Rob Wells
@robwells.bsky.social
Journalism professor, historian, data nerd, trail runner, bass player
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Where I struggle with the Warsh critique—Fed blew it on price stability and bond buying had side effects—is that it never seems to engage on how it could have been done differently and what happens in future. Would Warsh have sat on his hands during the pandemic and left it all to electeds?
Opinion | Kevin Warsh on Fed Policy and Independence — The Wall Street Journal
The former member of the Board of Governors says the central bank has wandered too far from its core mission.
apple.news
April 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Where I struggle with the Warsh critique—Fed blew it on price stability and bond buying had side effects—is that it never seems to engage on how it could have been done differently and what happens in future. Would Warsh have sat on his hands during the pandemic and left it all to electeds?
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Universities need to band together, go to court, and use their endowments to get through the next four years -- or let Donald Trump and his minions take over everything. Those are the only choices.
April 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Universities need to band together, go to court, and use their endowments to get through the next four years -- or let Donald Trump and his minions take over everything. Those are the only choices.
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Great reporting by @milostrain.bsky.social in @arktimes.bsky.social about the extent of changes made to LR Central High National Historic Site webpage amid Trump administration's anti-DEI purge.
#arpx #arnews #arleg #Arkansas
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
#arpx #arnews #arleg #Arkansas
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Trump administration’s censorship of Central High museum website broader than initially reported - Arkansas Times
Changes have been made to a webpage about Central High’s Memory Project, an annual assignment where high school students complete unique community projects centered on civil rights struggles of the pa...
arktimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Great reporting by @milostrain.bsky.social in @arktimes.bsky.social about the extent of changes made to LR Central High National Historic Site webpage amid Trump administration's anti-DEI purge.
#arpx #arnews #arleg #Arkansas
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
#arpx #arnews #arleg #Arkansas
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Finding narratives in a pile of documents 🧵 7/11
Speaker: @robwells.bsky.social
GitHub repo: github.com/profrobwells...
This was a great session on using #RStats to dig through a large batch of files by exploring two-word pairs, running sentiment analysis & examining keywords in context #NICAR25
Speaker: @robwells.bsky.social
GitHub repo: github.com/profrobwells...
This was a great session on using #RStats to dig through a large batch of files by exploring two-word pairs, running sentiment analysis & examining keywords in context #NICAR25
Guest_Lectures/Text_Analysis at master · profrobwells/Guest_Lectures
Guest Lectures on Data and Other Projects. Contribute to profrobwells/Guest_Lectures development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Finding narratives in a pile of documents 🧵 7/11
Speaker: @robwells.bsky.social
GitHub repo: github.com/profrobwells...
This was a great session on using #RStats to dig through a large batch of files by exploring two-word pairs, running sentiment analysis & examining keywords in context #NICAR25
Speaker: @robwells.bsky.social
GitHub repo: github.com/profrobwells...
This was a great session on using #RStats to dig through a large batch of files by exploring two-word pairs, running sentiment analysis & examining keywords in context #NICAR25
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The biggest win Trump got from ABC wasn’t the $15 million.
It was squeezing the network to make the amount public.
The eventual value of that announcement — in terms of intimidating other weak-kneed media execs — is priceless.
It was squeezing the network to make the amount public.
The eventual value of that announcement — in terms of intimidating other weak-kneed media execs — is priceless.
December 15, 2024 at 1:00 AM
The biggest win Trump got from ABC wasn’t the $15 million.
It was squeezing the network to make the amount public.
The eventual value of that announcement — in terms of intimidating other weak-kneed media execs — is priceless.
It was squeezing the network to make the amount public.
The eventual value of that announcement — in terms of intimidating other weak-kneed media execs — is priceless.
Worth reading: Evan Gershkovich's first story since his release: www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond
The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Worth reading: Evan Gershkovich's first story since his release: www.wsj.com/world/russia...
What a wonderful immersive story experience: 58 Jazz Luminaries Assembled for This Photo. Only One Remains. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
58 Jazz Musicians Were Photographed for ‘Harlem 1958.' Only One Remains.
Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM
What a wonderful immersive story experience: 58 Jazz Luminaries Assembled for This Photo. Only One Remains. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Boone! Loved that tug of war
December 9, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Boone! Loved that tug of war
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“Write the news as if your very life depended on it. It does!”
Heywood Broun, born on this day in 1888
Heywood Broun, born on this day in 1888
December 7, 2024 at 11:32 AM
“Write the news as if your very life depended on it. It does!”
Heywood Broun, born on this day in 1888
Heywood Broun, born on this day in 1888
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This is why I love to teach
Great column by @mergerson.bsky.social
Young journalists will reimagine a better press
www.
niemanlab.org/2024/12/young-journalists-will-reimagine-a-better-press/
Great column by @mergerson.bsky.social
Young journalists will reimagine a better press
www.
niemanlab.org/2024/12/young-journalists-will-reimagine-a-better-press/
Young journalists will reimagine a better press
"The newest generation of journalists will not give in to pessimism about whether their profession still matters in an age of cynicism about the press."
www.niemanlab.org
December 7, 2024 at 2:59 PM
This is why I love to teach
Great column by @mergerson.bsky.social
Young journalists will reimagine a better press
www.
niemanlab.org/2024/12/young-journalists-will-reimagine-a-better-press/
Great column by @mergerson.bsky.social
Young journalists will reimagine a better press
www.
niemanlab.org/2024/12/young-journalists-will-reimagine-a-better-press/
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my mother asked me if after the shooting Pat was a father figure for us
I laughed
because no, Pat was never an authority
he was a comrade
he was a salty joke and a conspiratorial wink
he was scorn for the man and keep going, kid for the rest of us
I will never know anyone else like him
I laughed
because no, Pat was never an authority
he was a comrade
he was a salty joke and a conspiratorial wink
he was scorn for the man and keep going, kid for the rest of us
I will never know anyone else like him
It takes many types of people to make a newsroom, and Pat Furgurson played a role you can’t fill with a good resume and a fat file of clips. To my friend.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/colu...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Pat Furgurson, journalist who covered his colleagues’ murders, dies
Pat Furgurson covered a tragedy that swept up him, the newspaper he worked for, Annapolis, and for a moment, the nation.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:59 PM
my mother asked me if after the shooting Pat was a father figure for us
I laughed
because no, Pat was never an authority
he was a comrade
he was a salty joke and a conspiratorial wink
he was scorn for the man and keep going, kid for the rest of us
I will never know anyone else like him
I laughed
because no, Pat was never an authority
he was a comrade
he was a salty joke and a conspiratorial wink
he was scorn for the man and keep going, kid for the rest of us
I will never know anyone else like him
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I talked to journalists and writers who have found a larger and more engaged audience for their work on Bluesky, without having to see “AI bots and Nazis” at the top of their replies.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
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 2:46 PM
I talked to journalists and writers who have found a larger and more engaged audience for their work on Bluesky, without having to see “AI bots and Nazis” at the top of their replies.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Here's the Nov. 16 edition of the Jazz Scoop, the Saturday night jazz show on KUAF 91.3 in Fayetteville. Maria Albero is an amazing talent. Enjoy: www.mixcloud.com/Gizmofo/nov-...
Nov. 16, 2024: Maria Albero, Samara Joy, Chick Corea
www.mixcloud.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Here's the Nov. 16 edition of the Jazz Scoop, the Saturday night jazz show on KUAF 91.3 in Fayetteville. Maria Albero is an amazing talent. Enjoy: www.mixcloud.com/Gizmofo/nov-...
Sasha Allen and Emily R. Condon, two fine Capital News Service journalists, asked where the millions in state and federal relief money went following the Key Bridge collapse in Maryland. Here's what they found. Great work. cnsmaryland.org/2024/11/22/k...
Maryland grants help businesses avoid debt after Key Bridge collapse
Visit the post for more.
cnsmaryland.org
November 22, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Sasha Allen and Emily R. Condon, two fine Capital News Service journalists, asked where the millions in state and federal relief money went following the Key Bridge collapse in Maryland. Here's what they found. Great work. cnsmaryland.org/2024/11/22/k...
Just saw trumpet genius Adam O'Farrill at Rhizome. So lucky to see a major artist in an intimate venue. open.spotify.com/track/5OZm3V...
November 22, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Just saw trumpet genius Adam O'Farrill at Rhizome. So lucky to see a major artist in an intimate venue. open.spotify.com/track/5OZm3V...
This is one kick-ass list of high quality local and regional journalists.
ok! Big List of Local Journalism™️
if you know someone who should be on here, plz tell me! go.bsky.app/NYoWb4W
if you know someone who should be on here, plz tell me! go.bsky.app/NYoWb4W
November 20, 2024 at 10:40 PM
This is one kick-ass list of high quality local and regional journalists.
Many congratulations to Sally Buzbee for her new gig at @reuters.com - they are very lucky to get an editor with such talent and experience. www.reuters.com/business/med...
Reuters taps Sally Buzbee to be News Editor for US and Canada
Sally Buzbee, most recently the executive editor of the Washington Post, will join Reuters as News Editor for the United States and Canada, overseeing the global news agency’s coverage of a second Donald Trump presidency, among other priorities, Reuters said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Many congratulations to Sally Buzbee for her new gig at @reuters.com - they are very lucky to get an editor with such talent and experience. www.reuters.com/business/med...
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seeing like 2 or 3 of these stickers a week now in the bay
November 18, 2024 at 4:02 AM
seeing like 2 or 3 of these stickers a week now in the bay
Dang, a lot of new people on this platform all of a sudden. Guess I'll start paying attention! Here is my contribution for a better social media experience. Here's Boone on a run. Good boy.
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Dang, a lot of new people on this platform all of a sudden. Guess I'll start paying attention! Here is my contribution for a better social media experience. Here's Boone on a run. Good boy.
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NEW: US adults who say they use
YouTube 85%
Facebook 70%
Instagram 50%
Pinterest 36%
TikTok 33%
LinkedIn 32%
WhatsApp 30%
Snapchat 27%
Reddit 24%
X/Twitter 21%
www.pewresearch.org/internet/fac...
* Maybe Bluesky will show up on this chart in a year or two
YouTube 85%
Facebook 70%
Instagram 50%
Pinterest 36%
TikTok 33%
LinkedIn 32%
WhatsApp 30%
Snapchat 27%
Reddit 24%
X/Twitter 21%
www.pewresearch.org/internet/fac...
* Maybe Bluesky will show up on this chart in a year or two
November 15, 2024 at 12:03 AM
NEW: US adults who say they use
YouTube 85%
Facebook 70%
Instagram 50%
Pinterest 36%
TikTok 33%
LinkedIn 32%
WhatsApp 30%
Snapchat 27%
Reddit 24%
X/Twitter 21%
www.pewresearch.org/internet/fac...
* Maybe Bluesky will show up on this chart in a year or two
YouTube 85%
Facebook 70%
Instagram 50%
Pinterest 36%
TikTok 33%
LinkedIn 32%
WhatsApp 30%
Snapchat 27%
Reddit 24%
X/Twitter 21%
www.pewresearch.org/internet/fac...
* Maybe Bluesky will show up on this chart in a year or two
Today, Capital News Service is releasing a series called “Baltimore's Backbone: How Small Businesses Sustain 'Smalltimore'” was produced by the Baltimore Urban Affairs Reporting class in the Spring of 2024.
Check out the details here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Check out the details here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Small Businesses in Baltimore: ‘Our Own Little, Bitty Town’
Visit the post for more.
cnsmaryland.org
June 20, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Today, Capital News Service is releasing a series called “Baltimore's Backbone: How Small Businesses Sustain 'Smalltimore'” was produced by the Baltimore Urban Affairs Reporting class in the Spring of 2024.
Check out the details here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Check out the details here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Rehoboth Beach is fabulous
January 14, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Rehoboth Beach is fabulous