Chris Waiting
@cwaiting.bsky.social
Chief Executive, The Conversation UK
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August 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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📢 We have completed our third Cyclical Review of @impressorg.bsky.social, confirming its commitment to high editorial standards, freedom of expression, and robust protections for the public.
Read more about this important milestone in independent press self-regulation.
Read more about this important milestone in independent press self-regulation.
Third Cyclical Review Confirms Impress Continues to Meet Charter Criteria
The Board of the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) has completed its third Cyclical Review of Impress, the UK’s only Approved Regulator. Impress is required to demonstrate every three years that it contin...
www.pressrecognitionpanel.org.uk
June 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📢 We have completed our third Cyclical Review of @impressorg.bsky.social, confirming its commitment to high editorial standards, freedom of expression, and robust protections for the public.
Read more about this important milestone in independent press self-regulation.
Read more about this important milestone in independent press self-regulation.
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We are pleased to be part of this joint National Academies letter in the Times today ahead of the Spending Review making the case for investment in R&D
@royalsociety.org @britishacademy.bsky.social @raeng.org.uk @acmedsci.bsky.social
@royalsociety.org @britishacademy.bsky.social @raeng.org.uk @acmedsci.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
We are pleased to be part of this joint National Academies letter in the Times today ahead of the Spending Review making the case for investment in R&D
@royalsociety.org @britishacademy.bsky.social @raeng.org.uk @acmedsci.bsky.social
@royalsociety.org @britishacademy.bsky.social @raeng.org.uk @acmedsci.bsky.social
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🚨 New Blog Alert! 🚨
We explore the stark contrast between the UK Government’s repeated commitments to independent press self-regulation and the reality, which leaves most of the press unaccountable and the public unprotected.
#PressRegulation #LevesonInquiry
We explore the stark contrast between the UK Government’s repeated commitments to independent press self-regulation and the reality, which leaves most of the press unaccountable and the public unprotected.
#PressRegulation #LevesonInquiry
Kicking the Can on Press Accountability and Public Protection
The UK Government continues to repeat its commitment to an independent self-regulatory regime for the press that supports press freedom and ensures the public has access to trustworthy information fro...
www.pressrecognitionpanel.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🚨 New Blog Alert! 🚨
We explore the stark contrast between the UK Government’s repeated commitments to independent press self-regulation and the reality, which leaves most of the press unaccountable and the public unprotected.
#PressRegulation #LevesonInquiry
We explore the stark contrast between the UK Government’s repeated commitments to independent press self-regulation and the reality, which leaves most of the press unaccountable and the public unprotected.
#PressRegulation #LevesonInquiry
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Good morning and welcome to your thread of FT Weekend highlights on this cold but mercifully bright weekend. First before you hear one more tech oligarch redefine free speech please read this fantastic essay on the history of an ideal on.ft.com/4hlBeFq
The real history of free speech — from supreme ideal to poisonous politics
[FREE TO READ] The 300-year-old doctrine is being tested by the excesses of digital oligarchs, says historian Fara Dabhoiwala
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March 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Good morning and welcome to your thread of FT Weekend highlights on this cold but mercifully bright weekend. First before you hear one more tech oligarch redefine free speech please read this fantastic essay on the history of an ideal on.ft.com/4hlBeFq
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As funding for CBC & PBS is litigated for political points, it is essential to know that there is a world of difference between 'publicly funded media' and 'state media.' See: www.cbc.ca/news/politic... & www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Heritage minister pitches CBC/Radio-Canada overhaul and a major funding hike | CBC News
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge announced Thursday a plan to overhaul CBC/Radio-Canada to shore up an institution she said is "at a critical crossroads" but one that is necessary as the country face...
www.cbc.ca
March 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
As funding for CBC & PBS is litigated for political points, it is essential to know that there is a world of difference between 'publicly funded media' and 'state media.' See: www.cbc.ca/news/politic... & www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
"There is an art to the building up of suspense"
February 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"There is an art to the building up of suspense"
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Here's Bluesky's growth over time since mostly October.
We launched when there were 300k mentions (Dec 3rd.)
Today's total is 1.22 million mentions.
Average of about 17k mentions every day. largest days were late January. The trend is heavily upwards across time.
We launched when there were 300k mentions (Dec 3rd.)
Today's total is 1.22 million mentions.
Average of about 17k mentions every day. largest days were late January. The trend is heavily upwards across time.
February 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Here's Bluesky's growth over time since mostly October.
We launched when there were 300k mentions (Dec 3rd.)
Today's total is 1.22 million mentions.
Average of about 17k mentions every day. largest days were late January. The trend is heavily upwards across time.
We launched when there were 300k mentions (Dec 3rd.)
Today's total is 1.22 million mentions.
Average of about 17k mentions every day. largest days were late January. The trend is heavily upwards across time.
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#LSE #OpenResearch Working Group's 1st 2025 event "Publishing Beyond Academia" with panel @cwaiting.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com, @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social, @michaeltaster.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, & me (having published with all three) - 🎥 to follow #SciComm
February 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
#LSE #OpenResearch Working Group's 1st 2025 event "Publishing Beyond Academia" with panel @cwaiting.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com, @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social, @michaeltaster.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, & me (having published with all three) - 🎥 to follow #SciComm
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Can’t be repeated often enough
‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’
on.ft.com/42hzVmL
‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’
on.ft.com/42hzVmL
The UK should take a leaf from France’s book to boost arts funding
Tax breaks for corporate sponsors can benefit the creative sector at a time of dwindling public funds
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January 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Can’t be repeated often enough
‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’
on.ft.com/42hzVmL
‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’
on.ft.com/42hzVmL
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Where do you find your news? Social media serves us up an increasingly skewed perspective on the world. Some of our traditional media is extremely politically biased.
I like @theconversation.com - written by expert academics; curated but not politically steered by editors:
theconversation.com/uk
I like @theconversation.com - written by expert academics; curated but not politically steered by editors:
theconversation.com/uk
The Conversation UK is your most reliable trusted news. Written by academics.
Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from th...
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Where do you find your news? Social media serves us up an increasingly skewed perspective on the world. Some of our traditional media is extremely politically biased.
I like @theconversation.com - written by expert academics; curated but not politically steered by editors:
theconversation.com/uk
I like @theconversation.com - written by expert academics; curated but not politically steered by editors:
theconversation.com/uk
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The folks at @journalismnews.bsky.social have kindly produced an AI-assisted TLDR sharing my approach to generative AI use in the classroom. See how I am encouraging my @uosojc.bsky.social students to critically harness these technologies.👇
www.journalism.co.uk/news/generat...
www.journalism.co.uk/news/generat...
Generative AI guidelines for the classroom: A balanced approach
Journalism students need to critically embrace the creative new technology, rather than being discouraged from using it altogether. But the right guardrails need to be put in place, too
www.journalism.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The folks at @journalismnews.bsky.social have kindly produced an AI-assisted TLDR sharing my approach to generative AI use in the classroom. See how I am encouraging my @uosojc.bsky.social students to critically harness these technologies.👇
www.journalism.co.uk/news/generat...
www.journalism.co.uk/news/generat...
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#SciComm event!
Come to #LSE to hear & ask questions of *amazing* Editors: @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social; @cwaiting.bsky.social The Conversation UK, & @michaeltaster.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
📅 12-1, 4.2.25, & lunch:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...
#AcademicSky
Come to #LSE to hear & ask questions of *amazing* Editors: @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social; @cwaiting.bsky.social The Conversation UK, & @michaeltaster.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
📅 12-1, 4.2.25, & lunch:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...
#AcademicSky
January 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#SciComm event!
Come to #LSE to hear & ask questions of *amazing* Editors: @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social; @cwaiting.bsky.social The Conversation UK, & @michaeltaster.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
📅 12-1, 4.2.25, & lunch:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...
#AcademicSky
Come to #LSE to hear & ask questions of *amazing* Editors: @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social; @cwaiting.bsky.social The Conversation UK, & @michaeltaster.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
📅 12-1, 4.2.25, & lunch:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...
#AcademicSky
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A very important message to progressive governments:
"It is easy to imagine a situation in Britain where a far-right government defunds the BBC, where the vast majority of institutional journalism is supported by overseas and right-leaning billionaires, and where the channels for independent 1/3
"It is easy to imagine a situation in Britain where a far-right government defunds the BBC, where the vast majority of institutional journalism is supported by overseas and right-leaning billionaires, and where the channels for independent 1/3
January 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A very important message to progressive governments:
"It is easy to imagine a situation in Britain where a far-right government defunds the BBC, where the vast majority of institutional journalism is supported by overseas and right-leaning billionaires, and where the channels for independent 1/3
"It is easy to imagine a situation in Britain where a far-right government defunds the BBC, where the vast majority of institutional journalism is supported by overseas and right-leaning billionaires, and where the channels for independent 1/3
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Over the past 80 years, academic writing has become substantially harder to read 📉🧪 www.economist.com/science-and-... I analysed 350k PhD thesis abstracts and found that they've become more complex in every discipline, especially the humanities and social sciences
December 18, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Over the past 80 years, academic writing has become substantially harder to read 📉🧪 www.economist.com/science-and-... I analysed 350k PhD thesis abstracts and found that they've become more complex in every discipline, especially the humanities and social sciences
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On Thursday we'll publish a report on attitudes towards platforms, authored by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @shannimcg.bsky.social sky.social and funded by @knightfdn.bsky.social
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November 27, 2024 at 12:13 PM
On Thursday we'll publish a report on attitudes towards platforms, authored by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @shannimcg.bsky.social sky.social and funded by @knightfdn.bsky.social
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People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.
November 27, 2024 at 6:22 AM
People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
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Here's a starter pack of those (and one random editor): go.bsky.app/Jf3ZMWy
November 18, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Here's a starter pack of those (and one random editor): go.bsky.app/Jf3ZMWy
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Should freedom of speech be a human right reserved only for large news publishers with deep pockets?
In our latest blog, we challenge this notion. Let us know what you think.
In our latest blog, we challenge this notion. Let us know what you think.
What about freedom of speech? - Press Recognition Panel
When Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 was quietly put in the bin ahead of the 2024 UK general election, one of the most forceful arguments made in support of repeal was that it undermined n...
www.pressrecognitionpanel.org.uk
November 19, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Should freedom of speech be a human right reserved only for large news publishers with deep pockets?
In our latest blog, we challenge this notion. Let us know what you think.
In our latest blog, we challenge this notion. Let us know what you think.
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Paddington in Peru has been discussed & dissected with @theconversation.bsky.social here in Whitechapel
November 16, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Paddington in Peru has been discussed & dissected with @theconversation.bsky.social here in Whitechapel
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A lot of us have grown up with Paddington, across different generations. In thinking about Paddington as a story about migration & refugees, the question is whether & why we would value fables + positive stories: this idealised narrative in a children's story about Britain as a welcoming society
November 16, 2024 at 11:12 PM
A lot of us have grown up with Paddington, across different generations. In thinking about Paddington as a story about migration & refugees, the question is whether & why we would value fables + positive stories: this idealised narrative in a children's story about Britain as a welcoming society
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“What is the [class] status, for example, of people who work in the gig economy? They're earning some of the lowest wages. But they are ostensibly self-employed, seen as their own masters. When, in fact, the algorithm is their boss.”
Cracking chat on class with @uk.theconversation.com's Laura Hood.
Cracking chat on class with @uk.theconversation.com's Laura Hood.
🔪NEW QUIET RIOT🗡️
AND THEN THERE WERE TWO…
Naomi & Alex digest the Tory leadership race twist, talk “class” with The ConversationUK’s Laura Hood, and discuss Labour’s stuttering Euro-Reset.
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/7637...
AND THEN THERE WERE TWO…
Naomi & Alex digest the Tory leadership race twist, talk “class” with The ConversationUK’s Laura Hood, and discuss Labour’s stuttering Euro-Reset.
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/7637...
AND THEN THERE WERE TWO...
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 10/10/2024 · 1h 8m
podcasts.apple.com
October 10, 2024 at 1:23 PM
“What is the [class] status, for example, of people who work in the gig economy? They're earning some of the lowest wages. But they are ostensibly self-employed, seen as their own masters. When, in fact, the algorithm is their boss.”
Cracking chat on class with @uk.theconversation.com's Laura Hood.
Cracking chat on class with @uk.theconversation.com's Laura Hood.
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This is an interesting new report from Demos on restoring trust in politics. Among its recommendations, it revisits the Cairncross review's recommendation that a Public Interest News Institute be established to build an ecosystem of public interest providers (1/3).
Trustwatch 2024: A playbook to rebuild trust in politics
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
buff.ly
October 7, 2024 at 8:33 AM
This is an interesting new report from Demos on restoring trust in politics. Among its recommendations, it revisits the Cairncross review's recommendation that a Public Interest News Institute be established to build an ecosystem of public interest providers (1/3).
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‘Evidence banks’ can drive better decisions in public life - Anjana Ahuja on the value of evidence synthesis on.ft.com/486JLJn
‘Evidence banks’ can drive better decisions in public life
From climate change to crime, repositories of good quality information are essential
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October 2, 2024 at 6:32 AM
‘Evidence banks’ can drive better decisions in public life - Anjana Ahuja on the value of evidence synthesis on.ft.com/486JLJn
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As an editor, I help people say what they mean--and not say what they don’t mean. Here are some common not-quite-right words or expressions that I often see. This is not to embarrass anybody--I've made many of these mistakes myself. Please share your favorite fixes at the end of the thread. (1/n)
October 1, 2024 at 12:31 PM
As an editor, I help people say what they mean--and not say what they don’t mean. Here are some common not-quite-right words or expressions that I often see. This is not to embarrass anybody--I've made many of these mistakes myself. Please share your favorite fixes at the end of the thread. (1/n)