Perceptions have real effects www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-insti...

📢 We have completed our third Cyclical Review of @impressorg.bsky.social, confirming its commitment to high editorial standards, freedom of expression, and robust protections for the public. Read more about this important milestone in independent press self-regulation.

We are pleased to be part of this joint National Academies letter in the Times today ahead of the Spending Review making the case for investment in R&D @royalsociety.org @britishacademy.bsky.social @raeng.org.uk @acmedsci.bsky.social

🚨 New Blog Alert! 🚨 We explore the stark contrast between the UK Government’s repeated commitments to independent press self-regulation and the reality, which leaves most of the press unaccountable and the public unprotected. #PressRegulation #LevesonInquiry

Good morning and welcome to your thread of FT Weekend highlights on this cold but mercifully bright weekend. First before you hear one more tech oligarch redefine free speech please read this fantastic essay on the history of an ideal on.ft.com/4hlBeFq

As funding for CBC & PBS is litigated for political points, it is essential to know that there is a world of difference between 'publicly funded media' and 'state media.' See: www.cbc.ca/news/politic... & www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

"There is an art to the building up of suspense"

Here's Bluesky's growth over time since mostly October. We launched when there were 300k mentions (Dec 3rd.) Today's total is 1.22 million mentions. Average of about 17k mentions every day. largest days were late January. The trend is heavily upwards across time.

#LSE #OpenResearch Working Group's 1st 2025 event "Publishing Beyond Academia" with panel @cwaiting.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com, @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social, @michaeltaster.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, & me (having published with all three) - 🎥 to follow #SciComm

Can’t be repeated often enough ‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’ on.ft.com/42hzVmL

Where do you find your news? Social media serves us up an increasingly skewed perspective on the world. Some of our traditional media is extremely politically biased. I like @theconversation.com - written by expert academics; curated but not politically steered by editors: theconversation.com/uk

The folks at @journalismnews.bsky.social have kindly produced an AI-assisted TLDR sharing my approach to generative AI use in the classroom. See how I am encouraging my @uosojc.bsky.social students to critically harness these technologies.👇 www.journalism.co.uk/news/generat...

#SciComm event! Come to #LSE to hear & ask questions of *amazing* Editors: @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social; @cwaiting.bsky.social The Conversation UK, & @michaeltaster.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 📅 12-1, 4.2.25, & lunch: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing... #AcademicSky

A very important message to progressive governments: "It is easy to imagine a situation in Britain where a far-right government defunds the BBC, where the vast majority of institutional journalism is supported by overseas and right-leaning billionaires, and where the channels for independent 1/3

Over the past 80 years, academic writing has become substantially harder to read 📉🧪 www.economist.com/science-and-... I analysed 350k PhD thesis abstracts and found that they've become more complex in every discipline, especially the humanities and social sciences

On Thursday we'll publish a report on attitudes towards platforms, authored by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @shannimcg.bsky.social sky.social and funded by @knightfdn.bsky.social Join our newsletter now politics.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

Here's a starter pack of those (and one random editor): go.bsky.app/Jf3ZMWy

Should freedom of speech be a human right reserved only for large news publishers with deep pockets? In our latest blog, we challenge this notion. Let us know what you think.

Paddington in Peru has been discussed & dissected with @theconversation.bsky.social here in Whitechapel

A lot of us have grown up with Paddington, across different generations. In thinking about Paddington as a story about migration & refugees, the question is whether & why we would value fables + positive stories: this idealised narrative in a children's story about Britain as a welcoming society

“What is the [class] status, for example, of people who work in the gig economy? They're earning some of the lowest wages. But they are ostensibly self-employed, seen as their own masters. When, in fact, the algorithm is their boss.” Cracking chat on class with @uk.theconversation.com's Laura Hood.

This is an interesting new report from Demos on restoring trust in politics. Among its recommendations, it revisits the Cairncross review's recommendation that a Public Interest News Institute be established to build an ecosystem of public interest providers (1/3).

‘Evidence banks’ can drive better decisions in public life - Anjana Ahuja on the value of evidence synthesis on.ft.com/486JLJn

As an editor, I help people say what they mean--and not say what they don’t mean. Here are some common not-quite-right words or expressions that I often see. This is not to embarrass anybody--I've made many of these mistakes myself. Please share your favorite fixes at the end of the thread. (1/n)

Today, the Press Recognition Panel launched a public call for information to gather views on #PressRegulation in the UK. Have your say here: pressrecognitionpanel.org.uk/wp-content/u...

So, as there's been quite an exodus from the other place lately I set-up the theconversationuk.bsky.social this afternoon. Give it a follow if you think #weneedexperts

Need some more experts? The Conversation's unique brand of accessible, research-centred journalism can now be found on @bsky.app bsky.app/profile/thec...

People interested in the news industry should follow @sambrook.bsky.social @janemartinson.bsky.social @benfenton.bsky.social @billt.bsky.social @emilybell.bsky.social

Important research: how did the Horizon scandal persist so long? Why didn’t more victims speak out? How could such a monumental miscarriage of justice be allowed to stand? Researchers identify 4 barriers that prevented sub-postmasters defending themselves. theconversation.com/mr-bates-vs-...

Our new report out today on why the BBC is more important now than ever before, despite a 10 year campaign of national self harm by the UK Government.