Selected Media, Citations & Press Coverage
Selected Press Credentials
Credentialed for professional film and technology events in New York City, including The Journalist’s Mission premiere and The AI Summit New York, representing Ghost Light Access, Archive Voices, and independent editorial work as applicable.
DC Journal / InsideSources
Published October 21, 2026, Brickl’s op-ed “Autonomous Vehicles Need to Make Room for Wheelchairs” challenges Waymo’s accessibility claims and Washington, D.C.’s proposed authorization of autonomous vehicles that cannot accommodate non-transferable wheelchair users. Calls for enforceable wheelchair-accessibility requirements, integrated service, and the same fundamental accessibility standards applied to conventional taxis and rideshare operators.
https://dcjournal.com/autonomous-vehicles-need-to-make-room-for-wheelchairs/
The Times of Israel Blogs — Original Reporting & Film Interviews
Credentialed coverage of The Journalist’s Mission, including Brickl’s October 4, 2026 interview with Kosovo War survivor, filmmaker, and actor Fitim Krasniqi. Published October 5, “Fitim Krasniqi on Kosovo, Disability and The Journalist’s Mission” examines the Kosovo War, Serbian political memory, wartime journalism, American military intervention, trauma and disability among survivors, and Krasniqi’s experience of psychological distress while dramatizing events he personally survived. The interview also addresses the filmmakers’ invitation to Serbian diplomats, their planned fifty-state screening tour and documentary work with American veterans, and Krasniqi’s ambitions to use filmmaking to advance an anti-war message.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/fitim-krasniqi-on-kosovo-disability-and-the-journalists-mission/
Primetimer — Independent News Coverage
Featured and quoted in Anuj Basak’s October 10, 2026 article, “Nick Sortor receives a cease-and-desist letter for facilitating the livestream of the Fort Hood shooter’s execution.” The report examines Brickl’s formal correspondence concerning the proposed dissemination of execution footage and its potential involuntary exposure to children and Disabled people who rely on internet-connected devices for education, communication, and accessibility. The coverage quotes Brickl’s warning that once graphic footage becomes available online, it can be copied and redistributed beyond the original publisher’s control, placing her disability-rights and child-welfare concerns into independent national entertainment and media reporting.
Streetsblog USA
Featured and extensively quoted in Ren Zaro Fitzgerald’s September 10, 2026 article, “Waymo’s Nevada Rollout Violates Accessibility Law, Disability Activist Claims,” concerning Brickl’s emergency regulatory petition challenging inaccessible autonomous-vehicle deployment in Nevada. Coverage addressed wheelchair-accessible service, power-wheelchair users, disability civil rights, regulatory enforcement, accessible transportation, and the risk that autonomous-vehicle expansion may erode existing transportation access for Disabled people.
Nevada Current
Feature coverage and extensive quoted commentary concerning Brickl’s experience as a power-wheelchair user, disability civil-rights work, and regulatory action addressing inaccessible autonomous transportation in Las Vegas.
Orlando Sentinel
Bylined commentary and author page, including “Commentary: Disney disability-policy changes narrow options,” addressing disability access and changes to Disney’s Disability Access Service.
San Francisco Chronicle
Published letter, “These riders can’t use Waymo’s driverless cars and are treated like second-class customers,” addressing the exclusion of wheelchair users from autonomous transportation.
The Stage UK
Published corrective letter addressing disability access, protected disability-device use, audience conduct, and the consequences of phone-free theatre policies for Disabled patrons.
Chicago Tribune
Published letter, “Moratorium on Waymo,” addressing accessibility and civil-rights concerns surrounding autonomous-vehicle deployment.
The Baltimore Sun
Feature coverage and quoted commentary concerning disability-rights issues arising from the Under Armour controversy.
The Times of Israel Blogs
Regular contributor writing on history, Holocaust historiography and memory, disability civil rights, law, political and institutional culture, migration, antisemitism, public narrative, and contemporary cultural questions.
Modern Languages Open
Cited as a source in Bradley Stephens’s “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Cosette? Femininity and the Changing Face of Victor Hugo’s Alouette.”
Ottoman Army in the Napoleonic Wars
Historical work quoted and cited in a published study examining the Ottoman Empire during the Napoleonic era.
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