NEW: America’s stillbirth crisis. A threat in your medicine cabinet. The drying planet. Here are some ProPublica investigations you may have missed this year.

@joyjenkins.bsky.social: “Even long-maligned genres of journalism, such as celebrity reporting, can be central sites of political discourse.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/let-...

J Studies friends! The Mizzou Media Sociology Club is meeting tomorrow, and we are discussing strategies for recruiting participants for research, particularly qual studies. I know many of you study journalists and audiences. If you had one best tip to share, what would it be?

In "Getting the truth out" @teodoratrifonova.bsky.social and @joyjenkins.bsky.social interviewed Central European foreign correspondents about their professional practices and roles of covering the war in #Ukraine. @tanjev.bsky.social @ghooffacker.bsky.social journalistik.online/en/paper-en/...

Great visit to @MUJournalism - thank you for the hospitality & recognition @deanperry @joyjenkins.bsky.social 🙏

So grateful to host the fantastic @joyjenkins.bsky.social from @mujschool.bsky.social for a chat about interviewing, data collection, ethnography and all things interpretivism in my qualitative methods class today at @usouthflorida.bsky.social. Thank you for sharing your research and your time!

Now that I've slept on it, let's discuss the TikTok ban. The message popping up on everyone's app is propaganda, plain and simple. And having propaganda involved in something as precarious at the creator economy is very, very dangerous.

Updating qualitative methods section of a syllabus. Any recommendations? (self-nominations welcome too) Especially interested in 1) articles and book chapters (realistically books are too long) 2) focused at least in part on digital communication & tech 3) very clear about research design, analysis

🌟Closing soon🌟 The @ox.ac.uk is looking for a new Director of the Reuters Institute with the strategic vision, academic credentials and public engagement skills to ensure the Institute continues to thrive. Apply by Fri 17 January. Full info⬇️ https://buff.ly/3hP0rJu

"Amplifying the voices of survivors is critical for understanding the full extent of firearm violence."

I’ve got a chapter in this great new collection by @thorstenquandt.bsky.social and @karinwahlj.bsky.social! My chpt talks about how @pressfreedom.bsky.social, @rsf-inter.bsky.social & the international press Institute dealt with #mediafreedom violations in Covid. www.routledge.com/Journalism-a...

📣 Happy 2025! My new journal article has been published open access in New Media & Society: “Peripheral creator labor: Navigating regional marginalization and resistance in social media entertainment” #commsky journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“Through solidarity practices, mainstream media has a chance to achieve what it has always claimed to contribute to society: truthful reporting based on what is happening on the ground, to real people, in real time – and with real impact.” theconversation.com/mainstream-m...

New starter pack for Chronically Ill and Disabled writers now created bsky.app/starter-pack... Should you be in it? Is your favourite author missing from starter pack 1? (Please check 1st: my admin spoons are limited & it takes me a lot of energy to create the packs). Reply to this w/ book/web links

"From news influencers to digital platforms, our researchers and reporters have explored the future of journalism this year." A few highlights from a busy year at the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-202...

"The casual, intimate conversation style of social media makes individuals feel as if they’re seen, even if the content is directed to the masses," @jessmaddox.bsky.social writes.

For new folks, here's my starter pack of 131 people in journalism/mass comm academia or in an adjacent space. If you'd like to be included, please let me know (I think I've answered all requests). Only ask here with spots dwindling is you have a filled-out bio so folks can know who you are.