Many news organizations hope to expand the reach of their journalism through sponsoring public events—showing up in person in the communities they serve as a way to build trust and broaden their appeal. But do they? Who do events reach? And how do they impact attitudes towards news?

📘 Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award 2025 Avoiding the News: Reluctant Audiences for Journalism By @benjamintoff.bsky.social, Ruth Palmer & Rasmus Kleis Nielsen cup.columbia.edu/book/avoidin...

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

Another shot from downtown Denver #ica25

Great presentation from @meagandoll.bsky.social about audience experiences w/ live journalism events @ #ica25. Although I may be biased l because I’m on the project along w/ @benjamintoff.bsky.social

Happening now: @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social MA student extraordinaire @cydneygrannan.bsky.social doing a masterful job presenting work from their thesis on source tracking at @icajsd.bsky.social More info here: linktr.ee/cydneygrannan

Near the 16th Street Mall this morning in downtown Denver #ica25 #nokings

Some pictures at/around the Colorado State Capitol in Denver around 7:30pm tonight. Not being in Minnesota today was tough. So it was especially nice to see Denver show up in strong numbers for the march and to see the protest continue into the evening. #nokings #ica25

New article just published in Journalism Practice led by @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social grad student extraordinaire @cydneygrannan.bsky.social (and co-authored with the amazing @kesearles.bsky.social) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....