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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Our new paper out today - suggesting politician’s (mistaken) beliefs about the media may be influencing aid policy.

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Bittersweet to have won ISA's Best Book in International Communication,together with @martinscott2010.bsky.social & @melbunce.bsky.social for Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America (OUP 2024). Huge honour, but we would have loved things to have got better, not worse.

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Department of Journalism, City St George's University of London @journalismatcity.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

What did it look like the first time Trump tried to capture the media - and what does it tell us about what's coming next? global.oup.com/academic/pro... by @katewright.bsky.social @martinscott2010.bsky.social @melbunce.bsky.social

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Mark Leon Goldberg @markleongoldberg.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I love "solutions journalism." This is a style of journalism that focuses on what worked to solve a problem. I often combine it with a global focus, leading to what @martinscott2010.bsky.social dubbed "humanitarian journalism."

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

"Baltic countries lead the way in supporting #mediafreedom internationally, according to new index"

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Its out! Our new Index on International Media Freedom Support (IMFS) - which ranks 30 countries on how actively they support #mediafreedom beyond their borders through diplomatic, funding and safety initiatives. Key findings here: jdem.org/the-imfs-ind... Full report here: jdem.org/wp-content/u...

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

On 24th October, we are launching a new #Index on International Media Freedom Support (IMFS) - which evaluates and ranks countries based on their support for #mediafreedom globally. It highlights well performing states in #diplomacy #funding + #safety + some concerning trends lnkd.in/e_gC_Q-m

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

📢 Job alert! Our school is hiring a Teaching Fellow in Global Development. 🗓️ 6-month post starting Jan 2026 💰 £38,784–£46,049 🌍 Focus: Geography & Global Development 🧭 Includes UK field course on legacies of empire Apply by 22 Sept 2025: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/17...

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Our own @martinscott2010.bsky.social has published a new policy brief for the #G20, calling for stronger support for independent, diverse, and financially viable media. Part of the #M20 initiative ahead of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg. Read it here: media20.org/wp-content/u...

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🎪 Heading to #LatitudeFestival? Catch UEA @martinscott2010.bsky.social (DEV) & Anshuman Mondal (Literature) on Sunday at 14:20 at The Listening Post. They’ll talk Freedoms in a Fractured World—a vital convo on free speech, #media & #democracy. Read more: www.latitudefestival.com/artists/uea-...

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Artist | UEA: Freedoms of Speech in a Fractured World

UEA: Freedoms of Speech in a Fractured World

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

"Frontex collected personal data for years through covert interrogations of migrants after their arrival in Europe that lacked basic legal guarantees" Apostolis Fotiadis, @stavinoha.bsky.social + Lola Hierro expose another scandal involving Frontex and migrants' rights elpais.com/internaciona...

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Honoured that Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and @voanews.com.web.brid.gy was a finalist for the @aejmc.bsky.social prestigious Tankard award. @melbunce.bsky.social @martinscott2010.bsky.social and I are delighted. Our hearty congratulations to @gwynmell.bsky.social!

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Only 17% of articles in the Journal of Communication (1961-2016) are qualitative! What?!

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Thrilled to have received the "honourable mention" (runner up place) from the Journalism Studies division of #ICA2025, together with longstanding coauthors @martinscott2010.bsky.social + @melbunce.bsky.social. Our hearty congratulations to the overall winner @ruthmoon.bsky.social!

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Not many of these posts around at the moment, so a big opportunity...

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

*NEW ARTICLE*: What do #journalists think of the international media freedom campaigns that aim to support them – like the #MediaFreedomCoalition - and how might their perspectives help us better understand the impacts of such initiatives? We try to answer here... ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Just found out that our book - "Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and Voice of America" has been shortlisted for the MeCCSA Monograph of the Year award. @newsprof1.bsky.social + @melbunce.bsky.social See here for all the shortlisted articles/books www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outst...

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Julián Posada @posada.website · 16/04/2025

Consider submitting a paper to our workshop “AI x Crisis: Tracing New Directions Beyond Deployment and Use,” which will take place at the Aarhus Conference (Critical Action, Theory, and Practice in Computing) on August 18-19! More information: sites.google.com/view/ai-x-cr...

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AI X Crisis: Tracing New Directions beyond Deployment and Use

Overview Faced with multiple, intersecting crises, numerous computing technologies have emerged and interacted with the crises. Amidst the growing prominence of AI, the discourses on AI-related harms ...

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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 03/05/2025

#WorldPressFreedomDay: Africans want a media that watches over government. Check out @afrobarometer.bsky.social’s latest survey in this week’s issue of The Continent.

Africans back the media’s right to bite

‘Media should scrutinise government’ vs ‘Media should avoid negative reporting’ 39 African countries | 2021/2023

Africans want democracy (66%), with competing political parties (64%). They want Parliament to make the laws (69%) and to monitor how the president spends taxpayers’ money (66%).

Even more, they want an independent watchdog: On average across 39 countries, 72% of Africans say the media “should constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption”.

It’s the majority view in every surveyed country. Only a quarter (26%) of respondents say too much negative reporting is damaging for the country, though this rises above a third in Côte d’Ivoire (34%), São Tomé and Príncipe (34%), Zimbabwe (35%), Cameroon (36%), Sudan (40%), Senegal (42%), and Mozambique (43%).

This year, two of the above made ugly headlines: Mozambican journalist Arlindo Chissale died after being beaten by security forces, and Zimbabwean journalist Watson Flexy Munyaka died after being thrown out of a moving vehicle. These incidents serve as chilling reminders, on this World Press Freedom Day (3 May), that even with strong public backing, too often the watchdogs have to watch their backs.

#AfricanMedia #TheContinent #MediaFreedom

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

This is such a clear, compelling account of the collapse of democracy in the US. I strongly recommend listening

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

We are looking for a Teaching Fellow in #GlobalDevelopment with a particular focus on #Media and #Communication Deadline: 20th May 2025. Start Date: 1 Sept 2025 for 11 months See here for more details about the role - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT311/t... Please share with anyone who might be interested

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Conservation in a Connected World 🌍 DEV’s Rachel Carmenta recently presented her Connected Conservation model (Biological Conservation, 2024) at @zslofficial.bsky.social Science and Conservation Event, exploring how #conservation must address wealth as a root driver of #climate crises.

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

New #OpenAccess #BookChapter Alert! 🔓📚 Interested in intergenerational #learning and decolonising #literacy? Check out the work by DEV Anuprita Shukla exploring how Nepal & India are rewriting literacy traditions across generations. Part of the UNESCO edited collection on family learning.

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

New study alert 📄 Associate Professor David Girling (DEV-UEA) & Deborah Adesina analyse 589 UK charity mail images: • 51% depict Africa • 59% feature Global South women/children • Reveals gaps in family representation Full report: charity-advertising.co.uk/wp-content/u...

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International Broadcasting Trust @ibtrust.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

New Report Published! We're happy to release Small World, written by @martinscott2010.bsky.social Prof. Scott looked at the range of international coverage on the public service channels between 2023-24. Some of the results were expected. Others were surprising and alarming. Read more below 👇

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Small World - International factual programming on public service channels

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the UK’s Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) in covering global events through current affairs and other factual programmes on television channels. To a...

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I've got a new report out today - on international factual programming on UK TV in 2023-24. Key finding: Travelogues dominate (58%) and 'male, stale and pale' presenters feature very heavily. Covered nicely in The Times - www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art... Full report: ibt.org.uk/reports/smal...

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Got views on how humanitarianism should be improved? Contribute to this deliberative democracy tool...

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Ben Parker @benparker140.eurosky.social · 01/04/2025

Eg about the process of reform: “The existing aid system does a good job of saving lives and alleviating suffering. Whilst reform is needed now is not the time.” “Knee-jerk reform triggered by current instabilities won't help. We need a clear future state in mind based on solid foresight work.”

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Join the 2500 people who have taken our free online course...

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Free 4-week course: Why Media Matters for Global Development? @publicmedia.bsky.social Content covers: - Media representations of poverty, inequality, and development - Participatory and community media - Social media’s role in development campaigns Enroll now: www.futurelearn.com/courses/medi...

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Ben Parker @benparker140.eurosky.social · 30/03/2025

Join this collaborative consultation experiment on the future of humanitarian aid: pol.is/6ar9hfisje

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🌍 FREE 5-week #FutureLearn course: "What is Global Development?" Explore development through Nairobi's lens: - Media & trade - Urban challenges - Migration & economics Perfect prep for Global Development degrees! futurelearn.com/courses/global-development [Photos: Brian Otieno & David Girling]

Motorway in Nairobi with a bus on the right hand side and a lorry on the left hand side facing the camera

Painting of a brown fist on a wall over a saying AMREF Health Centre

Female artist is signing a paper in her studio

People collecting things from a mountain of waste

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Gender & Development: Debates for a Changing World - registrations are open! Call for papers: Abstracts due 4 April 2025 Register: store.uea.ac.uk/conferences-...

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Josh Braun @joshbraun.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Posting for no particular reason. global.oup.com/academic/pro... #commsky #VOA

Cover image from "Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America" by Kate Wright, Martin Scott, and Mel Bunce

The cover is red-orange and features an illustration in near-silhouette. A man in a suit is running frantically out of frame as a giant arm reaches out to drop a bird cage over him.

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Heartening to hear of a Czech-led initiative - supported by more than half a dozen European countries - to seek new funding to rescue Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - after the US cut funding. "Countries have started talks to find a way to see what we can do" www.politico.eu/article/amer...

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Inside the scramble to save America’s pro-democracy media outlets from Trump

In ending media mission Washington will be “ceding territory to the Russians, the Iranians and the Chinese,” says Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty CEO.

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

"A pattern emerged in which newsroom managers and senior management were stifling press freedom stories as part of what appeared to be a broader effort... to stay under the radar and avoid being targeted. Anticipatory obedience seemed to be the name of the game—and unsurprisingly, it failed"

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

"The number one ranked radio broadcaster in the 2024 Asia Power Index? The Voice of America, by a considerable margin, accounting for more than half of all online interest in the largest foreign radio broadcasters"

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Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Good to see this interim curriculum review report highlight, "The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and trends in digital information demand heightened media literacy and critical thinking, as well as digital skills"

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I posted this about #VOA back in Dec, about a book written before the US elex. Feels like time to repost. I don't know if the current US govt just wants to end the network, stack it with partisans, or make something new. Either way, #mediafreedom watchers should be paying close attention.

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Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The contempt #Trump shows for the Voice of America is mind-boggling given that it is a tremendous national asset. For context I highly recommend this book 👇 by @newsprof1.bsky.social @martinscott2010.bsky.social & @melbunce.bsky.social

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Laura Gamboa @lgamboa.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

US soft power aside, VOA is full of brave journalists that fought hard and creatively against government capture during Trump's first administration. I strongly recommend @newsprof1.bsky.social, @melbunce.bsky.social & @martinscott2010.bsky.social's book on this topic global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 06/03/2025

America may suffer for turning on Europe. “There is a price to pay when imperial powers turn allies into enemies,” writes Michael Ignatieff. www.prospectmagazine...

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As America retreats, Europe must step up

An unstable world order, divided between competing superpowers, will force all other nations to make tough choices

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Kent State University Press @ksupress.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

With Voice of America back in the headlines, a reminder that @newsguy.bsky.social's book "Behind the White House Curtain"—a reflection on covering the presidency for VOA—is now available. bookshop.org/p/books/behi...

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Behind the White House Curtain: A Senior Journalist's Story of Covering the President--And Why It Matters

A Senior Journalist's Story of Covering the President--And Why It Matters

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