In their study of the prison publication News Inside, Annenberg Associate Professor @sjjphd.bsky.social and doctoral candidate @lizhallgren.bsky.social find lessons for mainstream news:
“We cannot live in fear. AAUP and our partners will not cower in silence. We will stand with and for higher education writ large. We will stand for democracy.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Super proud of this pub with an excellent mentor and collaborator
@sjjphd.bsky.social
Read this, and then make sure to read "News Inside" from @themarshallproject.org, too!
📚📖 my newest article, entitled “truth-making, slavery and advertising in anglo-american newspapering” is now available from the journal of alternative and community media! @asc.upenn.edu
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Thank you for sharing, Ben!
New by @lizhallgren.bsky.social - The symbiotic relationship between Volodymyr Zelensky and Western news: Authenticity and performance in Ukraine’s fight against Russia journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
One more day to secure your spot! Tomorrow we talk news ownership & presidential endorsements with @sulliview.bsky.social, Matt Brown @apnews.com,
@davidtzmindich.bsky.social & Caitlin Petre w/t student organizers: @lizhallgren.bsky.social @dassarma.bsky.social Register here: bit.ly/4i5fi2a
“If academic freedom in teaching & in scholarship can be overridden by the dicta of politicians & administrators, then the right to learn will not survive our present moment.”
Read AAUP President Todd Wolfson’s full letter to Governor Hochul on CUNY interference here:
www.aaup.org/news/governo...
TLDR: Journalism knows the world through its genres of storytelling. And Trump’s performance today was perfect fodder for a news environment that loves a drama. In this case, what gets foregrounded is Trump's strongman politics, and what gets lost is Ukraine and its fight for sovereignty.
At the risk of beating a dead horse….the paper I published in @mwcjournal.bsky.social about Zelensky and profile news coverage at the beginning of the Russian invasion might put the utter frenzy of news coverage about Trump/Vance’s temper tantrum in the Oval Office this afternoon into perspective.
Colleges are under pressure from White House over diversity (DEI) but no big school has bent the shameful knee of obeying in advance harder or faster than Trump and Musk's alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania
My new column on the strangling of academic freedom www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Join Philly labor afternoon TOMORROW (2⃣/1⃣9⃣) as we demand that Sen. McCormick take his HANDS OFF higher ed workers' healthcare and jobs 🚫
Let's show Sen. McCormick that 🗣️ PHILLY IS A UNION TOWN ✊
📍Sen. McCormick's Philly Office (2000 Market St.)
⌚️ 1⃣2⃣ PM
New paper by doctoral student @sarareinis.bsky.social and alum @corrinalaughlin.bsky.social (Ph.D. '18) in New Media & Society!
New research from Annenberg doctoral candidate @lizhallgren.bsky.social analyzes Western media’s fascination with Volodymyr Zelensky in the early months of the Russia-Ukraine war.
@mwcjournal.bsky.social #CommSky
“The elimination of DEI programs & initiatives at public academic institutions are a threat to the democratic purposes of higher education as a public good.”
—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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Thanks so much to @asc.upenn.edu for this feature about my latest article - out now in @mwcjournal.bsky.social!
In the latest #ASCmediarisk podcast, steering committee member Liz Hallgren speaks with Chamsy Sarkis @SMARTNewsAgency, a recently-closed Syrian media activism & journalism org, and the major challenges facing grassroots media under authoritarianism. https://bit.ly/39SUxsg
In the latest #ASCmediarisk podcast, doctoral fellow Liz Hallgren sits down with @dashaorlova, @seekyivcom & @yevhenfedchenko to discuss the pivotal role of media – both in Ukraine & abroad – in the making and breaking of Ukraine’s war effort. Listen now: https://bit.ly/3Y98Vlh
🚨 New pub alert! 🚨
Doctoral candidate Liz Hallgren writes about the relationship between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s self-produced social media content and U.S. media's obsession with the “profile piece” genre:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our first #CriticalQuestion of 2025 comes from @lizhallgren.bsky.social. An expert in the cultural work of journalism, Liz’s dissertation explores the interplay between mainstream journalism and platform-driven cultural production. You can read Liz's work here: bit.ly/3WgeIpM @asc.upenn.edu
