Carrie Brown
@brizzyc.bsky.social
Associate prof of journalism, Montclair State University. Community engagement. Most recent prior: CUNY. WI native, beer & Packers enthusiast. Aging 🏃♀️. Author, Transforming Newsrooms w/Jonathan Groves. Must love dogs. Maplewood, NJ resident. views mine
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Carrie Brown
@brizzyc.bsky.social
· Aug 15
I don’t know why I post this stuff but just trying to occasionally lighten the timeline slightly or something.
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If you're looking to reach the public the best way to do it is with short form video. No one can read anymore; only old people use microblogging platforms. Etc. But have you considered that I hate to be Seen.
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If you're looking to reach the public the best way to do it is with short form video. No one can read anymore; only old people use microblogging platforms. Etc. But have you considered that I hate to be Seen.
"Among adults who regularly get news from news influencers, 72% of those under 50 say they mostly do this because they happen to come across it." www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...
News Influencers Fact Sheet
About one-in-five U.S. adults say they regularly get news from news influencers on social media, and this is especially common among younger adults.
www.pewresearch.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Among adults who regularly get news from news influencers, 72% of those under 50 say they mostly do this because they happen to come across it." www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...
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The hosts were a very pleasant surprise! We had fun and I didn’t have to bring a bunch of sugar to the medicine. Always a treat, that.
Delighted to hear @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on We Can Do Hard Things pod. Appreciate that the podcasts I listen to platform smart, kind, important minds of our time that are not terrible people.
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Finally Some Wisdom to Move Forward! Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom
Podcast Episode · We Can Do Hard Things · 11/11/2025 · 1h 31m
podcasts.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The hosts were a very pleasant surprise! We had fun and I didn’t have to bring a bunch of sugar to the medicine. Always a treat, that.
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Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
Block Club’s new WhatsApp Channel delivers ICE updates, migrant coverage and breaking immigration news straight to readers’ phones. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/b... Love this.
Block Club Chicago Launches WhatsApp Channel Focused On Chicago Immigration News
Block Club’s new WhatsApp Channel delivers ICE updates, migrant coverage and breaking immigration news straight to readers’ phones.
blockclubchicago.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Block Club’s new WhatsApp Channel delivers ICE updates, migrant coverage and breaking immigration news straight to readers’ phones. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/b... Love this.
Love this. Teens keeping the town informed in Pulaski, WI wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...
Meet the teens keeping this northeast Wisconsin village from becoming a news desert
Pulaski News is a fixture of the community, a tool to prepare students for the workforce and the last official source keeping residents informed about hyperlocal happenings.
wisconsinwatch.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Love this. Teens keeping the town informed in Pulaski, WI wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...
"It was blow after blow for the administrators, who listened quietly to the ensuing hours of emotional testimony. Students broke out crying. Fists slammed the podium. Voices were raised."
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"It was blow after blow for the administrators, who listened quietly to the ensuing hours of emotional testimony. Students broke out crying. Fists slammed the podium. Voices were raised."
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
God this is just so brutal. What are we doing here?
Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Insulin's High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and 26 when he died. He couldn't afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies, so he tried to stretch the doses.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
God this is just so brutal. What are we doing here?
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🎨 Hello, New York! I'd like to introduce you to a new art school for data, design and, dare I say, journalism.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🎨 Hello, New York! I'd like to introduce you to a new art school for data, design and, dare I say, journalism.
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late to point this out but anyone trying to watch Monday Night Football but has YouTubeTV (like me!) - SlingTV offers a single day streaming pass for $5 🫡
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
late to point this out but anyone trying to watch Monday Night Football but has YouTubeTV (like me!) - SlingTV offers a single day streaming pass for $5 🫡
“They’re putting attorneys who have dedicated themselves to public service in the impossible position of fealty to the President or fealty to the Constitution www.newyorker.com/news/the-led... (July)
Why a Devoted Justice Department Lawyer Became a Whistle-Blower
In the first Trump Administration, “they didn’t say ‘Fuck you’ to the courts,” Erez Reuveni said.
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“They’re putting attorneys who have dedicated themselves to public service in the impossible position of fealty to the President or fealty to the Constitution www.newyorker.com/news/the-led... (July)
"Tech designed for improving public dialogue is possible — and can even work in the middle of a war zone." www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/soci... (July)
Social media can support or undermine democracy — it comes down to how it’s designed
Platform design is a silent pilot steering human behavior.
www.niemanlab.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"Tech designed for improving public dialogue is possible — and can even work in the middle of a war zone." www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/soci... (July)
"social media essentially breaks down echo chambers. I can see the views of other people...That’s where a lot of the felt hostility of social media comes from. Not because they make us behave differently, but because they are exposing us to a lot of things" www.techdirt.com/2025/06/20/c... (June)
Community And Choice Are Not Bubbles
Disclosure: I am on the board of Bluesky and am inherently biased. Adjust your skepticism of what I write on this topic accordingly. It seems a bit odd: when something is supposedly dying or irrele…
www.techdirt.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"social media essentially breaks down echo chambers. I can see the views of other people...That’s where a lot of the felt hostility of social media comes from. Not because they make us behave differently, but because they are exposing us to a lot of things" www.techdirt.com/2025/06/20/c... (June)
"Political leaning did not have much impact, with 54% of “extreme conservatives” and 58% of “extreme liberals” in the survey considering PBS a major source of their news." rq1.substack.com/p/are-journa...
Are journalists projecting their own opinions onto the public?
Plus: Finding sustainable revenue for nonprofit news, what the local news crisis has done to political scandal coverage, and how photojournalists view AI
rq1.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Political leaning did not have much impact, with 54% of “extreme conservatives” and 58% of “extreme liberals” in the survey considering PBS a major source of their news." rq1.substack.com/p/are-journa...
A Reuters examination details how rightist influencers and Trump officials have formed a powerful alliance, working together to target perceived adversaries, amplify false claims and reshape the media landscape. www.usermag.co/p/right-wing...
Right-wing influencers earn higher fees for sponsored posts than left-wing counterparts
Sora strangulations, Slurmcore, Bearista breakdowns, a skincare line for 3 yr olds, fitness influencers' hotness problem, MrBeast + Dealbook, Rizzwiches, how far ChatGPT will *really* go
www.usermag.co
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A Reuters examination details how rightist influencers and Trump officials have formed a powerful alliance, working together to target perceived adversaries, amplify false claims and reshape the media landscape. www.usermag.co/p/right-wing...
Looked this up for someone but here is my roundup of engagement journalism guides if it is useful to anyone. brizzyc.medium.com/engagement-j... Need to add some new ones that have come out
Engagement Journalism Guides
Resources to help you make your work more participatory, equitable and inclusive
brizzyc.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Looked this up for someone but here is my roundup of engagement journalism guides if it is useful to anyone. brizzyc.medium.com/engagement-j... Need to add some new ones that have come out
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This week, we examine the dramatic cuts to SAMHSA, the gov't agency in charge of supporting addiction, suicide prevention, and mental health programs receiving federal funding. More than half the employees are gone since January. Huge news story and it's personal.
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This week, we examine the dramatic cuts to SAMHSA, the gov't agency in charge of supporting addiction, suicide prevention, and mental health programs receiving federal funding. More than half the employees are gone since January. Huge news story and it's personal.
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...
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That’s what it is, what I was getting at about my texts this morning.
Regular people don’t think I’m so crazy now.
Regular people don’t think I’m so crazy now.
It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
That’s what it is, what I was getting at about my texts this morning.
Regular people don’t think I’m so crazy now.
Regular people don’t think I’m so crazy now.
“He told me, bluntly, that his agency will no longer book speaking engagements for me. The explanation was simple: the chilling effect of Donald Trump.” The writer said he was told “universities are now too scared to bring in a speaker like me." www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
🟡 Semafor Media: Mogul edition | Semafor
In today’s edition: Axel Springer’s CEO on the hunt.
www.semafor.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“He told me, bluntly, that his agency will no longer book speaking engagements for me. The explanation was simple: the chilling effect of Donald Trump.” The writer said he was told “universities are now too scared to bring in a speaker like me." www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
Within higher education, today’s crackdown is “worse than McCarthyism—much worse,” Ellen Schrecker, a historian and the author of No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities, told me.
This is really good--one of the most powerful and insightful pieces I've read about what @qjurecic.bsky.social appropriately calls "The Third Red Scare." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Within higher education, today’s crackdown is “worse than McCarthyism—much worse,” Ellen Schrecker, a historian and the author of No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities, told me.