfellowship.org/curriculum/). There's a session on misinformation but it's general, for giving journalists tools to dealw ith it in any context. I think this should just link to the actual cuirriculum.

Th sentence: The fellowship's sessions include topics such as "How to Cover Antisemitism" and "Middle East Misinformation",[3][9] should read: The fellowship's sessions include topics such as "American Jews, Israel and Zionism Professor with Professor Dov Waxman, "Jews and Hollywood: Myths, Facts and Access" with TV showrunner Howard Gordon and "Tools for Tackling Misinformation" with Professor Jeremy Caplan. <ref>https://karshfellowship.org/curriculum/<ref>

3. The paragraph calls Van Jones and Michael Powell "pro-Israel advocates." But the actual article cited doesn't call them that. The entry gives them labels that aren't supported by the attribution.

The paragraph read: Other mentors include pro-Israel advocates such as Van Jones, Emily Schrader[10] and Michael Powell, a writer for The New York Times and The Atlantic who has criticized Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders for becoming "stridently critical of Israel".

It should read: Other mentors include Van Jones, Bernard Avishai, Jodi Rudoren, Sharon Waxman, Shira Telushkin, Mark Oppenheimer, Emily Schrader[10] and Michael Powell, a writer for The New York Times and The Atlantic who has criticized Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders for becoming "stridently critical of Israel". <ref>https://karshfellowship.org/mentors/<ref>

4. Also it lists just three of many mentors, and only ones it (inaccuuately) accuses of pro-Israel bias. It doesn't list mentors from more progressive outlets. I think it should show the whole roster or at least a more representative sampling. See above for fix. Please feel free to reach out if you have questions. The Karsh website features the full curriculum, instructors, fellows and mentors --