This is a major blow for press freedom in the United States - a major news outlet caving to groundless threats from the President over coverage www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...

Right-leaning media dominate the online ecosystem with a clear strategy: control the message, control the people. That’s why independent media sites are more important than ever as a counterbalance. New from Jeff Nesbit

Campaigners celebrate court ruling to ‘decolonise’ Kampala www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

"Wired takes a leading role in tracking Elon Musk’s team." By the AP's media reporter, David Bauder. apnews.com/article/elon... "Wired gained 62,500 new subscribers in the United States during the first two weeks of February alone..."

not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl. can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities

“Democracy can't function without a free press” anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

More than 60 years after independence, the breath of colonialism continues to taint the air in Uganda

Yet another example of why news dies when it relies on the algorithms of others to get to people - Meta doesn’t care about public interest www.bbc.com/news/article...

So #Trump has named a new Director of #Voice of America, Kari Lake. Read all about why it matters who runs #VOA, for the world and for US democracy. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Wrapped up a meaningful and thought-provoking few days in Accra discussing media freedom in Africa and decolonizing media studies.

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New pub w/ Manfred Asuman, Abubakar Ibrahim & @msobelcohen.bsky.social. We examine editorial boards of 30 top comm journals for geographic diversity as well as whether certain institutions and academics from underrepresented regions are, in fact, overrepresented. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

This is a great point. About to publish a paper with Manfred Asuman, Abubakar Ibrahim and @msobelcohen.bsky.social about tokenism on editorial boards, focusing on a small number of overrepresented scholars and institutions from underrepresented parts of the world.

Please spread the word, and do send us an abstract if you are reflecting on solidarity, worldmaking, media and communication infrastructures, and figures like Bruce Lee, Kwame Nkrumah, and Jawaharlal Nehru.

*looks directly into the camera on behalf of the entire field of study that closely examines how people get their news*