Beyond Information Needs: Assessing and Supporting Informed, Connected, and Cohesive Communities with Temple’s Andrea Wenzel, Listening Post’s Jesse Hardman, and City Bureau’s Harry Backlund #aejmc26
Carrie Brown
@brizzyc.bsky.social
Associate prof of journalism, Montclair State University. Community engagement. Most recent prior: CUNY. WI native, beer & Packers enthusiast. Aging 🏃♀️. Author, Transforming Newsrooms w/Jonathan Groves. Must love dogs. Maplewood, NJ resident. views mine
I forget how lovely New Orleans is, even in August. Love the vibes.
#AEJMC16 Conference nerds: This panel at 10:15 will be good, we have some real bangers coming who know their stuff. Beyond Information Needs: Assessing and Supporting Informed, Connected, and Cohesive Communities
I know we are chalking the success of some leftist candidates almost entirely to the DSA. However, it seems like the more common theme is that these are candidates with organizing experience?
So much actual research bears this anecdote out! Really.
aegisiondure @equalnotequals.com · 16h agothis isn't very popular to say, but for me personally, it was good that i had unrestricted internet access when i was a minor. i was aware of what i was doing and enjoyed it. i don't look back on it and go "well that was a mistake", i look back on it and wish i could do it for the first time again
I will never not stan New Orleans for just casually offering you a to go beer. 🍺 It’s not the beer itself (although that’s good too) it’s the VIBE. Impeccable vibe where you are not subject to the state’s rules every waking moment. The exact opposite vibe of New Jersey lol 😂
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
They are so gorgeous but they basically destroyed my brother’s house and all new siding is NOT cheap! Heh
SaraKateW@sarakatew.bsky.social · 18h agoBeing fucking defied and mad thwarted by a goddamn woodpecker is such a specific bad mood.
Imagine thinking so little of yourself that you just let this half sentient rotten potato talk to you like this. I don't care if he's president, have some self respect.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
Yep. Also - you can't not only move the needle on Trump, you can't move the needle on getting people to come to this understanding of the American press!So many of us have tried, for so long. It will not break through that because one side is not based in reality, it simply cannot be taken seriously
Jay Rosen@jayrosen.bsky.social · yesterday"Nothing moves the needle." craigunger.substack.com/p/nothing-mo... In case you missed it. Best thing I've read recently about the crisis in journalism.
Off to New Orleans today for #AEJMC16 hope to see some of y'all there! Here is the participatory journalism programming brizzyc.medium.com/participator...
Participatory Journalism in New Orleans
If you are attending the AEJMC conference Aug 4–8, join us!
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"it pointedly raised the concern that most senior Democratic strategists in 2024 were “financially secure” and thus removed from the challenges facing many Americans." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u... Rings true but what an absolute mess
Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter (Gift Article)
A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.
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this is an interesting interview and if i were clipping it for social media i would have excerpted "We're still a place where we don't downrank links. We love sending traffic to people. We send two million clicks a day to publishers" rather than the part that'll just piss people off lol
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
I’d be dead and therefore it is none of my business where the ball is
Boneless Wings…Lover@coachd21.bsky.social · 2d agoDo you think you take a hit from a NFL player and not fumble the ball at your age?
I am once again saying, I am so glad this guy is no longer my problem. Enjoy, Steelers fans.
Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2d agoIt’s August 2026 and Aaron Rodgers is having a full blown meltdown about Anthony Fauci.
If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.
CivicStory's sustainability reporting project has co-published with 25 newsrooms across NJ. Whoever takes this co-director seat inherits that collaborative reporting work, on top of running the org.
Carrie Brown@brizzyc.bsky.social · 2d agoCivicStory is hiring an Editor Co-Director in NJ www.civicstory.org/job-opening-...
DOGE has effectively hidden itself by breaking FOIA "If the department is stonewalling the inspector general’s office, it’s an extremely safe bet that they’re absolutely ignoring FOIA officers who are asking for information" per @laurenleharper.bsky.social
Trump’s Education Department Leaves Mountain of Public Records Requests Unaddressed
A review by The 74 of FOIA logs shows the department has fulfilled 3% of them — some only in part.
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🎨 I'm pleased to announce a new course I'll be leading this fall at the School of Visual Arts. It's called "Truth-Telling 101: Artists Meet Data Journalism."
"A Kean University nursing professor suffered a fractured kneecap, torn meniscus, and head injury after federal immigration agents threw her to the ground during protests outside of a Newark immigration detention center in May" newjerseymonitor.com/2026/07/29/n...
NJ nurse says ICE agents 'violently attacked' her during protest outside migrant jail • New Jersey Monitor
A nurse said ICE agents attacked her during a Memorial Day melee outside Newark migrant jail Delaney Hall.
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“It’s in a lot of ways a public humiliation ritual,” Ms. Rashid said in an interview.
Greg Jaffe@gregjaffe.bsky.social · 2d ago"The Pentagon has treated the trans separation board hearings with levels of security and silence usually reserved for state secrets... In some cases, service members’ spouses and even the service members themselves are kept out." w/ Dave Philipps www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
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I don’t think a shallow notion of “influencing” is exactly what this degree is about, if you actually look at it and not some thin piece on Yahoo. I’m sorry if you want to live in denial, but uh, being able to create content is the only way to reach people today.
Luke Steuber@coolhand.bsky.social · 4d agoI’m with the boomers on this one. Burn it all down
Many struggling Americans now find their difficulties compounded by President Trump's cuts in food stamps and health care. On a 1,000 mile road trip, I met people like Trinity Goodman, who survives by selling blood plasma, has $3.78 in her bank account. A gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...
Opinion | Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper (Gift Article)
Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.
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It is just so chilling that he lies about this. My students walked past those trucks. We all saw photos. Is there nothing they won’t lie about?
Amy Fried@asfried.bsky.social · 3d agoRFK Jr. lies, claiming “there were ICUs that were empty during the height” of the pandemic, even in NY. In reality, there were trucks brought in to store cadavers and hospitals were swamped.
Scotch Plains, NJ today, in NJ-07. Tom Kean, Jr. supports Trump's unprecedented corruption. Vote Rebecca Bennett For Congress to stop the real steal! @rebeccabennettforcongress.com @onenj7.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @indivisible.org @hcrichardson.bsky.social
