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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · 7d

📢 🗞️ Published today: #DisarmingDisinformation🇺🇸 -

💡 86% of Americans have seen or heard journalists being harassed or abused online, indicating a normalisation of such attacks and reflecting unprecedented political targeting of the U.S. press.

Read the full study: www.icfj.org/disarming-di...

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 13

“In Haiti, people are looking for ‘glory days’ — and the glory days [back then] was a dictatorship.”
Garry Pierre-Pierre on how authoritarian nostalgia is weaponized at a #ZEG2025 panel alongside @antelava.bsky.social‬ and Jillian Green, moderated by @julieposetti.bsky.social‬ .

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Mar 18

🔊 ❗️JUST PUBLISHED: Our first report from the Disarming Disinformation project, a five country (🇧🇷 🇬🇪 🇿🇦 🇵🇭 🇺🇸) study of journalistic responses and public perceptions. 🚀 First off the blocks is Brazil report, which should resonate strongly with 🇺🇸 journalists. www.icfj.org/news/disarmi...

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Mar 2

This, from @bruceshapiro.bsky.social on another platform, is one of the most cogent reflections I’ve read from an American about that horrendous Oval Office “episode”. The second sentence resonates most acutely for me.

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Mar 2

Back to the future. All over again. Dr Seuss’ 1941 cartoon seems ever more prescient.

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Feb 5

WORD ⚔️ : “And if ever we needed a saga of a woman dispatching the pernicious, encroaching forces of evil, it would be now!” ⚔️ variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Why a ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Revival Is So Exciting — and So Terrifying

The return of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with Sarah Michelle Gellar is at once a thrilling and terrifying idea.

variety.com

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Dec 21

Happy 21st of December - it’s #GravyDay! Named for Paul Kelly’s iconic Australian Christmas song “How to Make Gravy”, this day inevitably turns my 🇦🇺 home sickness into tears. Every character and Christmas cracker of a cultural narrative nugget in this song resonates youtu.be/iYqIF2XkqKU

Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (Official Video)

YouTube video by Paul Kelly

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Dec 15

Conflict, catastrophe & converging crises. How to make sense of the global chaos? codastory.bsky.social joins the dots between the ousting of Assad, Russia’s capture of Georgia, the war in Ukraine & Trump’s election. Live online today @ 1700 GMT - register here 👉🏻 www.eventbrite.com/e/coda-live-...

CODA LIVE: The Perfect Storm

Join us for a live journalism event bringing together voices from Damascus, Tbilisi, Kyiv and Washington DC.

www.eventbrite.com

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Natalia Antelava @antelava.bsky.social · Dec 4

“First, I was protesting with my friends, but I wanted to do more.”

Meet Nestan, 14 year old documenting the Georgia protests.

So much wisdom and such incredible images. So proud that we get to publish it

Follow @codastory.bsky.social for more coverage

www.codastory.com/rewriting-hi...

I’m 14, photographing the violent protests in Georgia. The EU dream is slipping away - Coda Story

Nestan is a 14-year old Georgian high school student who has spent nearly a year photographing demonstrations in Tbilisi, Georgia. Since the Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, announced that ...

www.codastory.com

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Mel Bunce @melbunce.bsky.social · Dec 4

Donald Trump’s re-election has chilling implications for journalism - from attacks and threats to defunding public media. @julieposetti.bsky.social Kaylee Williams & I set out some of the challenges: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the threat to press freedom

A second term for Trump has chilling implications for critical independent journalism and the media the industry

www.theguardian.com

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Dec 5

Thanks Emma. I’ve been lurking here for 18 months but finally getting around to putting a little effort in 😉

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Nov 30

Where is the 🤣 reax?

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Nov 28

This is starting to feel a lot (more) like Early Twitter (hello, BTW!!)

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · Nov 27

By which I mean, I'm pretty sure traffic from
@bsky.app to @theguardian.com is *significantly* higher than the very obvious 2x that of Threads

This post brought to you by a reply to @mkarolian.bsky.social on Threads, where it has had just 105 engagements, as opposed to the 18k+ here

Matt Karolian @mkarolian.bsky.social · Nov 26

Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · Nov 27

while Bluesky traffic is already 2x that of Threads, that's on a straight l.threads.net vs bsky.app referral comparison. BUT! 75-80% of tracked referral from owned Bluesky account posts is NOT being attributed to @bsky.app, so I'm certain organic traffic would be undercounting by that much as well

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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · Nov 27

Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads

In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Nov 25

Sending cheerful, hopeful vibes from the Cape of Good Hope [AKA the Cape of Storms] 🇿🇦 with @mariaressa.bsky.social & @dailymaverick.bsky.social’s Branko Brkic. Pinning this image, from a sunny Sunday Cape Town roadtrip, at the front of my mind to remind me what we’re fighting for in dark times.

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International Center for Journalists @icfjorg.bsky.social · Nov 22

What could a second Trump presidency mean for journalists? Read ICFJ Deputy VP of Global Research @julieposetti.bsky.social, Research Associate Kaylee Williams and Mel Bunce’s answer: theconversation.com/how-trumps-w...

How Trump’s war on the media is expected to ramp up in his second term

Donald Trump has suggested he could cancel broadcast licenses, and jail journalists once he gets back into office.

theconversation.com

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Nov 21

To review:

ATTORNEY GENERAL: Allegedly paid for sex with multiple women and a 17-year-old girl

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: Allegedly raped a woman at a conference in 2017

SECRETARY OF HHS: Allegedly sexually assaulted his kids’ baby sitter

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Nov 21

This a shocking development.

Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Nov 21

“Violence takes the worst of us and peace takes the best of us”- Matthews Phosa, a key ANC official who negotiated the birth of South Africa’s democracy. “Mandela told us ‘Don’t be bitter - you must rise above your bitterness & pain…there must be a common victory for the negotiators.’” #WM12Assembly

Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Nov 21

@antelava.bsky.social @mariaressa.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Peter is on fire 🔥 In Johannesburg

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Nov 21

At the #WM12Assembly in Johannesburg 🇿🇦, @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social describes the Russian disinformation tactic of destroying the “psychological infrastructure” of democracy by seeding the desire for a strongman leader to “save us” from all the chaos and confusion (fed by the disinformation swamp)

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Nov 20

Trump just tweeted this link with “REPUBLICANS MUST KILL THIS BILL!” He’s really going to go after journalists.

PBS News Hour | Political divisions threaten bill to protect press freedom | Season 2024

How political divisions are threatening a bipartisan bill to protect press freedom

www.pbs.org

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Julie Posetti @julieposetti.bsky.social · Nov 20

“The more information you have, the more you are in the know and the more you are free” - clarion testimony from jailed news publisher and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai in a Hong Kong 🇭🇰 court today. He faces a potential life sentence #FreeJimmyLai www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Jimmy Lai trial: key points from media mogul’s testimony on first day

Detained pro-democracy activist spoke for first time about charges against him under Hong Kong national security law

www.theguardian.com

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