Jacob Nelson
@jnelz.bsky.social
Associate professor, University of Utah
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🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 The disadvantages of social media have become abundantly obvious to just about everyone. In this study, we were intrigued to see how journalists considered the audience in a platform space riddled with power imbalances. #commsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Aspirational Metajournalism: What Nieman Journalism Lab Predictions Reveal About Platform and Audience Imaginaries: Digital Journalism: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
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www.tandfonline.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 The disadvantages of social media have become abundantly obvious to just about everyone. In this study, we were intrigued to see how journalists considered the audience in a platform space riddled with power imbalances. #commsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Fellow Abby Qin (@abbyqin.bsky.social) talks with Professor Jacob Nelson (@jnelz.bsky.social) about audience engagement and the "imagined" audience.
Why journalists should stop beating themselves up over audience engagement: A Q&A with Professor Jacob Nelson
By Abby Qin Journalists are under incredible pressure fuelled by the contentious nature of the topics they cover, the financial instability of their industry and the relentless criticism they face onl...
ethics.journalism.wisc.edu
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Fellow Abby Qin (@abbyqin.bsky.social) talks with Professor Jacob Nelson (@jnelz.bsky.social) about audience engagement and the "imagined" audience.
How can journalism educators prepare students to navigate the challenges of today's news industry? @nicolecohen.bsky.social and I tackle this question in @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/jour...
Journalism school needs to do more to prepare students for the hard parts
A labor focus in journalism education, we argue, can inoculate students to better face uncertain futures.
www.niemanlab.org
February 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
How can journalism educators prepare students to navigate the challenges of today's news industry? @nicolecohen.bsky.social and I tackle this question in @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/jour...
What does the polarization unfolding among Jewish Americans look like from the perspective of the journalists who cover them? And how is it affecting the way they think about and report for their audiences? I explored these questions for @columjournreview.bsky.social.
A Front-Row Seat to Polarization
Since Oct. 7, journalists for the American Jewish press have watched their community fracture while wondering how—or even if—they can put back the pieces.
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January 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
What does the polarization unfolding among Jewish Americans look like from the perspective of the journalists who cover them? And how is it affecting the way they think about and report for their audiences? I explored these questions for @columjournreview.bsky.social.
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“Journalists will acknowledge that people’s skepticism toward news is fundamentally tied up in their unflattering misunderstandings about how journalists — and the organizations they work for — make money," @jnelz.bsky.social predicts.
Journalists embrace transparency about the business side
"In 2025, journalists will acknowledge that people’s skepticism toward news is fundamentally tied up in their unflattering misunderstandings about how journalists — and the organizations they work…
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December 11, 2024 at 12:30 AM
“Journalists will acknowledge that people’s skepticism toward news is fundamentally tied up in their unflattering misunderstandings about how journalists — and the organizations they work for — make money," @jnelz.bsky.social predicts.
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It’s that time of the year!! Here is @jonaskaiser.bsky.social killing it as usual
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/bloc...
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/bloc...
Blocking out the audience’s siren song
"But most governance — even extreme governance — is banal. If Project 2025 is anything to go by, journalists need to focus more on the boring minutiae of policymaking and not on the sensationalism of ...
www.niemanlab.org
December 9, 2024 at 9:25 PM
It’s that time of the year!! Here is @jonaskaiser.bsky.social killing it as usual
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/bloc...
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/bloc...
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New article with @jnelz.bsky.social, where we make the case for labour-focused journalism education: shorturl.at/4tLW9
November 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
New article with @jnelz.bsky.social, where we make the case for labour-focused journalism education: shorturl.at/4tLW9
Why has the news media been so focused on Biden's age since the debate? I explore this question in @theconversation.bsky.social.
Why are journalists obsessed with Biden’s age? It’s because they’ve finally found an interesting election story
Is there a plot among journalists to push President Joe Biden out of the race? Why are so many journalists focusing on Biden’s problems and not Trump’s? A journalism scholar explains what’s going on.
theconversation.com
July 11, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Why has the news media been so focused on Biden's age since the debate? I explore this question in @theconversation.bsky.social.
We typically assume people distrust news because they think journalists are politically biased. My latest research with @sethclewis.bsky.social and Brent Cowley suggests people might actually be more concerned with what they see as journalists' economic biases. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QVAAB...
‘Money is the root of all evil.’ How the business of journalism shapes trust in news - Jacob L Nelson, Seth C Lewis, Brent Cowley, 2024
In journalism studies, the “audience turn” in recent years has shifted attention in important ways to the lived experiences of news consumers. This study adds t...
journals.sagepub.com
April 30, 2024 at 8:27 PM
We typically assume people distrust news because they think journalists are politically biased. My latest research with @sethclewis.bsky.social and Brent Cowley suggests people might actually be more concerned with what they see as journalists' economic biases. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QVAAB...