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Sue Robinson

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Journalism researcher, teacher at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Former journalist. Publisher of Madison Commons, a community-based, student-powered SJMC news site. Book author about …what else? Journalism .. more

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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · Nov 13

WI senate candidate Eric Hovde lost to to Sen. Tammy Baldwin, but won’t concede yet, citing ill-defined concerns about election administration. We can trust the vote count in WI. We even made a video to show you how we know. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ow-9...

How the heck are votes counted in Wisconsin?

YouTube video by Civic Sift

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Joshua Lenon @joshualenon.bsky.social · Nov 17

This is a repost that caught my attention. Does this insurance cover teachers being sued by students and parents? Or targeting by your own institutions?

Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Nov 17

Somewhere on here I saw that someone was recommending an academic litigation insurance company. Anyone have one they like?

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uwsjmc.bsky.social @uwsjmc.bsky.social · Apr 8

Professor @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social is committed to connecting her students with local communities, media organizations, agencies and nonprofits. This #DayoftheBadger, join Sue in supporting these meaningful experiences. 🦡 ✏️ buff.ly/EhAhd4o

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Mar 5

We have the best students @uwsjmc.bsky.social. 2 moderated a panel on affordable housing with finesse; the other 2 took pictures and wrote a story to come out in Madison Commons soon. Keep an eye out for Jonas Tijerino, Lily Spanbauer, Maeghan Chase, and Noah Maze! They are already soaring!

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Mar 5

We r $5 away from $3000 for our 24h fundraiser for Madison Commons -a local news innovation, incubator site I run out of @uwsjmc.bsky.social at @uwmadison.bsky.social. Who wants to send us over the top? We test out reporting techniques to build trust. Donate here: www.thebigshare.org/organization...

Support Madison Commons | The Big Share 2025

I’m ready to support Madison Commons on March 3, 2025 during The Big Share 2025. Learn more about Madison Commons and all the other organizations participating in The Big Share 2025.

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Mar 4

Thank you, friend. You inspire me in the work!!

Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Mar 4

Feeling like you need to do something to help democracy? SUPPORT MADISON COMMONS! madisoncommons.org
We are training students in hyperlocal skills!
We are hosting events, facilitating problem solving!
We are pro-democracy! Donate to our BIG drive rt now! www.thebigshare.org/organization...

Support Madison Commons | The Big Share 2025

I’m ready to support Madison Commons on March 3, 2025 during The Big Share 2025. Learn more about Madison Commons and all the other organizations participating in The Big Share 2025.

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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · Feb 14

Firing the heads of Institutes at the NIH (NIAID, NIDA, NCI, etc) will mean:
-More cancer deaths
-More overdose deaths
-More AIDS deaths
-More asthma deaths
-More cardiovascular deaths
-More lupus deaths
-More measles deaths
-More sepsis deaths
-More liver & kidney-related deaths
-More infant deaths

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uwsjmc.bsky.social @uwsjmc.bsky.social · Feb 14

Read about how these couples met, their favorite date spot on campus, and their favorite part about working together at UW: https://buff.ly/4jZfCBe

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Jessi Lang @jessicalang.bsky.social · Feb 14

My state will not help make up IDCs and think we can just persevere through it because they won't cut direct costs. Last year we ranked 6 in the nation on research expenditures. We will rapidly decline when we need to line item admin into DC to be operational www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...

Exclusive: Vos says Legislature will not increase state funding to UW-Madison to address potential annual $65 million loss

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said the National Institute of Health (NIH) decision capping research funding might be a “little painful in the short term” but said it would be beneficial in the long-run.&...

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Feb 5

Just noticing that my 2023 book How Journalists Engage: A theory of trust building, identities and care that documents several movements happening in the industry (Engagement, solutions, etc) and proposes a theory based in an ethic of care is half off rn on amazon: www.amazon.com/s?k=how+jour...

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Jan 12

As I do my syllabi for my classes, I’m feeling grateful for all the journalists and journalism scholars being willing to zoom in to talk to my students. Remember that this year as we go into darkness, we can be there for each other.

Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Dec 20

Launching the third phase of a 3-year study using applied research with Solutions Journalism Network, Hearken, Trusting News. I have a fantastic team of coders for the thousands of election stories we are about to analyze. Wish us speedy reading!!

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Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · Dec 19

And here it is! Thanks, Sue! cccr.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Dec 18

My amazing colleagues have yet another insightful report out about our divides. Their Knight Center is working to reduce our polarized information world. @cccr.bsky.social

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · Dec 17

If you're a PhD student interested in causal questions related to crime/CJ policy, please email me if you haven't already. (And if you did email me & I didn't respond, please reply to bump your email to the top of my inbox!) I want to make sure y'all are on our radar for future BRIDGE invites.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Dec 17

Enough footsie-playing. Dems should loudly say GOP senators who support the dangerous, wildly unqualified RFK for HHS sec will own the awful consequences of his tenure for the rest of their political lives.

On the pod, we suggest ways to do this. Listen:
newrepublic.com/article/1894...

Trump Reveals a Surprise Weakness in Unhinged New Vaccine Ramblings

As Donald Trump tries to soften RFK Jr.’s anti-vax extremism, a strategist involved in trying to block RFK’s nomination explains why Trump could prove vulnerable on this front—if Dems make the case.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Dec 10

The NY Attorney General has REJECTED Trump's bid to dismiss his $500M civil fraud judgment post-election. The AG stated that Trump's presidency doesn't shield him from civil litigation over non-official conduct, per the Constitution and multiple court precedents.

Dear Mr. Sauer:
I am writing in response to your letter dated November 26, 2024, regarding the above-referenced action. This Office will not stipulate to vacate the final judgment already entered by Supreme Court, New York County, in this action or otherwise seek to dismiss the action.
As you know, this is a civil enforcement action under Executive Law § 63(12) against the Trump Organization, a business headquartered in New York, and its top executives concerning those defendants' fraudulent and unlawful actions to misleadingly inflate defendant Donald J. Trump's personal net worth in business transactions for the purpose of obtaining more favorable terms on loans and insurance policies than they otherwise would have received. This civil enforcement action was filed following a multiyear investigation by the Office, and multiple courts have rejected claims that the investigation or action were brought in anything other than good faith. See People v. Trump Org., Inc., 205 A.D.3d 625,
626-27 (1st Dep't 2022); Trump v. James, No. 1:21-1352, 2022 WL 1718951, at *12-14 (N.D.N.Y. May 27, 2022). Following summary judgment and an eleven-week bench trial, Supreme Court concluded that Mr. Trump and the other entity and individual defendants violated § 63(12). The court also entered final judgment ordering various forms of equitable relief. Defendants appealed from Supreme Court's post-trial final judgment. That appeal has been fully briefed and argued in the Appellate Division, First Department, and the parties are now awaiting a decision from the First Department.
Your letter presents no basis for this Office to seek to vacate the final judgment or to dismiss this action.
First, Mr. Trump's upcoming inauguration as the next President of the United States has no bearing on the pendency of defendants' appeal in this action. This civil enforcement

action is not a criminal action, and Supreme Court did not impose any criminal sanction on Mr. Trump or any other defendant. Accordingly, the various actions taken by the Special Counsel's office or the District Attorney's Office of New York County in the respective criminal cases brought by those offices against Mr. Trump are irrelevant here.
Contrary to your suggestion, the pendency of defendants' appeal during Mr. Trump's term as President fully comports with the U.S. Constitution. The final judgment concerns only business conduct undertaken by entities that are part of the Trump Organization and individual defendants who were acting on behalf of the Trump Organization. The judgment thus does not concern any conduct related to Mr. Trump's first term as President. Nor does it implicate any conduct that Mr. Trump might undertake after his upcoming inauguration.
Presidents do not have immunity from civil lawsuits arising from unofficial conduct, and such lawsuits may proceed while the President is in office. See Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 694
(1997); Zervos v. Trump, 171 A.D.3d 110, 128 (1st Dep't 2019); see also Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593, 615-16 (2024). Regardless, Mr. Trump's upcoming inauguration is irrelevant to the judgment rendered against the fourteen other defendants found liable by Supreme Court in this action.
There is also no merit to your claim that the pendency of defendants' own appeal will impede Mr. Trump's official duties as President. The ordinary burdens of civil litigation do not impede the President's official duties in a way that violates the U.S. Constitution. See Clinton,
520 U.S. at 705-06; Zervos, 171 A.D.3d at 125-26. In any event, Mr. Trump does not face any such litigation burdens here. The trial is over, final judgment has been rendered, and defendants' appeal to the First Department has been fully submitted and argued. Mr. Trump's official duties will not be impeded while awaiting the First Department's decision. Nor wi…

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Wendy E. N Thomas @wendyenthomas.bsky.social · Dec 4

When men rage, they blow and shoot things up and start wars.

When women rage, we create.

We knit, do embroidery and cross stitch. We create new things ... while we figure out how to fix the broken things.

Behold rage project #1

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Dec 2

I feel like this cat is daring me to find joy.

Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Dec 2

lol! Is that a half chocolate, half peanut butter cake?!!

Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Dec 2

Prepping to write a 2025 journalism prediction for Nieman Reports but my mind is only going to dark places for this profession I love. Typically I am all upbeat and optimistic for these. Please send photos of puppies and rainbows and sunshine so I can trick my mind to find my mojo again. Sigh.

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Nov 27

I feel like we need more of this.

Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Nov 27

Friends, I am here for all the Thanksgiving food posts. Please indulge. Especially pies.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · Nov 26

I've officially switched to DuckDuckGo as my default search engine. It's not a privacy thing, though that's probably an added bonus. It's just a better search engine. That wasn't true when I tried five years ago, but it has gotten better and Google has gotten much worse in the intervening years

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Nov 25

Friends who write reports for centers, etc.: I am begging you to please put all the citation information for your report right on the executive summary or home page for the report, and please especially include the date. But a full citation would be perfect. Thanks!

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Nov 23

If u have room to add me, that’d b awesome. Thanks for doing these! Super helpful

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Nov 21

"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.

Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Nov 19

Jarvis: His generals called him fascist. Joe Scarborough called him fascist, and now the fascist is in charge and it is journalism's job to cover it that way, not to back off and say okay, well that's it, we lost. Let the fascism happen. No

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Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Nov 17

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Joshua Lenon @joshualenon.bsky.social · Nov 17

This is a repost that caught my attention. Does this insurance cover teachers being sued by students and parents? Or targeting by your own institutions?

Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social · Nov 17

Somewhere on here I saw that someone was recommending an academic litigation insurance company. Anyone have one they like?

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