Loveday Morris

@LovedayM · Berlin, Germany · joined 03 Feb 2009

Foreign correspondent for the Washington Post covering the Middle East. Formerly Jerusalem, Baghdad, Beirut, Abu Dhabi.

26 413Followers

3 163Following

7 342Posts total

649.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

2 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views7 580this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %28.70%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.69%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	7 580	2 896	2.62×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	28.70%	9.51%	3.02×
Engagement rate	0.69%	1.56%	0.44×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

86.9K30 Jan

18.9K4 Feb

39.2K

7.3K7 Mar

4.1K

471.7K8 Mar

6.2K

13.8K8 Aug

1.4K12 Aug

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.53%30 Jan

0.67%4 Feb

2.54%

0.29%7 Mar

0.69%

0.16%8 Mar

0.27%

0.94%8 Aug

0.44%12 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes74.4%1 892 in total

Reposts17.5%446 in total

Replies4.2%108 in total

Quotes2.9%73 in total

Bookmarks1.0%25 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Mustafa is the best of the best on Iraq. Hire him before someone else does. 1.4K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 12 Aug 2026 After 12 years covering Iraq for @washingtonpost , this journey has come to an end. I was laid off as part of the layoffs that began affecting the International desk earlier this year. I’m proud of every moment of those 12 years, and deeply proud to have had the opportunity to 13.8K views · 107 likes · 11 reposts · 9 replies 08 Aug 2026 Solid sourcing is more important than ever. Disinformation is flying, and some of it appears designed to drag the Gulf into more direct confrontation. 6.2K views · 12 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 08 Mar 2026 🚨🇦🇪🇮🇱 A source close to the United Arab Emirates to @Jerusalem_Post: In Abu Dhabi, officials are struggling to understand Israel's conduct and the nature of the briefings coming out of Jerusalem. This concerns a sovereign state that makes its decisions independently. 471.7K views · 516 likes · 152 reposts · 29 replies 08 Mar 2026 This is a notable escalation by militias in Iraq. 4.1K views · 16 likes · 12 reposts · 0 replies 07 Mar 2026 Video shows air defense systems at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad intercepting several rockets first attack against the U.S. Embassy since the start of the recent events. Iraqi PM described the attack as a “terrorist act” https://t.co/IWXHgwEr8Q 7.3K views · 12 likes · 6 reposts · 2 replies 07 Mar 2026 Feel so incredibly privileged to have spent 13 years as a foreign correspondent at the Washington Post. What a wild run: Lebanon, Iraq, Jerusalem and Berlin and so much more. Thank you to everyone that trusted me to tell their stories. 39.2K views · 817 likes · 121 reposts · 48 replies 04 Feb 2026 This tumult has been such a potent a reminder that I work with truly incredible colleagues who fight the good fight. Being a foreign correspondent can be a lonely gig. But the camaraderie at the Post is really something special. 18.9K views · 104 likes · 21 reposts · 1 replies 04 Feb 2026 For nearly a century, the Washington Post's foreign correspondents have been on the ground around the world to report on the stories that matter. That work is a public service - and with devastating job cuts looming, it needs to be saved. #SaveThePost https://t.co/gLJZzY61eQ 86.9K views · 303 likes · 119 reposts · 18 replies 30 Jan 2026