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Dr. Daniela Dimitrova
@profdimitrova.bsky.social

University Professor & Editor-in-Chief of @JMCQuarterly.bsky.social. ✍️ Global journalism. 🌎 Political news reporting. 🧐 Refugee communications. ☕️ and 🍫. *NB: Views my own.

Communication & Media Studies 62%
Political science 16%
Pinned

Another csse study for our #globaljournalism book 📖 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Why the BBC Is Facing Its Gravest Crisis in Decades
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If you are teaching computational methods or text analysis, this is definitely worth a read 🤓
📣New study by Linde, Chan & Balluff reviews 38 ML-based content analyses: frequentist stats on full populations, no misclassification adjustment—big-N + auto-coding isn’t automatically better. Worth a rethink. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social
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We made it happen despite time differences and busy schedules 📚 Thankful 🥹 for this great team!
Our JMCQ editorial team met on November 5.

Thank you to all for the thoughtful discussion and steady teamwork. We appreciate your commitment to rigorous scholarship!

Big thank you also to our authors and reviewers who make JMCQ possible! #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing your expertise with us ;)
We had a great AEJMC webinar discussing the peer review process and offering an inside look at the publication workflow at Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly—AEJMC’s flagship journal. See photo proof! @profdimitrova.bsky.social @aejmc.bsky.social #commsky
Our JMCQ editorial team met on November 5.

Thank you to all for the thoughtful discussion and steady teamwork. We appreciate your commitment to rigorous scholarship!

Big thank you also to our authors and reviewers who make JMCQ possible! #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

Is this available in English? Working on a piece addressing inequalities…

Do you use content analysis 🧐 in your studies? Some insights below on why automatic coding is not necessarily better ⬇️
📣New study by Linde, Chan & Balluff reviews 38 ML-based content analyses: frequentist stats on full populations, no misclassification adjustment—big-N + auto-coding isn’t automatically better. Worth a rethink. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social
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It will be my pleasure to share insights from the editorial perspective at JMCQ along with a distinguished author and our Editorial Assistant ✍️ @shayakraut.bsky.social @aejmc.bsky.social
Xinzhi Zhang, Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and @profdimitrova.bsky.social, University Professor at Iowa State University & Editor-in-Chief of JMCQ will offer an AEJMC Webinar on "Publishing Success".
Join us on NOV 6, 2025, 7pm, Eastern Time! @aejmc.bsky.social #commsky

Xinzhi Zhang, Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and @profdimitrova.bsky.social, University Professor at Iowa State University & Editor-in-Chief of JMCQ will offer an AEJMC Webinar on "Publishing Success".
Join us on NOV 6, 2025, 7pm, Eastern Time! @aejmc.bsky.social #commsky

We have a podcast in the making!

How do Polish journalists think about algorithmic gatekeeping?

Solid research 🧐 Thank you!
Read my new paper in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social 🙌 it’s #openaccess
Read here all about how values shift under real newsroom pressures—and the negotiation strategies journalists use to reconcile them. @ipk-univie.bsky.social @profdimitrova.bsky.social
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„That’s a privatized patchwork of tip jars“
This is really thought-provoking
I did not enjoy writing this; it can't even serve as an ad for my newsletter, which I've suspended due to an overbilling situation that has me almost regretting leaving Substack. But, you know, it's evidence for the piece I just didn't get to include.

talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patro...
This is really thought-provoking
I did not enjoy writing this; it can't even serve as an ad for my newsletter, which I've suspended due to an overbilling situation that has me almost regretting leaving Substack. But, you know, it's evidence for the piece I just didn't get to include.

talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patro...
Patron-Supported Journalism Can’t Be the Future of News
Writing about the failure of patron-supported journalism is itself a kind of...
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🤓 Multi-method work:

More is not necessarily better 🧐
📣New study by Linde, Chan & Balluff reviews 38 ML-based content analyses: frequentist stats on full populations, no misclassification adjustment—big-N + auto-coding isn’t automatically better. Worth a rethink. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social
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Do misinformation labels work?
"Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory"

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
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More timely than ever #PR #crisiscomm
🚨 Hot off the presses: Stephanie D. Madden & Yasemin Beykont dive into the emotional challenges faced by U.S. school PR pros in a politicized climate—highlighting emotional safety, strategic transparency, and resilience. Read more: doi.org/10.1177/1077... @profdimitrova.bsky.social #commsky
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Excellent work👌

Excellent discussion that more is not always better in #media #content #Research 👀
📣New study by Linde, Chan & Balluff reviews 38 ML-based content analyses: frequentist stats on full populations, no misclassification adjustment—big-N + auto-coding isn’t automatically better. Worth a rethink. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social
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Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Is Considering a Sale www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/b...
Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Is Considering a Sale
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