Andy Freeman
@goldsmif.bsky.social
Lecturer, Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths.
➧ One of the highest academic rating of any media and comms school in the UK (QS 2025) https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/programmes/
➧ https://outtodry.org.uk
➧ One of the highest academic rating of any media and comms school in the UK (QS 2025) https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/programmes/
➧ https://outtodry.org.uk
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Join us this evening at @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion and film-screening on how to find the tools to do the essential work of #journalism. Details 👇🏽 complete with empanadas! There’s a livestream too on this link: www.youtube.com/live/IHf4Iue...
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join us this evening at @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion and film-screening on how to find the tools to do the essential work of #journalism. Details 👇🏽 complete with empanadas! There’s a livestream too on this link: www.youtube.com/live/IHf4Iue...
"We already know what ultra-processed foods can do to the body and this is ultra-processed information. We're going to get an avalanche of ultra-processed minds," - Dr Susan Shelmerdine, Great Ormond Street Hospital. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of 'AI psychosis'
Mustafa Suleyman said there was still
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August 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"We already know what ultra-processed foods can do to the body and this is ultra-processed information. We're going to get an avalanche of ultra-processed minds," - Dr Susan Shelmerdine, Great Ormond Street Hospital. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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July 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"If the CMA does not take action on this one we might as well rename Britain the United Fiefdom of Alphabet and Meta and be done with it." #AITheft #AI
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Urgent bid lodged with UK regulator to stop Google AI Overviews 'stealing journalism'
A legal complaint has been submitted to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority over the impact of Google AI Overviews on news publishers.
pressgazette.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"If the CMA does not take action on this one we might as well rename Britain the United Fiefdom of Alphabet and Meta and be done with it." #AITheft #AI
pressgazette.co.uk/news/urgent-...
pressgazette.co.uk/news/urgent-...
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Thrilled to be back for the 2nd year to speak at the #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference!
Join me tomorrow AM for my session - I’ll share insights from my Wired investigation www.wired.com/story/inside...
I’ll demonstrate how to investigate using TikTok, Telegram & Facebook @tcij.org
Join me tomorrow AM for my session - I’ll share insights from my Wired investigation www.wired.com/story/inside...
I’ll demonstrate how to investigate using TikTok, Telegram & Facebook @tcij.org
https://wired.com/story/inside-t…
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thrilled to be back for the 2nd year to speak at the #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference!
Join me tomorrow AM for my session - I’ll share insights from my Wired investigation www.wired.com/story/inside...
I’ll demonstrate how to investigate using TikTok, Telegram & Facebook @tcij.org
Join me tomorrow AM for my session - I’ll share insights from my Wired investigation www.wired.com/story/inside...
I’ll demonstrate how to investigate using TikTok, Telegram & Facebook @tcij.org
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Great to hear Goldsmiths MSc Digital Journalism alum @guypporter.bsky.social speak about OSINT at #CIJSummer
June 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Great to hear Goldsmiths MSc Digital Journalism alum @guypporter.bsky.social speak about OSINT at #CIJSummer
UK readers least likely to want AI generated news or AI personalised news feeds. 🤔 #resistAI #cijsummer
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/ai-p...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/ai-p...
AI-personalized news takes new forms (but do readers want them?)
Many outlets have been personalizing news recommendations for years, but generative AI introduces the possibility to personalize news formats.
www.niemanlab.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
UK readers least likely to want AI generated news or AI personalised news feeds. 🤔 #resistAI #cijsummer
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/ai-p...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/ai-p...
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This image, from this @garymarcus.bsky.social post (he asked AI to label the parts of a bicycle), is making me cry garymarcus.substack.com/p/image-gene...
June 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This image, from this @garymarcus.bsky.social post (he asked AI to label the parts of a bicycle), is making me cry garymarcus.substack.com/p/image-gene...
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I've created a starter pack of brilliant data journalists worth a follow
I'll add to it when I see / think of more, but feel free to suggest additions!
go.bsky.app/KTYrwk3
I'll add to it when I see / think of more, but feel free to suggest additions!
go.bsky.app/KTYrwk3
November 16, 2024 at 12:59 PM
I've created a starter pack of brilliant data journalists worth a follow
I'll add to it when I see / think of more, but feel free to suggest additions!
go.bsky.app/KTYrwk3
I'll add to it when I see / think of more, but feel free to suggest additions!
go.bsky.app/KTYrwk3
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Kicking off 🦵⚽ my bluesky account with a #starterpack for speakers at #cijsummer investigative journalism 🔎 📰 📊 conference (26-27 June 2025 Goldsmiths, University of London) #journalism #datajournalism #investigativejournalism #investigations #osint
#ecosint go.bsky.app/3EY9DDt
May 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Kicking off 🦵⚽ my bluesky account with a #starterpack for speakers at #cijsummer investigative journalism 🔎 📰 📊 conference (26-27 June 2025 Goldsmiths, University of London) #journalism #datajournalism #investigativejournalism #investigations #osint
#ecosint go.bsky.app/3EY9DDt
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🎟️ Heading to #CIJSummer 2025 (@tcij.org)?
Say hi to GIJN’s Emily O’Sullivan! She’ll be there answering Qs about GIJN tools, guides, and investigative resources.
🔍 Don’t miss a chance to connect: https://twp.ai/9PTfC3
Say hi to GIJN’s Emily O’Sullivan! She’ll be there answering Qs about GIJN tools, guides, and investigative resources.
🔍 Don’t miss a chance to connect: https://twp.ai/9PTfC3
June 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
🎟️ Heading to #CIJSummer 2025 (@tcij.org)?
Say hi to GIJN’s Emily O’Sullivan! She’ll be there answering Qs about GIJN tools, guides, and investigative resources.
🔍 Don’t miss a chance to connect: https://twp.ai/9PTfC3
Say hi to GIJN’s Emily O’Sullivan! She’ll be there answering Qs about GIJN tools, guides, and investigative resources.
🔍 Don’t miss a chance to connect: https://twp.ai/9PTfC3
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Just landed in lush London because tomorrow, I’ll be speaking at @tcij.org ‘s Summer Conference! Looking forward to unfolding how my colleague and I investigated the shady business of stolen OnlyFans content. If you’ll be at the conference, come say hi!
Link to the panel:
tcij.org/summer-confe...
Link to the panel:
tcij.org/summer-confe...
June 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Just landed in lush London because tomorrow, I’ll be speaking at @tcij.org ‘s Summer Conference! Looking forward to unfolding how my colleague and I investigated the shady business of stolen OnlyFans content. If you’ll be at the conference, come say hi!
Link to the panel:
tcij.org/summer-confe...
Link to the panel:
tcij.org/summer-confe...
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I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...
June 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...
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What a wonderful degree show opening yesterday...!
It's on all weekend and open to all, so come and see the fantastic student work in film, documentary, sreen fiction, audio, animation, journalism, promotional media, scriptwriting, creative writing, photography...
www.goldsmithsmediashow.com
It's on all weekend and open to all, so come and see the fantastic student work in film, documentary, sreen fiction, audio, animation, journalism, promotional media, scriptwriting, creative writing, photography...
www.goldsmithsmediashow.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
What a wonderful degree show opening yesterday...!
It's on all weekend and open to all, so come and see the fantastic student work in film, documentary, sreen fiction, audio, animation, journalism, promotional media, scriptwriting, creative writing, photography...
www.goldsmithsmediashow.com
It's on all weekend and open to all, so come and see the fantastic student work in film, documentary, sreen fiction, audio, animation, journalism, promotional media, scriptwriting, creative writing, photography...
www.goldsmithsmediashow.com
Looking forward to attending #CIJSummer here @mediacomgold.bsky.social next week!
If you’re attending and interested in our MSc in Digital Journalism that includes modules in data, coding, OSInt and critical AI please talk to me or @mirandamjourno.bsky.social for more information 🔎🔎🔎🔎
If you’re attending and interested in our MSc in Digital Journalism that includes modules in data, coding, OSInt and critical AI please talk to me or @mirandamjourno.bsky.social for more information 🔎🔎🔎🔎
Only a handful of places left!
#CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference
26-27 June 2025
@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
With @cathynewman.bsky.social, @riannacroxford.bsky.social and Dónal MacIntyre.
Book now: tcij.org/summer-confe...
#CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference
26-27 June 2025
@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
With @cathynewman.bsky.social, @riannacroxford.bsky.social and Dónal MacIntyre.
Book now: tcij.org/summer-confe...
June 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Looking forward to attending #CIJSummer here @mediacomgold.bsky.social next week!
If you’re attending and interested in our MSc in Digital Journalism that includes modules in data, coding, OSInt and critical AI please talk to me or @mirandamjourno.bsky.social for more information 🔎🔎🔎🔎
If you’re attending and interested in our MSc in Digital Journalism that includes modules in data, coding, OSInt and critical AI please talk to me or @mirandamjourno.bsky.social for more information 🔎🔎🔎🔎
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Call for Papers - The Politics of AI: Governance, Resistance, Alternatives www.criticalinfralab.net/preview/?id=...
We invite proposals for our symposium that offer critical perspectives on AI & environment, AI & society, and the political economy of AI. Please share widely!
We invite proposals for our symposium that offer critical perspectives on AI & environment, AI & society, and the political economy of AI. Please share widely!
June 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Call for Papers - The Politics of AI: Governance, Resistance, Alternatives www.criticalinfralab.net/preview/?id=...
We invite proposals for our symposium that offer critical perspectives on AI & environment, AI & society, and the political economy of AI. Please share widely!
We invite proposals for our symposium that offer critical perspectives on AI & environment, AI & society, and the political economy of AI. Please share widely!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc... @mediacomgold.bsky.social MA in digital journalism alumni @davidblood.bsky.social worked on this great visual journalism piece for the BBC. Come and study with us to learn how to produce work like this.
Swiss glacier collapse: How the village of Blatten was wiped off the map - BBC News
Nine million cubic metres of rock and ice came crashing down on Blatten after a landslide.
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May 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc... @mediacomgold.bsky.social MA in digital journalism alumni @davidblood.bsky.social worked on this great visual journalism piece for the BBC. Come and study with us to learn how to produce work like this.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus... first union negotiated contract in the video gaming industry comes with guarantees on future AI use
ZeniMax QA union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft including 'substantial across-the-board wage increases,' worker protections, and more
Two months after voting to authorize a strike, the finish line is in sight.
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May 31, 2025 at 5:41 AM
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus... first union negotiated contract in the video gaming industry comes with guarantees on future AI use
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... fresh new hell or vaporware based exit strategy?
iPhone design guru and OpenAI chief promise an AI device revolution
Sam Altman and Jony Ive say mystery product created by their partnership will be the coolest thing ever
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... fresh new hell or vaporware based exit strategy?
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Take a good look at how #Africa is reported in the West and now read what @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social academic Omega Douglas has written in her brand new book #thisweekthosebooks
May 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Take a good look at how #Africa is reported in the West and now read what @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social academic Omega Douglas has written in her brand new book #thisweekthosebooks
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At @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social , we take #journalism and #media #communications studies in new directions. A module explored our conviction that #women’s stories and the #horror genre are complementary and intrinsic thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/magazine-w...
We created a magazine about women and the horror genre
For their final project, a group of 3rd year students on the journalism pathway of the BA Media & Communications degree thought up a whole new brand
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May 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
At @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social , we take #journalism and #media #communications studies in new directions. A module explored our conviction that #women’s stories and the #horror genre are complementary and intrinsic thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/magazine-w...
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Deadline: 9 June
NEW! MCCS are offering a limited number of fee reductions of 20% on the following MAs for students from low income/care experienced backgrounds:
• MA Broadcast Journalism
• MA Script Writing
• MA Filmmaking: Screen Documentary
• MA Filmmaking: Experimental Film
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
• MA Broadcast Journalism
• MA Script Writing
• MA Filmmaking: Screen Documentary
• MA Filmmaking: Experimental Film
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
May 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Deadline: 9 June
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Deadline: 9 June
NEW! MCCS are awarding a limited no of 100% fee waivers for 2025–26 for students who are the first in their family to attend university on these MAs:
• MA Cultural Studies
• MA Gender, Media and Culture
• MA Race, Media and Social Justice
Full details: www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
• MA Cultural Studies
• MA Gender, Media and Culture
• MA Race, Media and Social Justice
Full details: www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
May 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Deadline: 9 June
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📣 Publication day! 'The Racial Dynamics of Reporting Africa'
Dr Omega Douglas is author of a new book that explores colonial and decolonial practices in mainstream Western news media. It's published today by Routledge:
www.routledge.com/The-Racial-D...
Dr Omega Douglas is author of a new book that explores colonial and decolonial practices in mainstream Western news media. It's published today by Routledge:
www.routledge.com/The-Racial-D...
The Racial Dynamics of Reporting Africa: Colonial and Decolonial Practices in Mainstream Western News Media
This book critically considers how and why centring race in the analysis of journalism deepens our understanding of how race is constructed and experienced in society. In doing so, it offers a theoret...
www.routledge.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
📣 Publication day! 'The Racial Dynamics of Reporting Africa'
Dr Omega Douglas is author of a new book that explores colonial and decolonial practices in mainstream Western news media. It's published today by Routledge:
www.routledge.com/The-Racial-D...
Dr Omega Douglas is author of a new book that explores colonial and decolonial practices in mainstream Western news media. It's published today by Routledge:
www.routledge.com/The-Racial-D...
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Gaza's malnourished children cannot wait. They need food now | Haaretz Editorial
Gaza's malnourished children cannot wait. They need food now | Editorial
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April 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Gaza's malnourished children cannot wait. They need food now | Haaretz Editorial