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Jason Martin

@jasonmartin.bsky.social
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DePaul journalism & media law professor

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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
#NeverForget blockclubchi.co/4mai9ZX
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21 Years Later, Dave Matthews Bus Poop Incident Makes Chicagoans Laugh — And Groan
Dave Matthews’ tour bus emptied its 800-pound septic tank on people taking a cruise 21 years ago this week. The DMB poop incident is "now old enough to drink," one social media post pointed out.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Chicago pope
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
20 years in the making!
Student loans paid off
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Sara Bareilles, Love Song. All-time grocery store banger.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
AEJMC friends, I'm running for AEJMC PF&R Committee. If you see a ballot link in your inbox and can take a minute, I'd appreciate your vote!
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Tough day for Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Can't ever really re-watch much of Curb Your Enthusiasm at this point.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Herren volk shit
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
1 week ago
Headline from AP on Trump gutting aviation safety commiter
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Chasing points before the 4th quarter rarely pays off
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Chasing points before the 4th quarter rarely pays off
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The House is Great
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
35 years ago today... a brand-new record for 1990.
TMBG Flood
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Greathouse. In the middle of our street.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
In the arms of Angeli
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Merry Christmas 2024
Merry Christmas 2024
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Fun time of year where I am punished with roughly 20 emails per hour from every company I've ever divulged my email for a $5 discount.
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I get why journalists are reticent to try to port a following to a new platform—I was, and I still post my work everywhere—but if your career is predicated on people clicking your links and engaging with your work, this site is the only one not actively working against that.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
How Innovation Keeps an Activist Ugandan News Site Ahead of the Government www.cjr.org/world/how-in...
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How Innovation Keeps an Activist Ugandan News Site Ahead of the Government
Reporting that pops up in different media, documents as proof, and crowdsourced investigations have revealed corruption.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
What will a second Trump term mean for the Freedom of Information Act www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/what...
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What will a second Trump term mean for the Freedom of Information Act?
The law itself is likely to stand, but experts expect a surge in requests, longer delays, and more court dates.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Another great starter pack 👇
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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The United States now has: • 45,020 reporters • 275,550 public relations specialists For every reporter, there are now six PR people. (data via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
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Amy Kristin Sanders @amykristinsanders.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
To be clear, it's not just the government who is an increasing threat to independent journalism. Rich people—from Peter Thiel to Elon Musk to Maury Blackman—are doing their best to sue news organization's out of existence.
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Anatomy of a censorship campaign: A tech exec's crusade to stifle journalism
Tactics used by businessman against reporting he dislikes are increasingly common. Here’s how reporters can be prepared and fight back
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 11/11/2024
Hard to describe as a journalist how grateful I am to have a text-based app that does not suppress hyperlinks. I don’t know if people realize exactly how hostile the corporate internet has gotten toward news.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
2024’s other big loser? The mainstream media. Is there any path forward? www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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2024’s other big loser? The mainstream media. Is there any path forward? | Will Bunch
As an electorate besieged by disinformation turned to Trump, trust in traditional media has imploded. What comes next?
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Bad News: Legacy media must compete against a choose-your-own-adventure reality www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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The Media’s Identity Crisis
Legacy media must compete against a choose-your-own-adventure reality.
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Amy Kristin Sanders @amykristinsanders.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
If we want meaningful oversight of a second Trump administration, the lame-duck Congress needs to act quickly to pass the PRESS Act, which will protect journalists from government surveillance and from court orders to reveal their confidential sources. #1A #journalism
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Frequently asked questions about the PRESS Act
The bill to protect journalist-source confidentiality that passed the House last week is the most important press freedom bill in modern times
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Twitter has lost nearly one-fifth of its daily active user base in the U.S. and a whopping one-third in the UK.  mashable.com/article/elon...
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Elon Musk's X is losing users in the U.S., UK, and EU. X's own data proves it.
The former Twitter continues its decline under Musk.
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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 09/11/2024
Welcome to all the new folks incoming. I hope this means people are cutting The Bad Place loose. I've got a starter pack for folks either in journalism/mass comm academia or who are adjacent to it. Some great folks here, and if you'd like to be included please @ me!
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Journalism & Mass Comm Academics
Join the conversation
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
DePaul men's basketball 2-0. Next one matches last year's win total!
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity www.cjr.org/opinion/wald...
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Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity
His conflicts of interests are insurmountable. He can take a heroic path to strengthen journalism.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Gannett’s gag order on local journalism -- orders no presidential endorsements firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/gannett...
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Gannett's gag order on local journalism
Editorial editors in local markets largely do extraordinary work, striving daily to reflect their communities’ concerns. Endorsements are made by editorial boards, which often include local residents....
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Loss of jobs in newspapers is the single largest drop in all industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Percentage wise, the industry’s losses are the fourth greatest among OEWS sectors, on par with manufacturers of cassette tapes and DVDs. www.niemanlab.org/2024/10/medi...
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Medill’s 2024 State of Local News report expands what it qualifies as local news — and asks readers to point out what it missed
This year's report documents "network local news sites" like Patch and Axios Local for the first time.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Great to have Greg Pratt on campus this evening talking about his book on the Lori Lightfoot administration.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
34 years ago tonight
Pearl Jam set list
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
My ★★★ review of Ad Astra on Letterboxd boxd.it/7AjMCP
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A ★★★ review of Ad Astra (2019)
Visually stunning, but a couple beats too slow on pacing until we get to the stowaway part thats right out of Moonraker. Wish I had seen this on the biggest screen available. I didn't care for the Pit...
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
We should bring back #FollowFriday on here tomorrow like Twitter days of yore. Accepting follow recs.
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
30 years ago today
Pearl Jam Vs. Album cover
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Are we at a tipping point over here?
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 08/08/2023
19 years ago....
Dave Matthews Chicago River "incident" Wikipedia article screenshot
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 04/07/2023
Happy FOIA Day
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Jason Martin @jasonmartin.bsky.social · 28/06/2023
SPJ MMJ safety guidelines www.spj.org/safety-mmj.asp
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Reporting Safely and Ethically
Being a journalist can be rough, especially during times of turmoil. While the most difficult situations for journalists have historically been covering war zones, recent events prove journalists in t...
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