Bissie Anderson 🇺🇦🌻
@bissieanderson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communications,
University of Birmingham, UK
University of Birmingham, UK
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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 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.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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 www.axios.com/2025/11/18/f...
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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.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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.
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Ukraine: US-Russian peace proposal is ‘absurd’ and unacceptable
Ukraine: US-Russian peace proposal is ‘absurd’ and unacceptable
Officials say proposal is aimed at stirring up division and disorientating Kyiv’s allies
A new US-Russian peace proposal to end the war in Ukraine has been dismissed as “absurd” and unacceptable by officials in Kyiv amid talks between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a high-ranking US army delegation.
They said the proposal reportedly drafted by Kirill Dmitriev, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff was a “provocation”, the aim of which was to stir up division and “disorientate” Ukraine’s allies, they added. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ukraine: US-Russian peace proposal is ‘absurd’ and unacceptable
Gaun yerself, Scotland!!! 🏴
Scotland fan or not, I defy anyone to not grin watching these highlights and hearing the commentators go nuts youtu.be/73cVhK9qL1o?...
SCOTLAND 4-2 DENMARK | Scotland Qualify for 2026 World Cup! | World Cup Qualifier Highlights
YouTube video by Scotland National Team
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Gaun yerself, Scotland!!! 🏴
✨ 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
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...
www.journalismstudies.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
✨ 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
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
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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
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
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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
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
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So excited to continue this collaboration! With our first outputs in the making. Keep tuned. 🌷
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 🌷🌷
October 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
So excited to continue this collaboration! With our first outputs in the making. Keep tuned. 🌷
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
My article examines how participatory journalists in four countries negotiate material realities in their efforts to engage publics in journalistic co-creation. #openaccess
📣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...
New insights on platform power, attention dynamics, fact-checking, news quality, participatory journalism, media ownership & more:
🔓 doi.org/10.17645/mac...
October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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
My article examines how participatory journalists in four countries negotiate material realities in their efforts to engage publics in journalistic co-creation. #openaccess
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Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
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...
kyivindependent.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
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 🌷🌷
October 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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 🌷🌷
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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...
pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-lau...
October 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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...
pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-lau...
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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 🔁
On 🦋 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu !!
They promise:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
Share the news 🔁
October 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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 🔁
On 🦋 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu !!
They promise:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
Share the news 🔁
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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
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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...
Stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦
August 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦
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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
➡️Read the commentary: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🌍We invite you to SIGN this article here: bit.ly/afsignatory
July 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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
➡️Read the commentary: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🌍We invite you to SIGN this article here: bit.ly/afsignatory
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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
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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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
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
July 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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
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
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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...
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...
July 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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...
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
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
www.cogitatiopress.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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
Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
#OpenAccess #commsky
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...
June 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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...
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
May 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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
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Just a few days after Columbia announces the Pulitzers, the university goes and suspends its own student journalists.
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...
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...
Barnard suspends WKCR and Spectator reporters who covered Butler Library protest
Barnard and Columbia issued interim suspensions Thursday afternoon to four student journalists who covered a Wednesday pro-Palestinian protest in Butler Library, citing “information received” from Pub...
www.columbiaspectator.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Just a few days after Columbia announces the Pulitzers, the university goes and suspends its own student journalists.
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📣 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...
May 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📣 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...