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
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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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
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
I’m finishing a book about billionaires and trillion-dollar investment firms behind the news. Waking up to a blue wave, I can’t help but think Mamdani and other pols surging in a period of deepening inequality are going to face the full brunt of those media owners’ political power and wealth.
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I’m finishing a book about billionaires and trillion-dollar investment firms behind the news. Waking up to a blue wave, I can’t help but think Mamdani and other pols surging in a period of deepening inequality are going to face the full brunt of those media owners’ political power and wealth.
Ahh The New York Post…
For nights you want to read about a historic election with record turnout but get reminded a billionaire owns it.
For nights you want to read about a historic election with record turnout but get reminded a billionaire owns it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Ahh The New York Post…
For nights you want to read about a historic election with record turnout but get reminded a billionaire owns it.
For nights you want to read about a historic election with record turnout but get reminded a billionaire owns it.
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This is Cuomo last month at a Durga puja in Queens. If white reporters had covered it they would hear him endorse diversity as the strength of NYC — the opposite of what he tells white voters.
BUT … (thread)
BUT … (thread)
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is Cuomo last month at a Durga puja in Queens. If white reporters had covered it they would hear him endorse diversity as the strength of NYC — the opposite of what he tells white voters.
BUT … (thread)
BUT … (thread)
The news should reflect daily just how much these bungling politicians’ failure falls on children.
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The news should reflect daily just how much these bungling politicians’ failure falls on children.
Conservatives in 2025: College must have viewpoint diversity!
The viewpoint diversity conservatives offer in 2025: The right-wing mag parroted an Adolf Hitler speech.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The viewpoint diversity conservatives offer in 2025: The right-wing mag parroted an Adolf Hitler speech.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Salient’s Board of Directors Suspends Publication, Citing ‘Reprehensible’ Material in Articles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Salient’s board of directors announced on Sunday that it would suspend the conservative student magazine’s operations after it published material the board deemed “reprehensible, abusive, ...
www.thecrimson.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Conservatives in 2025: College must have viewpoint diversity!
The viewpoint diversity conservatives offer in 2025: The right-wing mag parroted an Adolf Hitler speech.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The viewpoint diversity conservatives offer in 2025: The right-wing mag parroted an Adolf Hitler speech.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.
By @eltragon.bsky.social
By @eltragon.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.
By @eltragon.bsky.social
By @eltragon.bsky.social
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Saudi Arabia controls your Sims now.
October 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Saudi Arabia controls your Sims now.
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The big tech founder who has a 256-foot $75 million superyacht to "shadow" his 417-foot $500 million superyacht, because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad, is very worried about his newspaper's financials
Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Pain at The Post
As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...
www.status.news
October 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The big tech founder who has a 256-foot $75 million superyacht to "shadow" his 417-foot $500 million superyacht, because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad, is very worried about his newspaper's financials
If you’ve stopped subscribing to corporate news this is a semi-regular reminder hundreds of non-profit newsrooms like @themainemonitor.org are doing essential accountability work.
Give to them.
themainemonitor.org/platner-tatt...
Give to them.
themainemonitor.org/platner-tatt...
Video shows Graham Platner with ‘troubling’ tattoo
The tattoo seen on Graham Platner depicts a skull laid over crossbones, consistent with a specific Nazi symbol called a “Totenkopf.”
themainemonitor.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If you’ve stopped subscribing to corporate news this is a semi-regular reminder hundreds of non-profit newsrooms like @themainemonitor.org are doing essential accountability work.
Give to them.
themainemonitor.org/platner-tatt...
Give to them.
themainemonitor.org/platner-tatt...
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🔔 Public records-based reporting should be free. @404media.co and @wired.com are leading the way.
Hear why this is a public service and good for business, ft. @josephcox.bsky.social, @katie-drummond.bsky.social, Caitlin Vogus, and Lauren Harper.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🔔 Public records-based reporting should be free. @404media.co and @wired.com are leading the way.
Hear why this is a public service and good for business, ft. @josephcox.bsky.social, @katie-drummond.bsky.social, Caitlin Vogus, and Lauren Harper.
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Hear why this is a public service and good for business, ft. @josephcox.bsky.social, @katie-drummond.bsky.social, Caitlin Vogus, and Lauren Harper.
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“First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end” —Anthony Kennedy
www.kut.org/politics/202...
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Abbott orders the Texas National Guard to Austin ahead of ‘No Kings’ protest
The governor called the planned protest an “antifa-linked demonstration.” Nearly 100 events will take place over the weekend throughout the Lone Star State.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end” —Anthony Kennedy
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MCCALLUM: “Margaret Thatcher said socialism’s great until you run out of other people’s money.”
🔥ZOHRAN: “Cuomo had $900 million and gave it to Elon musk in tax credits— I wish the debate were like NASCAR so people could see logos of billionaires who sponsor him on his jacket.”
🔥ZOHRAN: “Cuomo had $900 million and gave it to Elon musk in tax credits— I wish the debate were like NASCAR so people could see logos of billionaires who sponsor him on his jacket.”
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
MCCALLUM: “Margaret Thatcher said socialism’s great until you run out of other people’s money.”
🔥ZOHRAN: “Cuomo had $900 million and gave it to Elon musk in tax credits— I wish the debate were like NASCAR so people could see logos of billionaires who sponsor him on his jacket.”
🔥ZOHRAN: “Cuomo had $900 million and gave it to Elon musk in tax credits— I wish the debate were like NASCAR so people could see logos of billionaires who sponsor him on his jacket.”
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Solidarity is the only way
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Solidarity is the only way
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Penn State Board of Trustees reconsidering a sale of WPSU that would allow public media to continue to serve the people of Central Pennsylvania based on the community's outpouring of support.
Here's hoping they honor the land-grant mission of the university to serve the people of the Commonwealth.
Here's hoping they honor the land-grant mission of the university to serve the people of the Commonwealth.
WPSU receives outpouring of support after Penn State’s decision to shut it down
One petition that calls on stakeholders to “protect our public media” has received more than 3,000 signatures.
www.centredaily.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Penn State Board of Trustees reconsidering a sale of WPSU that would allow public media to continue to serve the people of Central Pennsylvania based on the community's outpouring of support.
Here's hoping they honor the land-grant mission of the university to serve the people of the Commonwealth.
Here's hoping they honor the land-grant mission of the university to serve the people of the Commonwealth.