Bissie Anderson 🇺🇦🌻
@bissieanderson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communications, University of Birmingham, UK
Another EMKO depot burns in Bulgaria – 33 days after the last blast eualive.net/another-emko...
Another EMKO depot burns in Bulgaria – 33 days after the last blast
A night fire and a chain of explosions at an ammunition warehouse in Gabrovo revive ...
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The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.
Back from another inspiring visit to Birmingham as part of our strategic collaboration 🌈 amazing workshop by Matteo Fuoli on using LLMs for metaphor analysis and lots of ideas on how to take our project on information integrity in the age of AI forward! 🌸
Dystopia defined: Fox News hires Palantir to build AI newsroom tools www.axios.com/2025/11/18/f...
Fox News hires Palantir to build AI newsroom tools
Fox News and Palantir have built three main tools to improve efficiency.
axios.com
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
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A flying visit to the Scottish Government, where I took part in an interdisciplinary roundtable on building resilience to mis/disinformation. Happy to contribute to the debate on such a critical topic. And it was a bonus meeting @dominicmhinde.bsky.social and @uofglasgow.bsky.social colleagues.
✨ Apply to the ECREA Journalism Studies PhD Mentorship Scheme ✨ Deadline: 17 Nov We offer five Journalism Studies PhD students the chance to receive career guidance and feedback on their work over a period of 18 months. More info and link to apply: www.journalismstudies.org/post/interes... #commsky
🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED 🚨Interested in ECREA mentorship?
The Journalism Studies section was the recent recipient of an ECREA EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) grant to support mentorship efforts. We're proud to announce our scheme for early-career PhD...
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The TV host, the web of influence and the trip booked to Moscow Ahead of a critical Welsh by-election for Reform next week, part two of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's investigation for the Nerve into disgraced former Ukip MEP and Reform UK politician Nathan Gill
So excited to continue this collaboration! With our first outputs in the making. Keep tuned. 🌷
Bissie Anderson 🇺🇦🌻@bissieanderson.bsky.social · 12mo agoWe've won an extra round of funding to extend our collaboration with @unileiden.bsky.social on the project Meaning-making and Information Integrity in the Age of AI (Co-PI @karakanta.bsky.social) Go @agdorst.bsky.social @matteofuoli.bsky.social @tomasdodds.bsky.social and #TeamTulips 🌷🌷
Thrilled to be part of this @cogitatiomac.bsky.social special issue on #Journalism in the Hybrid Media System. My article examines how participatory journalists in four countries negotiate material realities in their efforts to engage publics in journalistic co-creation. #openaccess
Silke Fürst@sfuerst.bsky.social · 12mo ago📣The issue “#Journalism in the Hybrid Media System” is now out in @cogitatiomac.bsky.social, ed. with @cporlezza.bsky.social & Florian Muhle New insights on platform power, attention dynamics, fact-checking, news quality, participatory journalism, media ownership & more: 🔓 doi.org/10.17645/mac...
Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered. kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero
The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...
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We've won an extra round of funding to extend our collaboration with @unileiden.bsky.social on the project Meaning-making and Information Integrity in the Age of AI (Co-PI @karakanta.bsky.social) Go @agdorst.bsky.social @matteofuoli.bsky.social @tomasdodds.bsky.social and #TeamTulips 🌷🌷
NEW: The Nerve @thenerve.news, the new publication launched by former Observer journalists including @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, has attracted more than 900 paying subscribers in its first week pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-lau...
The European Commission has launched a new Science, Research & Innovation account. On 🦋 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu !! They promise: - EU scientific news - Horizon Europe funding opportunities - Innovative EU-supported projects - Events, tools & resources Share the news 🔁
A thug at the far right rally called for Prime Minister Starmer to be assassinated. Things don't get better from here if we don't change the national conversation. Labour need to shift their anti-immigration policies and rhetoric - stop feeding this movement. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Police seek man who called for Keir Starmer to be ‘assassinated’ at far-right rally
Met police say further arrests expected after 24 were detained during ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march in London
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Academic freedom is under threat. Senior scholars from 11 countries examine the impact of political interference, censorship, and self-censorship in journalism studies. ➡️Read the commentary: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🌍We invite you to SIGN this article here: bit.ly/afsignatory
Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR
Extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour among accusations upheld by court in judgment
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EU economy and finance ministers have approved #Bulgaria's entry into the euro area. From 1 January 2026, Bulgaria will start using the 💶 euro and enjoy the benefits of joining the single currency. Find out more about how EU countries adopt the euro 👇👇 europa.eu/!Nnk4xx
Congratulations, Bulgaria! Поздравления, България! Bulgaria will adopt the euro as of 1 January 2026, becoming the 21st country to switch to our single currency. Read the press release www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/dat...
Excited to share my new article, "A See-Through Curtain of Varying Texture: Negotiating Power and Material Realities in Engaged Journalism", now published in Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm... #OpenAccess #commsky
A See-Through Curtain of Varying Texture: Negotiating Power and Material Realities in Engaged Journalism | Article | Media and Communication
Bissie Anderson
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The deadline for the 6th ECREA Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium (Groningen edition) has been extended to 22 August. Link to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Joëlle Swart@joelleswart.bsky.social · last yr.Are you doing a PhD in Journalism Studies? Would you like to get feedback on your work from experienced scholars in the field? Then join us for the 6th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium in Groningen on April 8th, 2026! Deadline for abstracts is 6 June 2025. For the full CfP, check: edu.nl/nfd7h
Excited about my first public lecture and the trip to Leiden next week as part of our research exchange with @agdorst.bsky.social @tomasdodds.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social
Just a few days after Columbia announces the Pulitzers, the university goes and suspends its own student journalists.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last yr.Several Columbia Univ student journalists are suspended after covering protests (while wearing press ID) in the main library. Their access to campus is blocked, and they can't take final exams. Also: Columbia's acting president is a former ABC journalist www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05...
📣 We're happy to announce that the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies will be hosting the 5th ECREA Journalism Studies section conference in Groningen, The Netherlands, on April 9th-10th, 2026! Join us and submit your abstract before August 22nd. Find the CfP here: www.rug.nl/research/ico...
Mis/disinformation research officially cancelled. Understanding the creation, content, distribution, and susceptibility is one of today’s key scientific and societal challenges. Researching this is not free speech infringement. Such a claim is intentionally misleading. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Who are UK journalists? How do they work? What do they think? Answers next week in an exciting new report published by @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. Come to one of the launch events at @cityjournalism.bsky.social or @leedsunimedia.bsky.social: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/calendar/uk-...
UK Journalists in the 2020s: Launch event of our new report at City St George's, University of London
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