Brian Delaney, PhD
@briandelaney.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Research: Cognitive apprenticeships in journalism contexts
Interests: Media research, Philly sports, #TrustTheProcess
Research: Cognitive apprenticeships in journalism contexts
Interests: Media research, Philly sports, #TrustTheProcess
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Looking for recommendations: Who is producing consistently strong coverage of prep sports in your area? Individuals, sports sections, entire operations, doesn’t matter. If it’s quality I’m interested.
Journalism folks: I’m having some trouble finding explanatory reporting pieces breaking down potential impact of medicaid cuts on people with disabilities. Any recommendations?
June 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Journalism folks: I’m having some trouble finding explanatory reporting pieces breaking down potential impact of medicaid cuts on people with disabilities. Any recommendations?
I don’t care if their source is Trump himself. One anonymous source does not - and cannot - cut it. Get it confirmed and stop being so damn reckless.
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I don’t care if their source is Trump himself. One anonymous source does not - and cannot - cut it. Get it confirmed and stop being so damn reckless.
Reposted by Brian Delaney, PhD
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
www.npr.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
The GOP and its RW media apparatus understands this too, which is why they spend so much time working to discredit her.
CNN: A new poll gives us a sense of who Democrats and Democratic leaning voters think best aligns with the party's core values. And that's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
March 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The GOP and its RW media apparatus understands this too, which is why they spend so much time working to discredit her.
So fighting pollution is woke also? I can’t keep track anymore.
March 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So fighting pollution is woke also? I can’t keep track anymore.
One thing I detest about AI is how it's diminishing my capacity to believe in great student work. A student turned in a fabulous first draft, and instead of enjoying their moment of brilliance, I find myself skeptically wondering if they used AI. I hate that that's my instinctive response now.
March 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
One thing I detest about AI is how it's diminishing my capacity to believe in great student work. A student turned in a fabulous first draft, and instead of enjoying their moment of brilliance, I find myself skeptically wondering if they used AI. I hate that that's my instinctive response now.
Just my perspective: Not happy with the Bezos op-ed announcement, but I would discourage anyone from dropping their WAPO sub at this time. The news desk is still churning out excellent political journalism, and that work if anything is what will ultimately induce change.
March 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Just my perspective: Not happy with the Bezos op-ed announcement, but I would discourage anyone from dropping their WAPO sub at this time. The news desk is still churning out excellent political journalism, and that work if anything is what will ultimately induce change.
Just to be clear, Jeff, pigeonholing your op-ed page into publishing one perspective while eliminating room for dissent actually fails to align with your “I’m American derp love America derp freedom America patriot derp freedom” bullshit position.
The Washington Post's billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, announced a sweeping new libertarian vision for the paper's opinion sections on Wednesday, leading editor to quit.
NPR spoke to half a dozen people involved.
www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...
NPR spoke to half a dozen people involved.
www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...
Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just to be clear, Jeff, pigeonholing your op-ed page into publishing one perspective while eliminating room for dissent actually fails to align with your “I’m American derp love America derp freedom America patriot derp freedom” bullshit position.
Reposted by Brian Delaney, PhD
I love this platform. For a thousand reasons. Chief among them is how it fuels (rather than throttles) journalism. Thank you @jay.bsky.team and BS team.
BlueSky generated 33% more subscriptions than Threads for the Globe in January.
Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.
February 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I love this platform. For a thousand reasons. Chief among them is how it fuels (rather than throttles) journalism. Thank you @jay.bsky.team and BS team.
As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces
President Trump has promised a “colorblind and merit-based” society, while also equating diversity with incompetence.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Looking for recommendations: Who is producing consistently strong coverage of prep sports in your area? Individuals, sports sections, entire operations, doesn’t matter. If it’s quality I’m interested.
January 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Looking for recommendations: Who is producing consistently strong coverage of prep sports in your area? Individuals, sports sections, entire operations, doesn’t matter. If it’s quality I’m interested.
As I work through the Bowie-style labyrinth of cancelling a non-national news subscription, I wonder: how much self-inflicted damage have news orgs caused through shady cancellation processes. Feels like I'm battling a scammer every time.
December 13, 2024 at 3:36 PM
As I work through the Bowie-style labyrinth of cancelling a non-national news subscription, I wonder: how much self-inflicted damage have news orgs caused through shady cancellation processes. Feels like I'm battling a scammer every time.
Reposted by Brian Delaney, PhD
JOURNALISTS FLOCK TO BLUESKY
“We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
“We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:22 PM
JOURNALISTS FLOCK TO BLUESKY
“We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
“We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Can someone please recommend a sharp explainer of yesterday’s events in South Korea?
December 4, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Can someone please recommend a sharp explainer of yesterday’s events in South Korea?
After years of failure I finally got the kiddos to acknowledge that the Muppets are “good.” Excuse me while I celebrate this parenting victory.
December 1, 2024 at 12:55 PM
After years of failure I finally got the kiddos to acknowledge that the Muppets are “good.” Excuse me while I celebrate this parenting victory.
Fellow j-profs who require students to post on social media for course assignments, how are you handling X vs Threads vs BSky? Have you changed your approach? Curious to see what folks are doing, what's working vs. what's not, etc.
Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.
November 27, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Fellow j-profs who require students to post on social media for course assignments, how are you handling X vs Threads vs BSky? Have you changed your approach? Curious to see what folks are doing, what's working vs. what's not, etc.
Occasionally I get weirdly sad about having abandoned irrelevant knowledge I once needed. Like ... I used to be really freaking good at taking agate on busy sports nights. Typing out DOI links now makes me nostalgic.
November 26, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Occasionally I get weirdly sad about having abandoned irrelevant knowledge I once needed. Like ... I used to be really freaking good at taking agate on busy sports nights. Typing out DOI links now makes me nostalgic.
Received my annual reminder that NBA League Pass is an absolute garbage product.
6 hours from Memphis, but this Sixers game is blacked out.
6 hours from Memphis, but this Sixers game is blacked out.
November 21, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Received my annual reminder that NBA League Pass is an absolute garbage product.
6 hours from Memphis, but this Sixers game is blacked out.
6 hours from Memphis, but this Sixers game is blacked out.
Reposted by Brian Delaney, PhD
Hi everyone.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Hi everyone.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
Voted in a new location this morning in Auburn. Heavy traffic but logistics inside made for a speedy voting process. The way it should be!
November 5, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Voted in a new location this morning in Auburn. Heavy traffic but logistics inside made for a speedy voting process. The way it should be!
Deleted my X account, finally. Will make this my new home. Maybe. Let’s hope.
November 1, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Deleted my X account, finally. Will make this my new home. Maybe. Let’s hope.