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Ryan Thomas

@ryanjthomas.bsky.social

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh | Assoc. Prof. & Director of Graduate Studies, Murrow College of Communication @ Washington State University | Journalism studies, ethics, sociology of news etc | Would like to be on a beach, but probably on a committee .. more

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tm @catturd2.bsky.social · Jun 2

Taylor Lorenz said WHAT about 9/11???

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · May 22

The gerontocracy has consequences, episode one million and three.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · May 22

Final passage by one vote, though likely the present and 2 NV were all available to them if they had been needed. It's with the Senate now

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · May 14

This is bleak reading

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onion person @junlper.beer · May 13

the democratic party got a single gen z representative with david hogg and he started actually representing the resentment young generations have to old and weak democratic leadership and canned him. pathetic. this party will genuinely never change and keep losing to republicans. bleak

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Grungehamster @grungehamster.bsky.social · Apr 22

If Chotiner asks for an interview remember the two rules:

- Ask if you are being detained. If not, leave.
- Say you want to speak to your lawyer and nothing else.

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Murrow College @murrowcollege.bsky.social · Apr 18

Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Thomas, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, on his recent publication in Poynter! @ryanjthomas.bsky.social

Read it here: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...

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Ryan Thomas @ryanjthomas.bsky.social · Apr 16

An incredible achievement by my brilliant colleague!

Murrow College @murrowcollege.bsky.social · Apr 16

📢 Exciting news! Jennifer Henrichsen is WSU's first Andrew Carnegie Fellow! 🎉

She'll receive $200,000 to study how journalists can reduce political polarization and boost civic engagement.

Read more: murrow.wsu.edu/news/2025/04...

#MurrowCollege #CarnegieFellows

Murrow professor named WSU’s first Carnegie Fellow

Jennifer Henrichsen is among 26 fellows receiving $200,000 to support research that enhances understanding of political polarization in the United States.

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Murrow College @murrowcollege.bsky.social · Apr 16

Murrow professor named WSU’s first Carnegie Fellow

Jennifer Henrichsen is among 26 fellows receiving $200,000 to support research that enhances understanding of political polarization in the United States.

murrow.wsu.edu

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WSU Foundation @wsufoundation.bsky.social · Apr 16

Today is the big day - #CougsGive is finally here! 🎉 Can't wait to see the new heights the #WSU community will reach today. Visit cougsgive.wsu.edu to make your donations, and remember, no matter how big or small, your contribution makes a difference! ❤️

#CougsGive - April 16, 2025

Washington State University celebrates its 10th annual #CougsGive day of giving on April 16, 2025.

cougsgive.wsu.edu

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Murrow College @murrowcollege.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congrats to our own Jennifer Henrichsen, a member of @carnegiecorp.bsky.social's 2025 class of #CarnegieFellows! This esteemed group of scholars is researching the causes of political polarization & seeking ways to strengthen social cohesion & fortify our democracy. www.carnegie.org/news/article...

Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Fellowships to 26 Scholars Researching Political Polarization | Carnegie Corporation of New York

The philanthropic foundation’s three-year, $18 million initiative supports interdisciplinary research into the causes of polarization and ways to mitigate it

www.carnegie.org

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · Apr 1

💡 Need some inspiration? Check out some of our most-downloaded articles in #DigitalJournalism over the past 12 months.

🔗 Check out the full top-10 list here: linktr.ee/digitaljourn...

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Mar 19

I think of this as 'everything is comms' disease. This interview looked awful because the policy is, in fact, awful. You can't do an interview about it and come across well unless your interlocutor is under-prepared!

‘Rising star’ minister dim on Labour benefit cuts
Torsten Bell has long been seen in Labour circles as a rising star, and it had been so far so good since the general election for the new MP.

He was one of the first frontbenchers of the 2024 intake and it looked as if, for the special adviser turned economist turned minister, the only way was up.

But a car-crash interview on BBC Newsnight after Labour’s £5 billion benefits cut raised stark questions about the brightness of the Swansea West MP’s future.

He has been described as arrogant, lacking empathy and out of touch for ploughing through questions from Victoria Derbyshire such as: “Are you okay with making people worse off?”

A little human touch would go a long way in helping ministers sell the “moral case” for Labour’s welfare reforms.

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Ryan Thomas @ryanjthomas.bsky.social · Mar 19

The way this commonly shakes out is you see a sentence that describes a finding unique to a particular study followed by (Author) or (Citation withheld for blind review). And this is somehow de-identifying?!?!?!? Make it make sense

Ryan Thomas @ryanjthomas.bsky.social · Mar 19

I don’t know what journal editors are out there telling authors to remove references to their own work by replacing the in-text citation with (Author) but they need to be launched into the sun, it’s bad practice and makes the author more likely to be identified

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andy™ @andylevy.net · Mar 13

at this point amy schumer would be a better minority leader

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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · Mar 1

The hypocrisy is so glaringly obvious and yet it's still worth calling it out:

Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding

Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.

www.washingtonpost.com

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · Feb 28

Most notable line in Dodds’ resignation letter might be this: “I also expected we would collectively discuss our fiscal rules and approach to taxation”.

First public cabinet dissent on economic policy.

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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · Feb 17

One advantage to the current political moment is that it brings into focus larger power structures that are typically invisible or mystified. A billionaire-owned media system is a policy failure and a threat to democracy.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · Feb 17

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Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order

The Washington Post this week backed out of a “Fire Elon Musk” advertising order that was to run as a wrap on some of its Tuesday editions, according to the advocacy group Common Cause. The group …

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · Feb 26

"It’s a familiar Silicon Valley mindset, the reason startups are forever reinventing a bus, or a bodega, or mail. It’s the implacable certainty that if you’re smart at one thing you must be smart at all of the things." www.wired.com/story/doge-i...

The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug

A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get.

www.wired.com

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · Feb 26

"replace toner"? no, Brother, the toner cartridge is getting pulled out and immediately shoved right back in. you print until the pages come out blank

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Ryan Thomas @ryanjthomas.bsky.social · Feb 26

Basically want his own opinions repeated back to him

Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · Feb 26

SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · Feb 26

Bezos emailing all Amazon MGM Studios employees to dictate that the next James Bond will be bald and wear a vest

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · Feb 26

All those billions and Jeff Bezos still can't afford dignity

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · Feb 26

At least the rich guys around the turn of the 20th built libraries and stuff as extracurriculars. The guys today seem largely focused on being upset that some people find them obnoxious

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Feb 26

REMINDER: Jeff Bezos knows nothing about journalism and paid way more for his yacht than the Washington Post.

To him, they are both toys

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Feb 26

Bezos destroying the post opinion pages is just another reminder: Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · Feb 26

Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many.

Massive encroachment by Jeff Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section today - makes clear dissenting views will not be published or tolerated there

I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side of coverage, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · Feb 26

New: Jeff Bezos emailed staff at the Washington Post this morning announcing that the Post opinion pages going forward were largely going to focus on defending personal liberties and free markets. Current opinion section editor David Shipley is out.

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · Feb 26

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