Ben Meiselas in his home studio in Los Angeles. His left-leaning media outfit MeidasTouch has surged in Donald Trump’s second term, appealing to progressives outraged by the president. Maggie Shannon for NPR
Maggie Shannon for NPR
Ben Meiselas is pacing in front of his home in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles, talking on the phone with one hand, a Starbucks coffee cup in the other.
He wraps his call. He has 588 unread text messages. But he’s thinking about something else: his frenetic YouTube schedule.
“We will have already had a video up at 4 a.m.,