newsprof1.bsky.social
Academic Lead of Media and Comms Research Cluster at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
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Tagging @freedom.press @rcfp.org @freedomhouse.bsky.social @pressfreedomtracker.us @pressfreedom.bsky.social @knightcolumbia.org @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
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A shorter background is here: theconversation.com/voice-of-ame...
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Anyone wanting to understand the background to this can read what happened in the last Trump administration here: academic.oup.com/book/57598
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Thanks for your reporting on this @davidenrich.bsky.social Would you like me to email you a pdf or hard copy of our book on this? Might be useful background DM me if so academic.oup.com/book/57598
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I know it's hard to flip to hybrid for so many panels, but I think it would be responsible now, if at all possible.
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Thanks. That means a lot from you. You write heavyweight intellectual books like gripping page turners. I've always admired that.
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Hi there - can you repost the link to the Global Governance job? I know someone might be interested
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Honoured! And funny - I was just recommending your work to @dkreiss.bsky.social the other day.
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Thanks!
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Tagging #commsky
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Honoured to be in such good company! Thank you for your interest in our work.
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Thanks Gary
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@pressfreedom.bsky.social
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Tagging @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
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Tagging @benrosamond1.bsky.social @martinscott2010.bsky.social @melbunce.bsky.social
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Tagging @publicmedia.bsky.social
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Honestly, this world leading, interdisciplinary scholar has more letters after her name than I can keep track of. And *still* manages to build community, support and guide more junior researchers with enthusiasm, care and good humour. What a human being...
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Might be how it plays out for you? Great to hear you have identified a strength tho. Keep looking for 'em! My ADHD family members are sensitive, enthusiastic, great at finding fun/variety and deeply loyal. Also BIG believers in fairness and justice. Waving pom poms for you!
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What's your ADHD superpower?
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But on the plus side, I'm not dead, right? And I'm a great interviewer because I watch people really, really closely. I can (usually, not always) see when to shut up because there is more they want to say and are just waiting until they feel brave enough. Differently Abled really is A Thing.
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Not silly at all. I mistyped. I lost half the frequencies I need for speech, mostly the consonants at the beginning of words. It looks like a "bite" off a hearing chart as those nerve endings are dead.
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Ah bless you, I never got that. I got "doesn't listen" "arrogant", "inconsiderate" and various shades of "too intense/too much" (staring hard to lipread or a bit tuned out because so tired). Double hearing aids and other devices were revolutionary. They don't "fix" everything but really help.
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When are you coming to Scotland? ;)
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It took me awhile to realise I wasn't inherently flawed by getting so tired. And then there's all the labels that others put on you because they don't understand. It took me some time to "unpick" all of that and build back better. I can imagine it's like that with ADHD too?
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I had childhood meningitis as a child and lost 50 per cent of the frequencies. Like you, it took me a long time to work out why some things are so hard. It's hard to explain but I didn't realise my brain was 'filling in the gaps' by lipreading.
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That's great to hear. Not knowing why must be so tough (and damaging for self esteem). One of my family members finds these very helpful in noisy environments like schools, if that is useful to you. Takes the "spiky" edge off sound without reducing audibility www.flareaudio.com
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I hear you. It looks really exhausting, even just as a family member. Are there places/spaces you can go and people you can be with where you feel understood and don't have to mask any more?
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And remember, us NTs need your different way of thinking/being. It's valuable. Diversity is strength.
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Hey friend, lots of neurodiversity in my family. Congratulations on having the courage (and persistence) to get diagnosed. Family members have found meds transformative, once they got the right kind/level sorted. Hope it brings you peace and progress.
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I would love to have a job where I was allowed to be that incompetent some days.
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I hope our paths cross at some point!
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Ooh that looks really interesting - thanks for flagging!
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@carolecadwalla.bsky.social @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
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Thanks for flagging the link to crypto. Just at the beginning of my read-in on this.