Chris McCollough
@drmccollough.bsky.social
Endowed Chair of Journalism & Mass Communication. Professor and Department Chair, Communication @ Jacksonville State University. Father. Unrepentent Geek and Sports Fan. Student of public sector communication , public relations, and pedagogy.
Friendly, daily reminder to friends and colleagues who work in the nonprofit space that this one is dangerously overbroad, and could do damage well beyond the intended targets presented on first blush.
Call your reps and Senators.
Call your reps and Senators.
Huge, huge thanks to @matthewcort.land and @celestepewter.bsky.social for the resources they have provided here on bluesky on HR 9495. Just emailed this to the 975 subscribers on my mailing list
H.R. 9495 Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Nonprofits
CALL YOUR HOUSE REP MONDAY MORNING, I AM NOT KIDDING
grantwriting-with-claire-willett.ghost.io
November 19, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Friendly, daily reminder to friends and colleagues who work in the nonprofit space that this one is dangerously overbroad, and could do damage well beyond the intended targets presented on first blush.
Call your reps and Senators.
Call your reps and Senators.
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Pew's findings paint a concerning picture of the online news landscape. The widespread dominance of conservative male voices in the news content creator world tilts public discourse toward reactionary right wing narratives, which are then boosted by algorithms that reward sensationalism and outrage
The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds
The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem
www.usermag.co
November 18, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Pew's findings paint a concerning picture of the online news landscape. The widespread dominance of conservative male voices in the news content creator world tilts public discourse toward reactionary right wing narratives, which are then boosted by algorithms that reward sensationalism and outrage
Troubled by election post mortems that stray from failures to tap into the strongest set of voter concerns (i.e., perceived neglect of inflation relief) and instead re-marginalizing communities welcomed into the coalition.
You can be inclusive while focusing on core concerns. No sacrifices needed.
You can be inclusive while focusing on core concerns. No sacrifices needed.
November 17, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Troubled by election post mortems that stray from failures to tap into the strongest set of voter concerns (i.e., perceived neglect of inflation relief) and instead re-marginalizing communities welcomed into the coalition.
You can be inclusive while focusing on core concerns. No sacrifices needed.
You can be inclusive while focusing on core concerns. No sacrifices needed.
Anyone who boils this one down to antisemitism and anti-Israel lacks the political imagination to understand this can cripple any nonprofit.
If your rep voted for it on the last pass, give them a call and make your case.
If your rep voted for it on the last pass, give them a call and make your case.
The “nonprofit killer” bill is coming back is likely to pass unless many of the 52 Democrats who support it flip. Read @hurwitz.bsky.social on how “material support” aimed at Palestinian protestors could gut all news/NGOs www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump plans to silence dissent
Building off a bipartisan push to punish pro-Palestine protesters, Trump has a broad crackdown ready to implement—including deportations.
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Anyone who boils this one down to antisemitism and anti-Israel lacks the political imagination to understand this can cripple any nonprofit.
If your rep voted for it on the last pass, give them a call and make your case.
If your rep voted for it on the last pass, give them a call and make your case.
Been a couple of days since I shared a welcome post with the continued migration here:
I’m an endowed chair of journalism and mass comm, professor of PR and Ad, and I study pedagogy and political and public sector communication.
Enjoying the neighborhood, and looking forward to community.
I’m an endowed chair of journalism and mass comm, professor of PR and Ad, and I study pedagogy and political and public sector communication.
Enjoying the neighborhood, and looking forward to community.
a man with a mustache is talking on a phone and the word hello is visible
Alt: Lionel Ritchie is talking on a phone and the word hello is visible
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Been a couple of days since I shared a welcome post with the continued migration here:
I’m an endowed chair of journalism and mass comm, professor of PR and Ad, and I study pedagogy and political and public sector communication.
Enjoying the neighborhood, and looking forward to community.
I’m an endowed chair of journalism and mass comm, professor of PR and Ad, and I study pedagogy and political and public sector communication.
Enjoying the neighborhood, and looking forward to community.
Quote a favorite film using a gif only
November 16, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Quote a favorite film using a gif only
Also the hallmark mixer of college field party punch bowls . . .
These were a status symbol in the early 90s. Zoomers will never understand.
stop talking about echo chambers and start talking about ecto cooler
November 16, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Also the hallmark mixer of college field party punch bowls . . .
Had a good conversation in Poli Comm yesterday about the fallacy of mandates in politics.
On cue, < 50% on the popular.
If you’re in the majority, history tells us compromise is it. The minority has plenty of ground to be a robust opposition with valid viewpoints.
See 1992-1994 for reference.
On cue, < 50% on the popular.
If you’re in the majority, history tells us compromise is it. The minority has plenty of ground to be a robust opposition with valid viewpoints.
See 1992-1994 for reference.
Per the Cook Political Report, Trump has just fallen below 50% of the popular vote. With 152.7M votes counted (and some more to come.)
🟥 Trump 49.99%
🟦 Harris 48.22%.
cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker/2…
🟥 Trump 49.99%
🟦 Harris 48.22%.
cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker/2…
November 16, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Had a good conversation in Poli Comm yesterday about the fallacy of mandates in politics.
On cue, < 50% on the popular.
If you’re in the majority, history tells us compromise is it. The minority has plenty of ground to be a robust opposition with valid viewpoints.
See 1992-1994 for reference.
On cue, < 50% on the popular.
If you’re in the majority, history tells us compromise is it. The minority has plenty of ground to be a robust opposition with valid viewpoints.
See 1992-1994 for reference.
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Blessed are the satirical, for they shall inherit Infowars.
November 15, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Blessed are the satirical, for they shall inherit Infowars.
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If you're just joining bluesky and have downloaded deck.blue to get the Tweet Deck vibes again or to manage your columns -- please considering joining the patreon! The dev was laid off recently from his job. $2/mo is an incredible deal for this interface
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November 14, 2024 at 3:45 AM
If you're just joining bluesky and have downloaded deck.blue to get the Tweet Deck vibes again or to manage your columns -- please considering joining the patreon! The dev was laid off recently from his job. $2/mo is an incredible deal for this interface
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Life comes at us fast 😉
I started teaching during my 2nd year of graduate school, which means I was able to just write—*accurately*—in a recommendation letter that a student is near the top I’ve worked with "in nearly 20 years of teaching" & now I’m going to crawl into a corner & whither to dust ok byyyyye
November 15, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Life comes at us fast 😉
Guys, this one is easy.
November 15, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Guys, this one is easy.
One of the best reads in a week of bad takes in post mortem . . .
Governor Andy Beshear, in a Trump +30 state, gives advice to Democrats: Do not throw LGBTQ+ people under the bus, it will not work.
His advice to dems: Lead on your values.
This man ran on a fully inclusive campaign in 2023 and won. He received the same kind of ads Harris did.
His advice to dems: Lead on your values.
This man ran on a fully inclusive campaign in 2023 and won. He received the same kind of ads Harris did.
November 13, 2024 at 4:49 AM
One of the best reads in a week of bad takes in post mortem . . .
Best news this week.
Pushback is essential.
More importantly, keeping corrosive, insipid defunding of nonprofits doing essential work in communities off the table in general is good news.
Pushback is essential.
More importantly, keeping corrosive, insipid defunding of nonprofits doing essential work in communities off the table in general is good news.
DOWN GOES HR 9495!
Needed a 2/3 to pass!
Needed a 2/3 to pass!
November 13, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Best news this week.
Pushback is essential.
More importantly, keeping corrosive, insipid defunding of nonprofits doing essential work in communities off the table in general is good news.
Pushback is essential.
More importantly, keeping corrosive, insipid defunding of nonprofits doing essential work in communities off the table in general is good news.
Keeping it real, I feel pretty good about my chances . . .
November 13, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Keeping it real, I feel pretty good about my chances . . .
The most terrifying Hegseth for SecDef clip, though the axe attack on the drummer remains a top 5 . . .
Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth repeatedly advocated for massive military strikes against Iran www.mediamatters.org/pete-hegseth...
November 13, 2024 at 1:30 AM
The most terrifying Hegseth for SecDef clip, though the axe attack on the drummer remains a top 5 . . .
*casually starts looking for library auction lots including old card cabinets*
I literally discovered this weekend that wine bottles fit in my library catalog cabinet and had the same idea for an advent calendar.
November 12, 2024 at 4:15 PM
*casually starts looking for library auction lots including old card cabinets*
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We’ve been here before, and we’ve fought back before.
Don’t let Trump jail journalists and trample the First Amendment.
Don’t let Trump jail journalists and trample the First Amendment.
Trump will try to destroy press freedom. We won’t let him
Trump’s anti-press agenda is an existential threat to the Fourth Estate
freedom.press
November 12, 2024 at 3:32 PM
We’ve been here before, and we’ve fought back before.
Don’t let Trump jail journalists and trample the First Amendment.
Don’t let Trump jail journalists and trample the First Amendment.
So very many good colleagues working on echo chambers and right wing media studies.
If you’re up for some pre-game reading, it’s out here.
If you’re up for some pre-game reading, it’s out here.
It behooves Americans who care about the future of democracy, decent governance and the fate of their most vulnerable fellow Americans to understand the fundamentally different media reality that envelops a substantial number of voters. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Democrats need to reclaim reality from the right-wing disinformation machine
Disinformation has taken hold over democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM
So very many good colleagues working on echo chambers and right wing media studies.
If you’re up for some pre-game reading, it’s out here.
If you’re up for some pre-game reading, it’s out here.
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You know how Kentuckians last week rejected measure to allow public funds to be used for private schools?
I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)
I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)
November 11, 2024 at 8:59 PM
You know how Kentuckians last week rejected measure to allow public funds to be used for private schools?
I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)
I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)
Great, comprehensive thread.
A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant.
I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.
Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.
Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Great, comprehensive thread.
Good to see you here, Rick.
Ok, fine.
I’d hoped threads would be at least somewhat flexible about political content, but here we are.
I’d hoped threads would be at least somewhat flexible about political content, but here we are.
November 12, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Good to see you here, Rick.
The way I reached for my three dogs when I saw this headline . . .
November 12, 2024 at 1:11 PM
The way I reached for my three dogs when I saw this headline . . .