Congrats @losowsky.com and what a star you are for taking your moment and sharing 💐 with this great list of folks doing community-centered work ✨

ICE isn't just tearing families apart--they're also extorting them. According to the article, the pastor's family is being charged $50 for each 20-minute phone call he makes from detention. And it would likely cost them at least $10,000 for a release on bond.

who needs state media when the private outlets will defend the empire to its dying breath?

Appreciating this take on yesterday’s protest in Philly not only because my favorite small human makes a cameo. Thanks @willbunch.bsky.social

If anyone is having trouble following my (increasingly long) thread tracking incidents where police assaulted journalists at protests in Los Angeles this weekend, it's also in spreadsheet form here. This is the more organized version I've been sending to lawyers, agency chiefs, electeds, etc.

Dozens of journalists were assaulted by law enforcement in Los Angeles this weekend. The press were just doing their job -- a sacred one explicitly protected by law. Press rights orgs will follow up collectively tomorrow. Tonight, I emailed evidence to local/state/federal officials. My sign off:

How do we talk *to* and *about* people we disagree with? And how should journalists be thinking about that? I'm looking forward to lessons from this conversation. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

News Over Noise 302 is here! We talk to @andreawenzel.bsky.social about local news experiments and their significance to communities: newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/cre...

One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimated. The programs were cut anyway. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

One advantage to the current political moment is that it brings into focus larger power structures that are typically invisible or mystified. A billionaire-owned media system is a policy failure and a threat to democracy.

Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI

The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk. Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️ thehill.com/media/514849...

"I’ve always said that journalism is the first draft of historical fiction, because there are so many perspectives that are left out of reporting." — @meredithdclark.bsky.social www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/ligh...

Trump and Musk are currently dismantling wide swaths of the federal government, in flagrant violation of the Constitution. The New York Times is asking the tough questions.

In the hour between this screenshot and now, we've lost two more characters. This page now refers to "LGB persons." No Q, no plus. It also appears to be a site-wide replacement, as the search hasn't caught up with the new pages. We're viewing erasure in real-time.

Check out our lineup of book reviews published in January at ijoc.org: The Wuhan Lockdown by @guobin-yang.bsky.social Antiracist Journalist by @andreawenzel.bsky.social Digital Surveillance in Southern Africa by Allen Munoriyarwa & Admire Mare Fandom is Ugly by @melstanfill.bsky.social

Delighted to share this long time in the making @tukleincollege.bsky.social effort in collab w/ @jillianbauer.bsky.social & @letrellcrittenden.bsky.social which we hope will support engaged research & community-centered journalism projects klein.temple.edu/news/2025/02...

Appreciate this report from Media Cymru & hope BBC & others dig in and take on board their recommendations on reporting from the lens of communities in forms community members want 👉

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Hey @icahdq.bsky.social journalism, communication, media folks: we are organizing another round of scholar matchups w/ aim of chipping at disconnects between ‘global south’ & ‘global north’. You don’t have to come to conference. 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... cc: @magdakon.bsky.social

Journalism folks: know anyone working to connect research & practice? @icahdq.bsky.social Journalism Studies is accepting applications for its Public Engagement Award. Cc: @magdakon.bsky.social Deadline March 21. www.icahdq.org/blogpost/151...

The media is too quick to use Republican buzzwords - “politically correct,” “DEI,” “critical race theory” - these all mean the same thing and @karenattiah.bsky.social is right. Be clearer with your questioning.u

Pub alert 📣🤩 Our latest climate change & news audiences report is out, with insights from 3yrs of survey data across 8 countries. Despite the worsening climate crisis, climate news consumption & attitudes have remained remarkably stable - a pattern we term "climate perception inertia." For more👇

Tomorrow would be a very good opportunity for DC news bureaus to send people from the public health, science policy, and defense beats to the White House press briefing instead of the usual White House correspondents.

"Have your trusted media pundits ask how anyone could even for a moment think the rich man would do this intentionally, knowing as he does full well the long and tragic history of the gesture. 'Did you know the rich man visited Auschwitz last year? He can't be a fascist!'"

As the struggle to make journalism more equitable in the US faces more threats & backsliding, grateful to the brilliant @anitawrites.bsky.social for taking time to share this @ijoc-usc.bsky.social review of my @columbiaup.bsky.social book ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

We're still accepting applications for a Post-Doctoral Researcher to join a study on AI policy and governance agendas. Deadline is now January 10th! buff.ly/3Da9Vz6

I'm sure this is a different pool of money, but when media companies do stuff like this they should not thereafter be allowed to fire reporters to save on costs

I wrote about South Korea's heroic coup resistance, which is basically a recap of all the incredible BlueSky reporting from today, and how I wish I were in the position to hoist my own representative's ass over a military baricade: www.laura-bassett.com/p/south-kore...

Echoing my gratitude for this piece & the valuable work of @towcenter.bsky.social & @emilybell.bsky.social in supporting journalism research that bridges academia & practice. & always a treat to share space w/ Pete Brown & @damianradcliffe.bsky.social 😊

It’s urgent that folks demand their US Senators + @dickdurbin.bsky.social + @schumer.senate.gov pass the #PRESSact Trevor Timm of Freedom of the Press Foundation says it's "the most important press freedom bill in modern times." mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/the-media-... #PRESS #1A

ICYMI check out this effort to gather data into indexes to look at civic info needs in US from a range of angles 👉

Rest of World is still accepting applications for a Chief Audience Officer to significantly expand our reach and impact as we work to make global tech journalism more accessible & actionable to decision makers. Could that be you? Apply here by this Friday, Nov. 29: restofworld.org/about/hiring...

I'm very happy to say the Future of Journalism conference at Cardiff University is taking place again next September - the CfP is now out:🧵 (1/5)

I like this but you know I’m gonna say: we need this stuff to be in local outlets we need to talk science and expertise in PLACES not just in outlets where sciencey solutionsy people like to hang out we need to bring the conversation to the place where your weird neighbor gets a breakfast sandwich

We can still kill this fascist bill. From fightforthefuture.org: "Reps that voted for #HR9495 are getting so many calls that they're publicly withdrawing their support of the nonprofit-killer bill. Don't let Dems pre-comply with fascism. Keep calling until Thursday 11/21: fftf.link/no9495 "

Bumping the threadstarter to repeat the plea again: PLEASE stop using follow-farming hashtags like #NoDemUnder1k, #NoDemUnder5k, #BlueCrew, #FBR, #FBPE, etc -- any "use this hashtag/like this post/repost this post/reply to this post/etc to get followers". You are providing cover for bad actors.

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

the first four paragraphs of this story repeats Republican lies that they're being "censored" without challenge, and at absolutely NO point makes it clear he's going to effectively obliterate ALL broadband consumer protection at the FCC

I have five reporters solely focused on the federal government, abuses of power, the rule of law, democracy and corruption. Do you work in the federal govt? Get in touch with them! And my Signal is: 718-496-5233

Would be remiss to not mention to my fellow insomniacs that I’ve spent my birthday helping get the Gaza Skate Team to their Gofundme goal and while technically it’s not my birthday you can certainly still give. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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We’re hiring at the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab: 6 postdoc fellow positions for 2 yrs in tech & democracy, broadly understood. All disciplines welcome. We sponsor visas, offer research $ and benefits. Join info sessions. Come work with me, apply by Jan 15: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...

Our group is hiring a postdoc. Applications due Nov 22. It’s a sweetheart job, self-directed research, mentoring, great colleagues and so many opportunities to learn new things. socialmediacollective.org/2024/10/07/s...

Nothing mattered more for Trump's win than where people get their info. Trust in traditional media hit a new low as even liberals bailed. Disinformation soared, especially in America's growing news deserts How do we get out of this mess? My new column🎁 share.inquirer.com/bpjtJ3

Proud to have organized this forum w/ friends @qrdknpfr.bsky.social and @dkreiss.bsky.social inspired by some big questions we’ve been asking about how to better define, theorize and study the far-right. We invited four incredible scholars working from different paradigms on this question to join us

Hey new users— we’ve been trying to build a strong culture of expecting alt text. Take it from me, because I’ve heard from them: there are blind people on this app and they appreciate being included. You can also turn on a setting that prevents you from posting images without it, if you forget