📯 Working on and around "Independent Journalism"? Please consider submitting to our Handbook on Independent Journalism!📯 Abstract: 250-300 words (by March 15th) submit via this form: lnkd.in/gtBVmhcp #IndependentJournalism#Academia#Abstract @sfucmns.bsky.social

🚨 Academic Position Alert 🚨 I am hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow at SFU in Metro Vancouver. The candidate will work on a project studying the (un)intended consequences of platform regulations for journalism. The position is funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant. www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

We're hiring! Postdoctoral position at the SFU School of Communication in the area of Journalism and Platforms. Work with professor Sarah Ganter at the intersection of journalism, policy and platform studies. Apply by August 15th: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/... @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social

Wonderful edited volume on Cosmopolitan Communication Studies out. It's edited by a group of scholars, headed by Carola Richter (FU Berlin) and comes with a chapter of yours truly where I use cosmopolitan critique to dissect media to AI governance studies: www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/e4...

Welche Sprache(n) spricht die Wissenschaft? Max Haller, @dimitriprandner.bsky.social und @alicevadrot.bsky.social stellen diese Woche ihr neues Buch an der @oeaw.bsky.social vor: 📅Donnerstag, 27. März, 18 bis 19:30 Uhr ℹ️Infos & Anmeldung: 👇 verlag.oeaw.ac.at/veranstaltun...

Adding materials and a lecture discussing the rise of Artificial Intelligence in the Cultural Industries into CMNS230 B100. (Cultural Industries in Canada: Global Content). @sfucmns.bsky.social

Great to see Canadian Tri-Agencies FINALLY include foreign PhD students into their funding schemes! Up to 15% of all doctoral awards is not much, but it's a start towards acknowledging international students have financial needs, too. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D... @sfucmns.bsky.social

Who is going to attend APSA in Vancouver? Reach out if you are coming and want to come to SFU or meet up to chat.

After the federal election in Germany, everyone is speaking about "winners" and "losers". Let me be clear, an election in which over 20% chose a far-right political party has no winners! #bundestagswahl #Germany #election

There is an upcoming election in Germany. I live in Vancouver. I tried everything to be able to vote. My local election office sent the election ballot on February 3rd as priority mail. So far, nothing has arrived. Many others are affected, too. What is about our right to vote? #Bundestagswahlen

There are two days left to apply for our MA in Communication at SFU. If you are interested in studying journalism I do have an open fellowship to support an incoming MA student with our Team studying independent journalism! Make sure to apply!! www.sfu.ca/communicatio... @sfucmns.bsky.social

Are you looking to study independent journalisms? We’re calling for applications for a ‘Trans-Atlantic Partnership Research Fellow’ (MA student position). More information at: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/... @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social

Discussed interesting study by @hiigberlin.bsky.social in my course 'Platform Power and Counter Power' at @sfucmns.bsky.social to illustrate the impact of some platforms' obvious move to the far-right: Musk's support of Weidel increases her follower base on X noticeably. www.hiig.de/musk-x-und-a...

My newest publication: 'Working in Several Languages as a Media and Communication Scholar: The Need to Reframe Multilingualism as a Political Act' As part of the book "Die Sprache(n) der Wissenschaften" ("The language(s) of sciences" by Haller, Prandner & Vadrot) www.austriaca.at?arp=0x003fd192

Le Monde quits Twitter.

I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM. I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.

The European Fact-Checking Standards Network responds to Meta slashing fact-checking: “Fact-checking is not censorship, far from that, fact-checking adds speech to public debates, it provides context and facts for every citizen to make up their own mind” Full statement ⬇️ efcsn.com/news/2025-01...

Now advertising for the second position (MA student) in my research team that will study Epistemologies of Independent Journalism. Please apply as soon as possible to become a Trans-Atlantic Partnership Research Fellow, as we accept applications on a rolling basis: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

I just handed in my ICA reviews! There were some excellent papers, and I learned something new when reviewing them. I probably never before had reviewed a bunch of papers for the ICA that were all at a consistently good level. 👍

The application deadline for the Trans-Atlantic Partnership Research Fellow to study independent journalisms is on December 2. Make sure to hand in your applications!

“the big question is whether journalists will actually leave X, or divide their attention between both platforms.” Happy to contribute to @sarahgrevy.bsky.social's story in @columjournreview.bsky.social about journalists on Bluesky, alongside @dankennedy-nu.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

The RISJ is looking for a new lead-author for their Digital News Report. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...

Wild to realize Bluesky has more than doubled its user count in <2 months to 12.5M users. Growth is kinda crazy, the spikes are significantly larger now and despite having 6M users 2 months ago we're still capable of this kind of massive growth in such a short time. Glad to have you all here.

The Trans Mountain Corporation has captured the city of Burnaby which signed a $20.1-million deal "that prohibits the municipality and company from communicating unfavourably about each other to the public." This is what resignation looks like. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Burnaby is where we live.

Come, work and study with me! I am looking for a "Trans-Atlantic Partnership Research Fellow" to join me in studying independent journalisms at SFU's School of Communication. Read about the position here: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/... Please, circulate widely!

New publication from my pandemic work: "Young adults’ perceptions of entertainment consumption in their everyday lives during the COVID-19 pandemic: Negotiating versatility, emotions, and agency in times of limited choice." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @SFUResearch @sfuCMNS @FCATatSFU

Very happy to have now the opportunity to work on Independent Journalisms with amazing colleagues from across different countries! Read more here: www.sfu.ca/communicatio... and here: www.transatlanticplatform.com/t-ap-democra... Stay tuned for job opportunities as research fellows at SFU!