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Letrell Deshan Crittenden

@letrellcrittenden.bsky.social
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Director of the Center for Community-Engaged Media, Temple University

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NPR @npr.org · 18/04/2025
The new page emphatically promotes a theory that many scientists question. Meanwhile, basic information about COVID testing and vaccines has disappeared.
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'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites
The new page emphatically promotes a theory that many scientists question. Meanwhile, basic information about COVID testing and vaccines has disappeared.
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 27/03/2025
Robert W. McChesney for decades wrote about the ways our idealized vision of a “free press” was actually hampered by the power of big business, the wealthy, and government.
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Robert W. McChesney, America’s leading left-wing critic of corporate media, has died
After studying the early days of radio, McChesney developed a holistic critique of media structures that exposed how open they were to manipulation by those in power.
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Sam Ragland (she/her) @samragland.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
🤔 Who's doing community journalism right? Is engagement really sustainable? How does it help keep our doors open??? These questions prompted our director of community engagement @letrellcrittenden.bsky.social to write this case study on @publicsource.org. americanpressinstitute.org/how-publicso...
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Unapologetically Inclusive: How PublicSource made community-centered journalism a newsroom-wide effort - American Press Institute
Want a prediction for 2025 and beyond? Newsrooms focused on diversity and inclusion before 2020 will continue leading the way in promoting journalism that serves all members of society. Among that gro...
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Anita Varma @anitawrites.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
“Through solidarity practices, mainstream media has a chance to achieve what it has always claimed to contribute to society: truthful reporting based on what is happening on the ground, to real people, in real time – and with real impact.” theconversation.com/mainstream-m...
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Mainstream media faces a credibility crisis – my journalism research shows how the news can still serve the public
Legacy newsrooms have lost their audiences. Could a radical transformation in how they practice journalism make the industry relevant again?
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 04/12/2024
A student reporter at Stanford embedded with pro-Palestinian protesters. Cops arrested him alongside them, which he knew was a risk. What he didn't expect: Stanford pushing prosecutors to charge him criminally with burglary, vandalism, and conspiracy—all felonies. www.cjr.org/getting-the-...
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Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters?
Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
My center officially has a Bluesky account! If you want to learn more about the intersections between media, democracy, technology, policy, and social justice - or are into community engaged research you can follow us at: @mic-center.bsky.social
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Jim MacMillan (he/him) @jimmacmillan.com · 03/12/2024
Register now and log in next week!
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Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard @niemanfoundation.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Reporting on Empty
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Reporting on Empty – Nieman Reports
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Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Please donate so that we can continue doing the work we are already doing well and build on it into the future! baltimorebeat.com?form=FUNDGBL...
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Perceptions broken? YES! Reality: Crime at 5 decade low & economy strong. Are Americans’ perceptions of the economy & crime broken? www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/are-... Election "showed that our evaluations of external reality are increasingly partisan" and have nothing to do with facts.
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Are Americans’ perceptions of the economy and crime broken?
This election cycle showed that our evaluations of external reality are increasingly partisan. Can the media bridge the gap?
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Jim MacMillan (he/him) @jimmacmillan.com · 27/11/2024
Reducing the number of people shot in Philadelphia to 1,093 during the past 365 days is hardly an occasion to celebrate but I am still feeling #thankful to everyone working in gun violence prevention and for the sharp downward trend now heading into its third year: www.pcgvr.org/philadelphia...
Graphic shows dramatic decrease in Philadelphia shooting victims.
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Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting @pcgvr.org · 26/11/2024
The Association of Health Care Journalists -- @ahcj.bsky.social -- took a look at our most recent research last summer and reported: healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/07...
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Philly news stations use harmful tactics to report on firearm violence, studies say
Philadelphia stations often overreport mass shootings, shootings involving children and in wealthier areas with majority white residents.
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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Capital B’s mission is clear: to provide coverage that reflects the real experiences of Black communities. With your donation matched today, help us make every story count. capitalbnews.fundjournalism.org/donate/?camp
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I switch to CNN, and what do I see but this: Without polls to put on the big board for making predictions, they use betting pools to set odds for confirmation. No! It is not your job to predict. Stop.
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Molly de Aguiar @mollydea.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
IPMF will be announcing some new grants today - stay tuned! 👀
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 20/11/2024
Diversity programs that focus on a single group often underperform. Successful initiatives educate about the value of all differences and are part of broader company efforts against intolerance buff.ly/3APY88r (Study by Yekaterina Bezrukova, University at Buffalo) #diversity #DEI #BlackSky
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Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely
Diversity training programs work best, our research shows, when they form part of a broader, ongoing company effort against intolerance.
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 19/11/2024
“It’s slower to build audience through events, through in-person promotions like postering…through our network of partners,” she said. But “those audience[s] tends to be much more loyal and much more engaged.”
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The Green Line creates local news for the people turning away from “big-J journalism”
The Green Line combines events, explainers, and solutions to appeal to young Torontonians.
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Amy L. Kovac-Ashley @terabithia4.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Thanks, @lizkellynelson.bsky.social, for this look at a recent @pewresearch.org study on news influencers. Among the findings is how many younger folks are turning to influencers not just for news but to understand the world around them. projectc.substack.com/p/pew-finds-...
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Pew finds 'news infuencers' overwhelmingly men, white and right-leaning
I Read the Study So You Don’t Have To: A new Pew Study finds 4 in 10 Americans under 30 getting news from influencers
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Letrell Deshan Crittenden @letrellcrittenden.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
What would happen if journalists didn’t think they needed to keep politicians happy and focused on instead on the needs of the communities they serve? What if we covered communities first, and only focused on politicians as needed? There is another way to do this. Center communities, not power.
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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 18/11/2024
Until circa 1980, elite colleges were actually getting more economically diverse. Kids from poor families were getting in at increasing rates, and the advantages of wealth were shrinking. Then it all went into reverse.
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 18/11/2024
Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization
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Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization
A new Pew Research Center report also found nearly 40% of U.S. adults under 30 regularly get news from news influencers.
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Letrell Deshan Crittenden @letrellcrittenden.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I’ve never seen so many posts about a boxing match in my life. They are still popping up.
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Letrell Deshan Crittenden @letrellcrittenden.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
One thought. There is one thing that could dramatically change the vibes of this platform. Certain sports sites and personalities leaving Twitter and moving here. They would bring a different audience than what is emerging here.
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Letrell Deshan Crittenden @letrellcrittenden.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Welcome fellow members of the Great Skygration
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Letrell Deshan Crittenden @letrellcrittenden.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Ahh. So the posts on this site are only mildly less depressing and anxiety-producing that Twitter. I’ll take it. Small victories.
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