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Dr. Daniela Dimitrova
@profdimitrova.bsky.social

University Professor & Editor-in-Chief of @JMCQuarterly.bsky.social. ✍️ Global journalism. 🌎 Political news reporting. 🧐 Refugee communications. ☕️ and 🍫. *NB: Views my own.

Communication & Media Studies 62%
Political science 16%
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I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion | I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble.
www.nytimes.com

Europe’s Chip Dreams Confront Business Realities www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...
Europe’s Chip Dreams Confront Business Realities
www.nytimes.com

What’s More Dangerous Than India’s Frequent Heat Waves? Heat Stress. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
What’s More Dangerous Than India’s Frequent Heat Waves? Heat Stress.
www.nytimes.com

Welcome @acadianjprof.bsky.social to this new role @JMCQ!
We thank @acadianjprof.bsky.social for his excellent work as Book Reviews Editor and are delighted to welcome him to his new role as Associate Editor. 🎉
His experience and commitment will continue to strengthen the journal!
@profdimitrova.bsky.social #commsky

Thrilled to have Ruth on board! 📚
We’re pleased to welcome Ruth Moon as our new Book Reviews Editor. 👋
She succeeds Gregory Perreault, who has taken on the role of Associate Editor.
www.ruthmoon.com/jmcq-reviews/
@profdimitrova.bsky.social #commsky
JMCQ Book Reviewing – Ruth Moon
www.ruthmoon.com

Podcast coming 🔜

What an inspirational meeting! I have the best team! 📚
Our JMCQ editorial team met on November 5.

Thank you to all for the thoughtful discussion and steady teamwork. We appreciate your commitment to rigorous scholarship!

Big thank you also to our authors and reviewers who make JMCQ possible! #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

Thanks for all the excellent ideas 🙏 and welcome to the new role of Associate Editor at JMCQ! 📝
So proud to be part of this hard-working team! Thanks for leading us @profdimitrova.bsky.social!
Our JMCQ editorial team met on November 5.

Thank you to all for the thoughtful discussion and steady teamwork. We appreciate your commitment to rigorous scholarship!

Big thank you also to our authors and reviewers who make JMCQ possible! #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

Happy to welcome Ruth to the JMCQ team! :)
We’re pleased to welcome Ruth Moon as our new Book Reviews Editor. 👋
She succeeds Gregory Perreault, who has taken on the role of Associate Editor.
www.ruthmoon.com/jmcq-reviews/
@profdimitrova.bsky.social #commsky
JMCQ Book Reviewing – Ruth Moon
www.ruthmoon.com
Mind-bender: The observable universe has ~10^80 atoms. But even a simple 1000×1000 black‑and‑white image has 2^{1,000,000} ≈ 10^{301,030} possibilities — and 24‑bit color explodes to ~10^{7,224,720}. The space of (small) images dwarfs the cosmos. 🔬🧪💻
The House voted 222 to 209 to end the record-long government shutdown.

Six Democrats voted with Republicans to pass the bill, while two Republicans voted against.
How every House member voted on the bill to reopen the government
See how your lawmaker voted.
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Welcome to Odette A. Henry, our new Book Reviews Editorial Assistant! 👋And many thanks to Monica Crawford for her great work in this role. 👏

@profdimitrova.bsky.social #commsky
We’re pleased to welcome Ruth Moon as our new Book Reviews Editor. 👋
She succeeds Gregory Perreault, who has taken on the role of Associate Editor.
www.ruthmoon.com/jmcq-reviews/
@profdimitrova.bsky.social #commsky
JMCQ Book Reviewing – Ruth Moon
www.ruthmoon.com
We thank @acadianjprof.bsky.social for his excellent work as Book Reviews Editor and are delighted to welcome him to his new role as Associate Editor. 🎉
His experience and commitment will continue to strengthen the journal!
@profdimitrova.bsky.social #commsky
We extend our sincere thanks to Colleen Connolly-Ahern for her outstanding service as Associate Editor. 💐

Her thoughtful reviews and editorial guidance have been invaluable to the journal and its authors!

@profdimitrova.bsky.social #commsky

Another csse study for our #globaljournalism book 📖 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Why the BBC Is Facing Its Gravest Crisis in Decades
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If you are teaching computational methods or text analysis, this is definitely worth a read 🤓
📣New study by Linde, Chan & Balluff reviews 38 ML-based content analyses: frequentist stats on full populations, no misclassification adjustment—big-N + auto-coding isn’t automatically better. Worth a rethink. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social
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We made it happen despite time differences and busy schedules 📚 Thankful 🥹 for this great team!
Our JMCQ editorial team met on November 5.

Thank you to all for the thoughtful discussion and steady teamwork. We appreciate your commitment to rigorous scholarship!

Big thank you also to our authors and reviewers who make JMCQ possible! #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing your expertise with us ;)
So proud to be part of this hard-working team! Thanks for leading us @profdimitrova.bsky.social!
Our JMCQ editorial team met on November 5.

Thank you to all for the thoughtful discussion and steady teamwork. We appreciate your commitment to rigorous scholarship!

Big thank you also to our authors and reviewers who make JMCQ possible! #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social
We had a great AEJMC webinar discussing the peer review process and offering an inside look at the publication workflow at Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly—AEJMC’s flagship journal. See photo proof! @profdimitrova.bsky.social @aejmc.bsky.social #commsky
Our JMCQ editorial team met on November 5.

Thank you to all for the thoughtful discussion and steady teamwork. We appreciate your commitment to rigorous scholarship!

Big thank you also to our authors and reviewers who make JMCQ possible! #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

Is this available in English? Working on a piece addressing inequalities…

Do you use content analysis 🧐 in your studies? Some insights below on why automatic coding is not necessarily better ⬇️
📣New study by Linde, Chan & Balluff reviews 38 ML-based content analyses: frequentist stats on full populations, no misclassification adjustment—big-N + auto-coding isn’t automatically better. Worth a rethink. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com

It will be my pleasure to share insights from the editorial perspective at JMCQ along with a distinguished author and our Editorial Assistant ✍️ @shayakraut.bsky.social @aejmc.bsky.social
Xinzhi Zhang, Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and @profdimitrova.bsky.social, University Professor at Iowa State University & Editor-in-Chief of JMCQ will offer an AEJMC Webinar on "Publishing Success".
Join us on NOV 6, 2025, 7pm, Eastern Time! @aejmc.bsky.social #commsky

Xinzhi Zhang, Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and @profdimitrova.bsky.social, University Professor at Iowa State University & Editor-in-Chief of JMCQ will offer an AEJMC Webinar on "Publishing Success".
Join us on NOV 6, 2025, 7pm, Eastern Time! @aejmc.bsky.social #commsky