I’ll admit I always thought ‘Meduza’ was from the Russian /meduza/, meaning jellyfish, but they did indeed mean the Greek Medusa (1): > Question - why Meduza i

I’ll admit I always thought ‘Meduza’ was from the Russian /meduza/, meaning jellyfish, but they did indeed mean the Greek Medusa (1): > Question - why Meduza in particular? That's a slippery, unpleasant creature > Journalists are generally unpleasant and slippery and there are few who love them - such is the job. Also "Medusa" turns its subject to stone with a glance, which is true of journalists, too. But to be completely honest, we ended up with "Meduza" by chance. We thought the paper should be named after the ancient Greek monster that had its head cut off but came alive anyway. We chose "Meduza" and then remembered that it was a hydra, but it was too late. 1: https://meduza.io/cards/zaday-vopros-meduze https://meduza.io/cards/zaday-vopros-meduze, #75