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Less than one month until the submission deadline! Consider submitting to the JMCQ special special issue on #journalism and #social #inequality

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#ica25 now happening: ICA@75 ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SESSION: Enhancing Professional Well-Being Among Communication and Media Researchers
Centennial E

#ica25 attendees with kids: the ICAKids Family Play Zone opens today, 12:00 noon. You will find it in the Silver Room behind the registration desk.

Good Morning Denver!
Kickoff to #ica25 at 6:00 PM in Centennial C (Regency 3):
Opening Plenary "ICA@75: Looking Back, Forging Ahead"

So far, #ica25 attendees reported positive experiences! All looks very good.

Also, ICA will provide a legal assistance hotline for #ICA25 travelers for emergency situations when they are “on the go.”

#ICA25 attendees:

ICA will hold an online panel "Know Before You Go" on U.S. immigration law and related concerns for those planning to attend ICA25. Date: 2 June 2025. Time: 10AM (EDT).

Registration still possible: tinyurl.com/35vjnkkk

Feel free to DM any questions for the panel.

#ica25 will feature a special panel on #mentalhealth in #academia

Illustration for an article titled "Mental health in academia is too often a forgotten footnote. That needs to change" featuring a person overwhelmed by a swirl of papers and books.

"Academics tend to be averse to discussing mental health openly, and higher education’s mental health safety net is patchy—a forgotten footnote that all too often fails its students." #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth scim.ag/4m61iaU

Likely early June (3-7).

President's Column: From the Windy City to the "Dear Green Place" By:… | International Communication Association President's Column: From the Windy City to the "Dear Green Place" By: Silvio Waisbord, ICA President (George Washington U) & Laura Sawyer, ICA Executive Director ICA remains firmly ...

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Medical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice Department The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.

The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.

Couldn't agree more

Glasgow

#ICA25 will still take place in Denver

BREAKING:
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25

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Journalists in the UK face many challenges from cuts to disinformation, and precarious working conditions. What does this mean for the unique role they play for democracy? Join @imkehenkel.bsky.social & a panel of leading regional journos to discuss new research from @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

Black and gray graphic with red ampersand followed by a white line and "AAC&U Public Statement" in all-caps white text.

More than 150 leaders of America's colleges, universities, and scholarly societies issued "A Call for Constructive Engagement" in response to the ongoing government intrusion into #highered. Read the full statement: www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18.
Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky

Updates on NSF Priorities

NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”

They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.

And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.

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I am unspeakably disgusted to read this story. Roofer in the East German town Sebnitz seeks new employee - but no "hooknosed" (derogatory for jews) and "bimbo" (black person)...

EMIF launches SAFE Initiative The initiative SAFE: Support and Assistance Facility for Experts is open permanently for applications until 27 Feb 2025.

Sadly needed. Initiative (pilot) to support counter-disinformation professionals: fact checkers, journalists, researchers.

Assistance for fx legal aid, digital security, psychological support, emergency training, and other urgent needs.

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📢Call for Papers!
This topic couldn’t be more timely! If you research on disinformation, fact-checking, or digital platforms, don’t miss this CfP at «Communication & Society»: "From Fact-Checking to Community Notes".
🗓️Deadline: October 30, 2025
➡️ Details & submission info: unav.edu/documents/29...

‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.

NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.

This is what actual campus censorship looks like.

#ica25 | Thomas Hanitzsch Perhaps the most relevant part of my message to #ICA25 attendees: "Denver International Airport and the city of Denver both look forward to welcoming ICA. We…

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I politely disagree, Axel. We should actually stand together

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
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Coping with Precarity: Journalists’ Strategies to Find Ease in a Professionally Vulnerable Situation In their day-to-day work, journalists have to compensate for economic system failures, which means that many of them work under precarious conditions. Worrying about the job and morally challenging...

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Nina Springer and Jana Rick explores how journalists’ #precarious working conditions affect them, their work routines, and their products. Available with OPEN ACCESS.
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I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.