#ERSNew #SpecialIssue🐣🔓 In an era of global media reckoning, media organisations and non-profits have increasingly unveiled efforts that advance calls for reparations against past injustices. Article by Irene Dawino & David Cheruiyot: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2519799

Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss): Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia openletter.earth/open-letter-...

SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to our Special Issue on "Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in Journalism", edited by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Alexa Koenig, @rodzam.bsky.social & @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social 🗓️Sep 1, 2025 ➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1R9T8...

We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group. aoir.org/riskyresearc...

Thanks to all the great contributions from authors @mattcarlson.bsky.social, @johana.bsky.social, Lonneke van der Velden, @ansgardh.bsky.social, @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social, @linditacamaj.bsky.social, Gerry Lanosga, @jasonmartin.bsky.social, @janniehartley.bsky.social, Nanna Bonde Thylstrup…

💫 Our special issue is out! Through 13 articles it describes, contextualizes and theorizes epistemologies of digital news production across a spectrum of practices and producers. Loved working on this with @acadianjprof.bsky.social @maxwellfoxman.bsky.social and @valeriehase.bsky.social 💫

What is the role of journalism in a fractured society? @seldridge.com shared insights from his new book today at Masaryk University. Special thanks to @lenkawc.bsky.social, @ksmejkal.bsky.social and all the lovely colleagues here for hosting us this week in Brno! 💫 @facultyofartsug.bsky.social

One day folks interested in the majority world like @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social will be on these lists.

New to Bluesky? Here's our starter pack, with journalists and researchers from the Institute, and voices we read and admire. Follow them all in the link below go.bsky.app/6r1SGfR

None of this would have happened without the hard work and contributions of @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social @sandrabanjac.bsky.social and @joelleswart.bsky.social who joined me in co-editing this project. It has been 10 years since Bob Franklin invited me to co-edit the original Companion ... (2/

That feeling when after multiple delays your book is finally out in the world….

Great to see the new Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies finally out! 🥳 Go check out this collection of work by 70+ fantastic journalism scholars across the globe. A BIG thank you to all who contributed! @unigroningen.bsky.social

In the Introduction chapter, @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social @sandrabanjac.bsky.social & @joelleswart.bsky.social give an overview of the evolving field of DJ Studies and how scholars have discussed the challenges & opportunities associated with digital technologies in journalism in recent years.

📣NEW EDITED BOOK📣 The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies 2nd Edition - edited by @seldridge.com @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social @sandrabanjac.bsky.social and @joelleswart.bsky.social - is now available online! The print version will be out in December; use code ESA03 for a 20% discount.

Most #generativeAI models were trained on Common Crawl, a massive archive of web crawl data. Yet most people never heard of it. My new research studies Common Crawl in-depth and highlights its influence on LLM research and development foundation.mozilla.org/en/research/... (1/10)

Out now, the Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Massive book, covers pretty much every aspect. I wrote a piece on #darkparticipation with Johanna Klapproth for this book. More info here. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

📢 NEW PUBLICATION! 📢 The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies is now out, edited by Scott Eldridge, David Cheruiyot, Sandra Banjac, and Joëlle Swart. The book features a chapter of mine on open source investigations and the use of OSINT in conflict reporting. Here: shorturl.at/r4niB

Just gonna keep sharing this. Some of the smartest and kindest humans I know. And if you’re in this space please ask to be added. I may need to make a Part II pack at this rate because I’m running out of slots. 😅

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨Let me now join the chorus of authors who are quite proud to see this companion launch! This chapter brings together some of my research on hate groups, hostility and the hard work journalists undertake to minimize their impact.