Joshua P. Darr
@joshuadarr.bsky.social
Associate professor, Newhouse School @ Syracuse.
Senior Researcher, Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship.
New book: Storefront Campaigning https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009443357
I study local media and elections.
Past: LSU, Penn, BC.
Senior Researcher, Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship.
New book: Storefront Campaigning https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009443357
I study local media and elections.
Past: LSU, Penn, BC.
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I'm closely interviewed for this Nieman Lab report that discusses how rural areas will be affected by loss of funding for local NPR reporting. We must not underestimate the importance of equal access to information - we're about to witness a seismic ideological shift in American sense of "place."
With Cuts to Federal Funding, How Will Public Media in the U.S. Survive? - Nieman Reports
With cuts to federal funding, how will public media in the U.S. survive? Gabe Bullard writes, "The closure of the CPB will hurt NPR and PBS, but the most immediate and devastating blow will be to the ...
niemanreports.org
August 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'm closely interviewed for this Nieman Lab report that discusses how rural areas will be affected by loss of funding for local NPR reporting. We must not underestimate the importance of equal access to information - we're about to witness a seismic ideological shift in American sense of "place."
The New York Times is always a little over its skis when it tries to be a local newspaper.
June 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The New York Times is always a little over its skis when it tries to be a local newspaper.
So the fact that the City of Troy is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a giant wooden horse, temporarily, in a very public transaction, so bothers the crooked Laocoön that he insists we REFUSE the horse. Anybody can do that! The Greeks are world-class losers!!! MTGA
May 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So the fact that the City of Troy is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a giant wooden horse, temporarily, in a very public transaction, so bothers the crooked Laocoön that he insists we REFUSE the horse. Anybody can do that! The Greeks are world-class losers!!! MTGA
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The @outliermedia.org @detdocumenters.bsky.social team phone banked with residents who were owed nearly $5.9M
This is journalism at its best
This is journalism at its best
May 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The @outliermedia.org @detdocumenters.bsky.social team phone banked with residents who were owed nearly $5.9M
This is journalism at its best
This is journalism at its best
Kentucky Derby quotes that also apply to politics:
“Journalism and Sovereignty are neck and neck!”
“Journalism and Sovereignty are neck and neck!”
May 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Kentucky Derby quotes that also apply to politics:
“Journalism and Sovereignty are neck and neck!”
“Journalism and Sovereignty are neck and neck!”
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Partisan sorting, fatalism, and Supreme Court legitimacy by Nicholas T. Davis and Matthew P. Hitt is now available in Early View. @matthewhitt.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/28/p...
April 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Partisan sorting, fatalism, and Supreme Court legitimacy by Nicholas T. Davis and Matthew P. Hitt is now available in Early View. @matthewhitt.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/28/p...
The biggest stories in the NFL and politics right now:
the ability of the powerful to influence media, and media’s desires to keep up good relationships with co-elites,
vs.
the actual realities of on-field performance and governing an organization.
the ability of the powerful to influence media, and media’s desires to keep up good relationships with co-elites,
vs.
the actual realities of on-field performance and governing an organization.
April 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The biggest stories in the NFL and politics right now:
the ability of the powerful to influence media, and media’s desires to keep up good relationships with co-elites,
vs.
the actual realities of on-field performance and governing an organization.
the ability of the powerful to influence media, and media’s desires to keep up good relationships with co-elites,
vs.
the actual realities of on-field performance and governing an organization.
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Can Americans’ trust in local news be trusted? The emergence, sources, and implications of the local news trust advantage by Erik Peterson, Joshua P. Darr, Maxwell B. Allamong and Michael Henderson is now available in Early View. @joshuadarr.bsky.social @ricepolisci.bsky.social ow.ly/y8VC50VzauM
April 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Can Americans’ trust in local news be trusted? The emergence, sources, and implications of the local news trust advantage by Erik Peterson, Joshua P. Darr, Maxwell B. Allamong and Michael Henderson is now available in Early View. @joshuadarr.bsky.social @ricepolisci.bsky.social ow.ly/y8VC50VzauM
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This Thursday 4/10 & Friday 4/11, we're hosting our "AI and Democratic Freedoms" symposium. Looking forwarding to having @sachaltay.bsky.social, @joshuadarr.bsky.social. Manon Revel, & Ranjit Singh join moderator @nadinefj.bsky.social. There’s still time to RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial...
April 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This Thursday 4/10 & Friday 4/11, we're hosting our "AI and Democratic Freedoms" symposium. Looking forwarding to having @sachaltay.bsky.social, @joshuadarr.bsky.social. Manon Revel, & Ranjit Singh join moderator @nadinefj.bsky.social. There’s still time to RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial...
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Our new paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social:
Americans have trusted local media more than national since the mid-1990s.
We show that roughly *half* of that is due to the "local trust heuristic" - people trust news that seems local, whether real or fake.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
Americans have trusted local media more than national since the mid-1990s.
We show that roughly *half* of that is due to the "local trust heuristic" - people trust news that seems local, whether real or fake.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
April 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our new paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social:
Americans have trusted local media more than national since the mid-1990s.
We show that roughly *half* of that is due to the "local trust heuristic" - people trust news that seems local, whether real or fake.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
Americans have trusted local media more than national since the mid-1990s.
We show that roughly *half* of that is due to the "local trust heuristic" - people trust news that seems local, whether real or fake.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
Our new paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social:
Americans have trusted local media more than national since the mid-1990s.
We show that roughly *half* of that is due to the "local trust heuristic" - people trust news that seems local, whether real or fake.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
Americans have trusted local media more than national since the mid-1990s.
We show that roughly *half* of that is due to the "local trust heuristic" - people trust news that seems local, whether real or fake.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
April 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our new paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social:
Americans have trusted local media more than national since the mid-1990s.
We show that roughly *half* of that is due to the "local trust heuristic" - people trust news that seems local, whether real or fake.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
Americans have trusted local media more than national since the mid-1990s.
We show that roughly *half* of that is due to the "local trust heuristic" - people trust news that seems local, whether real or fake.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
Just asked my students if any of them had watched Parks and Rec, not a single hand went up. Devastating news for my teaching style.
March 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just asked my students if any of them had watched Parks and Rec, not a single hand went up. Devastating news for my teaching style.
Does anyone know if there is an @polcomm.bsky.social APSA preconference this year?I haven’t seen anything about it.
March 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Does anyone know if there is an @polcomm.bsky.social APSA preconference this year?I haven’t seen anything about it.
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📍EVENT: RSVP to join our April symposium examining the risks that advanced #AI systems pose to democratic freedoms, co-hosted with the Institute's Senior AI Advisor @sethlazar.org. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial...
January 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
📍EVENT: RSVP to join our April symposium examining the risks that advanced #AI systems pose to democratic freedoms, co-hosted with the Institute's Senior AI Advisor @sethlazar.org. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial...
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Panel 5: Reframing AI in the Digital Public Sphere. 9:45am ET, 4/11. Panelists: @sachaltay.bsky.social (University of Zurich), @joshuadarr.bsky.social (@syracuseu.bsky.social), Manon Revel (Meta FAIR), & Ranjit Singh (Data & Society). Moderator: @nadinefj.bsky.social (@knightcolumbia.org).
March 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Panel 5: Reframing AI in the Digital Public Sphere. 9:45am ET, 4/11. Panelists: @sachaltay.bsky.social (University of Zurich), @joshuadarr.bsky.social (@syracuseu.bsky.social), Manon Revel (Meta FAIR), & Ranjit Singh (Data & Society). Moderator: @nadinefj.bsky.social (@knightcolumbia.org).
Thanks to former Senator Heidi Heitkamp for having me on her Hot Dish Podcast to talk about rural news deserts and polarization - it was a great conversation! You can listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
News Deserts are Changing Rural America
Podcast Episode · One Country Project's Hot Dish · 03/05/2025 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Thanks to former Senator Heidi Heitkamp for having me on her Hot Dish Podcast to talk about rural news deserts and polarization - it was a great conversation! You can listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
The first newspaper to use the term "op-ed," meaning "opposite the editorial page," was ... the Washington Post, in the 1930s.
The point of the opinion page is to oppose the editorial perspective.
digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcont...
The point of the opinion page is to oppose the editorial perspective.
digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcont...
digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu
February 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The first newspaper to use the term "op-ed," meaning "opposite the editorial page," was ... the Washington Post, in the 1930s.
The point of the opinion page is to oppose the editorial perspective.
digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcont...
The point of the opinion page is to oppose the editorial perspective.
digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Excited to be named a 2025 Faculty Champion by the Center for Community News! Looking forward to working with them over the next year to expand our student reporting in DC as part of growing the Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship.
Announcing our latest cohort of Center for Community News Champions! The 62 honorees are helping to forge a sustainable future for local news through
university-led reporting programs. The CCN Champions awarded this year represent 25 different states. More info: uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/2025-cen...
university-led reporting programs. The CCN Champions awarded this year represent 25 different states. More info: uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/2025-cen...
2025 Center for Community News Champions | The University of Vermont
uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu
February 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Excited to be named a 2025 Faculty Champion by the Center for Community News! Looking forward to working with them over the next year to expand our student reporting in DC as part of growing the Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship.
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When people self-report consuming less local news, their faith in elections goes down, but does not influence broader support for the US system of government, finds @joshuadarr.bsky.social @moriahjharman.bsky.social
December 27, 2024 at 5:19 PM
When people self-report consuming less local news, their faith in elections goes down, but does not influence broader support for the US system of government, finds @joshuadarr.bsky.social @moriahjharman.bsky.social
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New in PolCom, Maki, Mann & I propose + offer evidence for a new category of election coverage we call *voting process coverage* (VPC); importantly, we find this type of coverage is not just prevalent, but drowns out game frame coverage in lead-up to Election Day www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JFBIF...
U.S. Election Day Coverage of Voting Processes
Voting in the U.S. is a costly activity, so the public looks to the news media for information. And yet, we know little about news coverage of voting. We first defined voting process coverage (VPC)...
www.tandfonline.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:31 PM
New in PolCom, Maki, Mann & I propose + offer evidence for a new category of election coverage we call *voting process coverage* (VPC); importantly, we find this type of coverage is not just prevalent, but drowns out game frame coverage in lead-up to Election Day www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JFBIF...
When Americans stop reading the local newspaper, their faith that elections are fair drops significantly.
BUT: other election attitudes, belief in American system of government unaffected
My new article @polbehavior.bsky.social, open access, w/ @moriahjharman.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
BUT: other election attitudes, belief in American system of government unaffected
My new article @polbehavior.bsky.social, open access, w/ @moriahjharman.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
December 16, 2024 at 7:09 PM
When Americans stop reading the local newspaper, their faith that elections are fair drops significantly.
BUT: other election attitudes, belief in American system of government unaffected
My new article @polbehavior.bsky.social, open access, w/ @moriahjharman.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
BUT: other election attitudes, belief in American system of government unaffected
My new article @polbehavior.bsky.social, open access, w/ @moriahjharman.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
Important paper for the local news researcher community to read. Great design!
Happy to share my new paper online now @thejop.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Punchline: state legislators whose districts are in out-of-state media markets are more likely to author and cosponsor policy innovations already adopted in the neighboring state.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Punchline: state legislators whose districts are in out-of-state media markets are more likely to author and cosponsor policy innovations already adopted in the neighboring state.
Exposure to Neighbor Adoptions, Agenda Setting Behavior, and Policy Diffusion | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
December 13, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Important paper for the local news researcher community to read. Great design!