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
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Carrie Brown
@brizzyc.bsky.social
· Aug 15
I don’t know why I post this stuff but just trying to occasionally lighten the timeline slightly or something.
Whew, friends I was literally going to bed and now I’m HYPED Steve Kornacki is calling my NJ district’s special election results momentous the people are FLEXING THEIR POWER, I know terrible things are everywhere but the tide is turning I feel it LFG
February 6, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Whew, friends I was literally going to bed and now I’m HYPED Steve Kornacki is calling my NJ district’s special election results momentous the people are FLEXING THEIR POWER, I know terrible things are everywhere but the tide is turning I feel it LFG
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I wish I could tell people like me, who first came to Bluesky and felt pummeled by performative scolding, that now it feels a lot less like that and a lot more like that brief window when Twitter was pretty good: useful, occasionally ridiculous, a place to discover new thinkers & writing
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I wish I could tell people like me, who first came to Bluesky and felt pummeled by performative scolding, that now it feels a lot less like that and a lot more like that brief window when Twitter was pretty good: useful, occasionally ridiculous, a place to discover new thinkers & writing
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today's New Jersey primary is all about the collapse of the Dem party's mighty machine in NJ — their candidate is coming in 4th.
a piece from 2024 in bolts that gives you a window into what's happening right now: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-p...
a piece from 2024 in bolts that gives you a window into what's happening right now: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-p...
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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Machine politics in NJ is more powerful than any blue state/region I’ve lived in and it’s corrupt as hell -we pay high taxes but don’t get nice things- and gross and insular. A defeat, especially right now, would be RICH.
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Machine politics in NJ is more powerful than any blue state/region I’ve lived in and it’s corrupt as hell -we pay high taxes but don’t get nice things- and gross and insular. A defeat, especially right now, would be RICH.
OMFG this is my district LFG
Whether or not Malinowski or Mejia wins in #NJ11, this is an earthquake in New Jersey politics (see below), and a sign nationwide that the left is fired up to a level that should not be underestimated in other Dem primaries across the country.
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 AM
OMFG this is my district LFG
OMG
wild night here in NJ as the primary for NJ-11 gets called for Malinowski - before Mejia takes the lead.
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 AM
OMG
Voted in the NJ-11 special election today, must take photo with your sticker. Haven’t seen results yet!
February 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Voted in the NJ-11 special election today, must take photo with your sticker. Haven’t seen results yet!
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12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/n...
12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/n...
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Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
Tenure Will Be Eliminated at Most of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges, Governor Says
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, directed the state’s two-dozen regional universities and community colleges to phase out the practice. Existing faculty members will be grandfathered in.
www.chronicle.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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Back on my bullshit and designing a new social media scavenger hunt for students. It’s been a long time but we back! And I think I may do it here on Bluesky because it is actually big advantage to have one they aren’t already on and is new territory for them.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Back on my bullshit and designing a new social media scavenger hunt for students. It’s been a long time but we back! And I think I may do it here on Bluesky because it is actually big advantage to have one they aren’t already on and is new territory for them.
Good takes here on why community is all. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
The Onion’s Ben Collins on Political Satire & Why Trump Isn’t Funny
Podcast Episode · On with Kara Swisher · 02/02/2026 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Good takes here on why community is all. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Agreed.
One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
February 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Agreed.
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Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
"History won’t judge Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened." THIS!!! www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"History won’t judge Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened." THIS!!! www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
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"What’s most alarming here is that Director Gabbard’s own team acknowledges there was no evidence of foreign interference, yet they seized voting machines and election data anyway," U.S. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence panel, said. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Exclusive: US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico
A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines, said Gabbard's office and three sources familiar with the pre...
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"What’s most alarming here is that Director Gabbard’s own team acknowledges there was no evidence of foreign interference, yet they seized voting machines and election data anyway," U.S. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence panel, said. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
"What is the everyday experience of working at a journalism coop like — and how does that change depending on size, scope, and location? www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
Journalism coops seem utopian. What’s it like working in one?
"If I was less self-directed, I'd probably be freaking out."
www.niemanlab.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"What is the everyday experience of working at a journalism coop like — and how does that change depending on size, scope, and location? www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
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I'm biased, or maybe I'm just the expert in this situation, but this is the most interesting thing I've ever written: capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...
Meta’s AI Data Center Sparks a Crisis in the Bible Belt Over the Power of Faith
In rural Louisiana, white and Black churches see the company's plan to build America's biggest AI complex very differently.
capitalbnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I'm biased, or maybe I'm just the expert in this situation, but this is the most interesting thing I've ever written: capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...
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I’ll never stop suggesting folks read News for All the People. Its dense but really illuminates how a large part of what journalism has always been was anout engendering hate for Black and Indigenous people www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ne...
News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media
Book — Non-fiction. By Juan González and Joseph Torres. 2011. 256 pages. The history of media in the United States, through the lens of race.
www.zinnedproject.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I’ll never stop suggesting folks read News for All the People. Its dense but really illuminates how a large part of what journalism has always been was anout engendering hate for Black and Indigenous people www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ne...
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Student journalism strikes again.
DiChristina also invited Epstein to attend an editorial meeting for the Scientific American, where she worked as editor-in-chief.
Correspondence from 2010 also showed DiChristina on a guest list for a meeting on “the islands,” though it was not immediately clear what Epstein meant by “islands.”
Correspondence from 2010 also showed DiChristina on a guest list for a meeting on “the islands,” though it was not immediately clear what Epstein meant by “islands.”
BU COM dean corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015, files show
Mariette DiChristina, dean of Boston University’s College of Communication, corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015. The two set up a one-on-one meeting, had “phone dates” and D...
dailyfreepress.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Student journalism strikes again.
Thank you, that sums up what I want most for my students really quite effectively.
Swinging for the bleachers this morning, my friends, asking my students to reconsider the game they are playing (GPA and CV values) and reclaim what they came here to grow.
I made a list of one-minute moves to practice these goods below - would love your suggestions ⬇️
I made a list of one-minute moves to practice these goods below - would love your suggestions ⬇️
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Thank you, that sums up what I want most for my students really quite effectively.
The NJ-11 primary is today - the seat left vacant by our Gov. Mikie Sherrill. I gotta say they way to NOT get my vote is to point out you are endorsed by basically every milquetoast, machine Democratic politician in the state including the former Gov. Yeah no thanks!
February 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The NJ-11 primary is today - the seat left vacant by our Gov. Mikie Sherrill. I gotta say they way to NOT get my vote is to point out you are endorsed by basically every milquetoast, machine Democratic politician in the state including the former Gov. Yeah no thanks!
"Adding heft and reducing existential risk can be achieved by collaborations and partnerships: small and large publishers working together on projects, or a network of independents sharing back-office operations, including a media lawyer." This is the way.
February 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"Adding heft and reducing existential risk can be achieved by collaborations and partnerships: small and large publishers working together on projects, or a network of independents sharing back-office operations, including a media lawyer." This is the way.
"Five months later, a crew leader for another Georgia farm kidnapped and brutally assaulted one of his workers who had escaped."
The dramatic rise of farm labor contractors has led to rampant abuses. For the latest story in my @propublica.org series on the H-2A visa program, I've looked into some of the reasons why regulators have failed to stop foreign farmworkers from getting harmed:
www.propublica.org/article/h-2a...
www.propublica.org/article/h-2a...
The Dramatic Rise of Farm Labor Contractors Has Led to Rampant Abuses. Here’s Why Regulators Have Failed to Stop Them.
Experts say there aren’t enough state and federal inspectors to adequately vet whether labor contractors who oversee farmworkers are following the rules. Nor is there broad political support to invest...
www.propublica.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:58 PM
"Five months later, a crew leader for another Georgia farm kidnapped and brutally assaulted one of his workers who had escaped."