The kids are alright. Actually they're brilliant. So pleased to see so many great stories produced by Australian and NZ students being acknowledged in our @JERAA Ossie Awards. A big congratulations to our #RMIT #journos including Charlotte Wilkes who is adding yet another gong to the pool room.

Delighted to be able to chat about public broadcasting with this crew. What a great format for a real conversation. Spin Cycle – www.rrr.org.au/shared/broad... via @3RRRFM

“Am I Failing to Protect Them?” The Impact of Abuse (of Journalists) on Newsroom Leaders in the Asia Pacific www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What is journalistic cultural competence? Find out in the latest @mediaintaus.bsky.social article by 3C's Shi Feng, Leah Li and @wakeinfright.bsky.social. Here: doi.org/10.1177/1329...

4/ Here's a piece I wrote for the LA Times specifically about blaming mental illness as the fundamental cause of mass shootings — wrong. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Brief 🧵, as someone who has studied mass shootings for 13 years: -gender does not cause them -SSRIs, no -mental illness, no -internet/gaming, no Above can be compounding factors—but motive is complex, often very. The most fundamental combo: suicidality + rage + isolation + easy access to guns

In Andor, the real world political parallels are impossible to ignore

'[Work of]Radio Australia & ABC Australia is vital, not only to bolster national security by providing trusted news & information about Australia & its allies, but by working alongside local #Indo-Pacific news organisations.' #journalism @wakeinfright.bsky.social theconversation.com/what-would-a...

Why has there been immediate resistance to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s statement that a Coalition government would “reward excellence” and “keep funding in place” if the ABC is “being run efficiently”? #abc #funding #efficiency theconversation.com/what-would-a...

From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement. Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”

Check out the latest edition of Media International Australia for an article by 3C’s @wakeinfright.bsky.social with Sharon Smith: “Reporting hunger strikes in the context of climate action”. Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/1329... #journalism #hungerstrike #climatechange

Anyone know people who work at EY in Wellington because it seems a really bad to have every light on with no one in the building. Next door the Reserve Bank has its lights off. #ErnstYoung #Wellington #lightsout

Anyone else thinking it’s time for a bike strategy on #metrotrains ? Bike carriages, pay for a ticket, not allows at times: tired of falling over bikes - particularly e-bike couriers - at peak hour. #melbourne

Kind of crazy that this week, of all weeks, was the one when so much of Silicon Valley gave up on fighting lies. www.wsj.com/us-news/los-...

We have larger concerns heading into 2025, but I can't let go of the idea that the next season of Sesame Street could be its last. So I wrote about why the kids' TV institution is still vital after more than 50 years:

4/4 Here is the article if you are interested. #climateaction #hungerstrike #journalism #mainstream #reporting “Reporting hunger strikes in the context of climate action” is now published and is available at doi.org/10.1177/1329...

3/4 We concluded mainstream news media shouldn't be ignoring climate-action hunger strikes because they are, at their heart, political actions, but we are concerned about the impact on potentially vulnerable groups (such as children) and have suggested warnings do need to be included.

2/4 We wanted to understand why mainstream newsrooms weren't covering it (was it because of concerns about copycats?) We took a deep dive into a case study and jumped into the literature. While we aren't 100% sure we have the answer right we do hope we start a conversation based on evidence.

Final journal article out for the year. My colleague Sharon Smith and I were interested in the increasing number of Australians who are taking hunger strike action in an attempt to raise concern about climate change. 1/4 #climateaction #hungerstrike #journalism #mainstream #reporting

the academic urge to nod encouragingly at flight attendant giving safety demonstration

Absolutely thrilled that the govt has put money into journalism through the News Media Assistance Program! Now if the Education Minister can cut the cost of journalism degrees I'll do a happy dance down Burke St! www.infrastructure.gov.au/media-commun...

Fact checkers more often targeted by hostile actions, shown in new @edmo-eu.bsky.social report. Worrisome data fitting in pattern of higher risks for journalists and disinformation scholars 😔 www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Seeing a president-elect and his team threaten journalists and media companies over their (critical) coverage is not a good sign. Chilling effects are real. #commsky www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...

Now out in Convergence - Kun He, myself, and @mjbroersma.bsky.social study the socially and culturally ingrained visual semiotic resources found in 'weaponized' memes that are used in online and bottom-up national populist protests. Read more here: doi.org/10.1177/1354...

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Accidentally said a rude word out loud while listening to an excellent presentation from Casey Briggs and Mark Andrejevic from #ADMS at #RMIT about the power and potential of hyper local personalised marketing in elections. Wow.

ADMS is huge - nine Australian unis based at RMIT, 280 researchers, 21 industry partners. All working on the big questions that we are facing from automated decision making. #RMIT #ADMS

Delighted to be at the ADMS's workshop today 'Are fair elections possible in the age of AI?' with guests from USC at @RMIT's Council Chamber. #Ai #elections #ADMS #RMIT Prof Julian Thomas asking the big questions including: How do we address the challenges of verifying & reporting on elections?

Very pleased to be at a launch of this book last night - already turning pages fast! #journalism

This movement and in the wider humanities is dangerous. I’m not a History alumnus but we all need to stand against this. We’ll just keep making the same mistakes none the wiser of the past and why we made them in the first place. Evolution of thinking in reverse. Absolutely infuriating.

Safety researcher Rosie Campbell announced she is leaving OpenAI. Campbell said she quit in part because OpenAI disbanded a team focused on safety. This follows an exodus of related ML Researchers there. She announced her decision on Saturday on Substack.

In case you haven't seen my resources on #patreon - here is Dr. Emma L. Briant's #Propaganda Bibliography for your reading pleasure... www.patreon.com/posts/dr-emm...

Got a degree in something other than journalism? Have a look at our one-year program. #rmit #journalism

𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒.

@nmfcofficial.bsky.social Celebration time! History was made by the girls tonight!

The North Melbourne Kangaroos women’s team just made history by winning the grand final by being the only team in AFL, VFL, and AFLW history to play the season undefeated! What an achievement! #roos #north #kangas #afl #aflw #nmfc

Amplify this!

According to our new report, based on fresh survey data from 8 countries, people who use platforms for news about politics are much more likely to also use online news from legacy brands as well Read our report in full reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-do-peop...

So happy to see this one. Thanks Sharon! @jeraaaus.bsky.social #jeraa #rmit

So important to hear more about journalism adjacent activities. #JERAA #2024 @jeraaaus.bsky.social Monitoring the powerful: Perspectives on watchdog journalism from around the world. Aljosha Karim Schapals, Alice Fleerackers, and Silvia Montaña-Niño

What a powerful session this morning @jeraaaus.bsky.social asking 'How Many More? Examining the Changing Face of Indigenous Journalism in Australia'. So pleased to hear from the incredibly talented Bridget Brennan and chaired by the super impressive Prof Sandra Phillips. #JERAA

Just loving day 3 of the @jeraaaus.bsky.social conference which began with celebrating all we do to support student journalism. If you haven't already checked out The Junction - please do. #JERAA junctionjournalism.com

Just checked in for the early career researchers (ECR) day at the JERAA conference (JERAA = Journalism Education & Research Association of Australia) #journalism #journalist #NewsMedia #JERAA #JERAA2024

Joint #AANZCA24 and #JERAA session to wrap up the week

Got to say there is a lot of excellent teach out there! Congratulations to all our lighting presenters @jeraaaus.bsky.social #jeraa

Super proud of my colleagues @josievine @sharonsmith and their work on The Westsider @jeraaaus.bsky.social

Great to see the creators of the Masterclass series win the major teaching award at @jeraaaus.bsky.social congratulations @louisalim, @dylanbird etc

Dead ideas are lightning winners at #jeraa congratulations @andrewdodd @jeraaaus.bsky.social

Loving @caseymock’s keynote #jeraa @jeraaaus.bsky.social

Interesting panel on how to better support international students in journalism classes #jeraa #2024 @jeraaaus.bsky.social