Margot Susca
@margotsusca.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Journalism, Accountability & Democracy
📍American University, Washington, D.C.
📘Author “Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy”
📜UMass, Columbia J-School, Florida State
📍American University, Washington, D.C.
📘Author “Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy”
📜UMass, Columbia J-School, Florida State
Pinned
Margot Susca
@margotsusca.bsky.social
· Oct 28
Hedged
www.press.uillinois.edu
What’s worse are the tens of millions $ in management fees private investment firms took in years corporate newspaper chains like Gannett and GateHouse laid off reporters claiming ad losses.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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This is the current front page of the Times. The Washington Post is even worse. Their headlines are privileging the accounts of the administration with a track record of lying as being as valid as eye witness accounts and videos.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
This is the current front page of the Times. The Washington Post is even worse. Their headlines are privileging the accounts of the administration with a track record of lying as being as valid as eye witness accounts and videos.
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Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
ICE killed Renee Nicole Good in broad daylight in clear view of bystanders recording.
Imagine what they do when no one is watching.
Imagine what they do when no one is watching.
January 7, 2026 at 11:26 PM
ICE killed Renee Nicole Good in broad daylight in clear view of bystanders recording.
Imagine what they do when no one is watching.
Imagine what they do when no one is watching.
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NEW: Post-Gazette to shut down 240-year-old paper after SCOTUS slaps down company’s bid to evade court order
“Instead of simply following the law, the owners chose to punish local journalists and the city of Pittsburgh,” said Goldstein, president of @pghguild.com
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
“Instead of simply following the law, the owners chose to punish local journalists and the city of Pittsburgh,” said Goldstein, president of @pghguild.com
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
Post-Gazette to Shut Down 240-Year-Old Paper After SCOTUS Slaps Down Company’s Bid to Evade Court Order.
newsguild.org
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
NEW: Post-Gazette to shut down 240-year-old paper after SCOTUS slaps down company’s bid to evade court order
“Instead of simply following the law, the owners chose to punish local journalists and the city of Pittsburgh,” said Goldstein, president of @pghguild.com
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
“Instead of simply following the law, the owners chose to punish local journalists and the city of Pittsburgh,” said Goldstein, president of @pghguild.com
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
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At ICIJ, we accept all information that relates to potential wrongdoing by corporate, government or public service entities in any country, anywhere in the world.
Learn how to leak to us: buff.ly/mOacWLG
Learn how to leak to us: buff.ly/mOacWLG
Leak to us - ICIJ
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists encourages whistleblowers to securely submit all forms of content that might
www.icij.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
At ICIJ, we accept all information that relates to potential wrongdoing by corporate, government or public service entities in any country, anywhere in the world.
Learn how to leak to us: buff.ly/mOacWLG
Learn how to leak to us: buff.ly/mOacWLG
Chevron has vast Venezuelan oil interests. It also operates a local “news” site in Richmond, California.
It’s just one example of the vast network of pink slime corporate interests re-shaping the modern media landscape.
richmondstandard.com/category/bre...
It’s just one example of the vast network of pink slime corporate interests re-shaping the modern media landscape.
richmondstandard.com/category/bre...
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richmondstandard.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Chevron has vast Venezuelan oil interests. It also operates a local “news” site in Richmond, California.
It’s just one example of the vast network of pink slime corporate interests re-shaping the modern media landscape.
richmondstandard.com/category/bre...
It’s just one example of the vast network of pink slime corporate interests re-shaping the modern media landscape.
richmondstandard.com/category/bre...
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just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away
January 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away
I wrote about New College two years ago for the @chronicle.com. What is happening there is an attack on Florida higher education and part of a broader all-out conservative culture war statewide.
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why Faculty Members Are Fleeing Florida
Dismay over the academic climate has led to a wave of resignations.
www.chronicle.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I wrote about New College two years ago for the @chronicle.com. What is happening there is an attack on Florida higher education and part of a broader all-out conservative culture war statewide.
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
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Looking for the truth about what it was like inside CECOT?
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
December 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Looking for the truth about what it was like inside CECOT?
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
David Ellison didn’t appoint Bari Weiss to do better broadcast journalism.
The public is getting exactly from CBS what he and his billionaire pop want: more chaos and less public trust in the news.
The public is getting exactly from CBS what he and his billionaire pop want: more chaos and less public trust in the news.
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
David Ellison didn’t appoint Bari Weiss to do better broadcast journalism.
The public is getting exactly from CBS what he and his billionaire pop want: more chaos and less public trust in the news.
The public is getting exactly from CBS what he and his billionaire pop want: more chaos and less public trust in the news.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
Great talking w @uwethics.bsky.social about the role hedge funds and private equity played in the destruction of the local newspaper market. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Great talking w @uwethics.bsky.social about the role hedge funds and private equity played in the destruction of the local newspaper market. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
thebarbedwire.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
From the news organization that brought us the Pentagon Papers, a new First Amendment case takes shapes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
From the news organization that brought us the Pentagon Papers, a new First Amendment case takes shapes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
As a journalism professor watching press freedom erode and trust plummet, I cannot fathom why The New York Times wrote so glowing a portrait of a person who lacks any integrity or respect for the field.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As a journalism professor watching press freedom erode and trust plummet, I cannot fathom why The New York Times wrote so glowing a portrait of a person who lacks any integrity or respect for the field.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
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Remember: Trump tried to make this guy Attorney General
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Remember: Trump tried to make this guy Attorney General
“Have underaged girls speaking out ruined island parties?”
By Landon Thomas Jr. for The New York Times
By Landon Thomas Jr. for The New York Times
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“Have underaged girls speaking out ruined island parties?”
By Landon Thomas Jr. for The New York Times
By Landon Thomas Jr. for The New York Times
Fox News is doing everything in its power to shift today’s Trump—Epstein story to anything other than what the emails revealed about a sitting president’s relationship to a child sex offender.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Fox News is doing everything in its power to shift today’s Trump—Epstein story to anything other than what the emails revealed about a sitting president’s relationship to a child sex offender.
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We have had enough winning.
by Senate Democrats
by Senate Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We have had enough winning.
by Senate Democrats
by Senate Democrats