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Dr Andrea Jean Baker

@andreajeanbaker.bsky.social

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Arts journalist. Snr Journalism academic. Researches media coverage of violence against women, sexual violence, #MeToo Media, Impact of Artificial Intelligence on journalism practice, Arts & Music scenes.

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Andrea Baker is an American actress. In film, she is known for her role as Peggy Jane in the 1998 film Pleasantville, as well as her voice roles portraying Clover in the French-Canadian animated television series Totally Spies!. .. more

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Dr Andrea Jean Baker @andreajeanbaker.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

www.nytimes.com

Dr Andrea Jean Baker @andreajeanbaker.bsky.social · 24d

Great to have a fabulous journalism legend like @JennyCooney help teach young arts journalists at Monash University. Here’s Jenny’s reflection on Hollywood icon, Robert Redford, and the Sundance festival he founded in 1981. Jenny interviewed 'Bob' in person a few times during their amazing careers!

‘To my happy surprise, it grew beyond my imagination’: Robert Redford’s Sundance legacy

Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival provided support for independent filmmakers and transformed Hollywood in the process.

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 24d

NEW: "I loved him." Bob Woodward remembers Robert Redford

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/b...

Bob Woodward Remembers Robert Redford

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Munnik @michaelmunnik.bsky.social · 29d

Prescriptions from @jodieginsberg.bsky.social to protect journalism at this moment:
-do your job (don't just be a stenographer - report properly & courageously)
-show your workings (explain the enterprise to the public)
-celebrate your impact (report on the industry)

Good opening keynote at #FOJ25

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European Data and Computational Journalism Conference @datajconf.com · Sep 9

From today's opening keynote - @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social on the many ways, positive & negative, that AI can affect how journalists work #datajconf

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European Data and Computational Journalism Conference @datajconf.com · Sep 9

And we're off! Day 2 of #datajconf starts with @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social giving our first keynote on AI's impact on Future Information Ecosystems

Nick Diakopoulos presenting his keynote talk at the European Data and Computational Journalism Conference 2025

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 26

Hollywood's biggest stars are heading to Venice, Italy, for the 82nd Venice Film Festival.

Everything you need to know about the Venice Film Festival

Hollywood's biggest stars are heading to Venice, Italy, for the 82nd Venice Film Festival. This prestigious international event, second only to Cannes, kicks off on Wednesday and runs through September 6.

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Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · Aug 25

1,500 film industry workers signed a letter as "Venice for Palestine" to try to get Gal Gadot disinvited from the Venice Film Festival.

Gadot decided before the letter came out not to attend the festival. Still, it is ridiculous that such a letter was even sent.

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · Aug 25

Watch the teaser trailer for 100 Nights of Hero starring Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E. Grant and Felicity Jones 🖤

Following a world premiere at this year's Venice Film Festival, the film will be released in theaters on December 5.

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · Aug 8

Interesting to learn that Solutions Journalism is on the rise in China. By including a focus on solutions, it can allow Chinese journalists to focus on some topics that might normally be censored. #AEJMC25

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Dr Andrea Jean Baker @andreajeanbaker.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thanks to Nick Newling from the Sydney Morning Herald for interviewing me today in my capacity as a journalism scholar about the images of Gaza and how "bearing witness” is a critical role of photojournalism.

‘Innocent life matters’: The photographs of children that captured the world’s conscience

From Sudan to Vietnam and Gaza, images of suffering children have become totems of humanitarian catastrophes and prompted hard questions about photographic ethics.

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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · Jul 25

The folks @aejmc.bsky.social have released an updated schedule for the upcoming conference, so I've updated my searchable/browsable web app, with data extraction by Google Gemini:

thescoop.org/aejmc25/

AEJMC Conference Schedule - August 2025

thescoop.org

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Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social · Jul 14

A very full and fascinating Audience Section panel on influencer cultures at #iamcr2025 #iamcr #iamcraud More tomorrow!

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Jonathon Hutchinson @dhutchman.bsky.social · Jul 12

Super fascinating publication about the disparities of digital literacies in newsrooms in the Middle East and Northern Africa that I've been exposed to in during the #CPT 50 precon at #IAMCR2025 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Dr Andrea Jean Baker @andreajeanbaker.bsky.social · Jul 10

www.mamamia.com.au/me-too-movem...

The exact moment the MeToo movement died.

There's been almost a decade of half-victories and back steps.

www.mamamia.com.au

Dr Andrea Jean Baker @andreajeanbaker.bsky.social · Jul 10

theconversation.com/ai-is-drivin...

AI is driving down the price of knowledge – universities have to rethink what they offer

Universities have relied on expert knowledge being scarce, but AI is changing that. Tuition now needs to focus on human skills that machines still struggle to copy.

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IAMCR @iamcr.org · Jul 3

🎓🏆 Congrats to the winners of the 2025 Stuart Hall Award!
Their work examines media witnessing, menstrual stigma (@xiaodongyan.bsky.social), and the politics of representation.
Full story: iamcr.org/awards/hall2...
#IAMCR2025 #StuartHallAward #MediaStudies

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Dr Andrea Jean Baker @andreajeanbaker.bsky.social · Jul 2

www.theage.com.au/culture/art-...

Sacked artist to be reinstated as Australia’s Venice representative

The stunning about-face was announced by the federal funding agency Creative Australia as it released the findings of a report into the high-profile sacking that sparked resignations, petitions and pr...

www.theage.com.au

Dr Andrea Jean Baker @andreajeanbaker.bsky.social · Jun 25

www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...

Antoinette Lattouf wins unlawful termination case against ABC

A judge has delivered his decision in the high-profile case brought against the national broadcaster.

www.theage.com.au

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AEJMC's Commission on the Status of Women @aejmc-csw.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congratulations to Dr. Dinfin Mulupi on being awarded the 2025 Mary Ann Yodelis Smith Award for Feminist Scholarship. @aejmc.bsky.social

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AEJMC @aejmc.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congrats to Dr. Rana Arafat, City St. George’s, University of London, who is the winner of the 2025 Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Early-Career Woman Scholar Award.
#AEJMC25 #AejmcAwards

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Bernadette Uth @bernadetteuth.bsky.social · Jun 16

Feeling very happy and honoured that together with Hannah Ötting, Vanessa Kokoschka and Henning Eichler, we won the Top Extended Abstract Award of the @icajsd.bsky.social
Journalism Division at #ICA25! If you want to hear more about the project - join our presentation today at 3p.m. in Centennial B.

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Richard Fletcher @richardfletcher.bsky.social · Jun 16

Very proud to receive the #ICA25 Wolfgang Donsbach Outstanding Journal Article of the Year Award for our paper on how habit, emotion and identity relate to trust in news, led by @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social. Thank you to @icajsd.bsky.social.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...

Reuters Institute researchers receive major awards for work broadening understanding of trust in news

Our colleagues and former staff received the awards at the International Communication Association's annual conference in Denver (United States).

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social · Jun 15

📰 Empathy in journalism - meant to connect us, but can it also divide?
@hannahgreber.bsky.social presents findings on the unintended side-effects of empathy-driven journalism at #ICA25 w/ @jesperstromback.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social 👏

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Jacob T. Fisher @jacobtfisher.online · Jun 15

Very happy to see that @overbye.bsky.social’s fantastic work on detecting bias in human-in-the-loop algorithms was awarded a top paper in @icacsab.bsky.social this year. Incredibly interesting, rigorous, and timely research! #ica25

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Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · Jun 14

@lyngemoller.bsky.social presenting our paper on journalistic roles and AI in a panel on the complex relationship between tech & journalism #ica25
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social

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Ernesto de León 🟥 @ernesto-deleon.com · Jun 13

A huge congratulations to @nicolaiberk.bsky.social for winning this year's 2025 Kaid Sanders @polcomm.bsky.social article of the year award! #ica25

Having known Nico for a long time, I have seen the gigantic effort that went into this paper and can say it is incredibly well deserved!

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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · Jun 13

Standing room only at @zeningduan.bsky.social and @alvinyxz.bsky.social 's @icacm.bsky.social panel on LLMs #ica25

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icajsd.bsky.social @icajsd.bsky.social · Jun 10

JSD specials this year that you do not want to miss: On SUNDAY, June 15 we invite you to come to our Journalism Studies Reception at the Denver Press Club to greet friends, meet new fellow scholars and relax a bit. Join us 6-8 pm! We are looking forward to seeing you! #ica25 @icahdq.bsky.social

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Dr Andrea Jean Baker @andreajeanbaker.bsky.social · Jun 4

Great to see a review of our edited collection in ‘Crime, Media and Culture, an international journal’.

Book review: Reporting on Sexual Violence in the #MeToo Era - Ezgi Aral, 2025

Sage publishes a diverse portfolio of fully Open Access journals in a variety of disciplines.

journals.sagepub.com

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