Maria-Magdalena Bărăscu
@magdabarascu.bsky.social
Coordinated online disinformation and smear campaigns against journalists, enabled and amplified by digital platforms, stand among the gravest threats to press freedom and safety. By remaining silent and inactive, Big Tech has allowed its systems to be used as instruments of intimidation.
The human cost of Big Tech’s inaction - IFEX
ifex.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Coordinated online disinformation and smear campaigns against journalists, enabled and amplified by digital platforms, stand among the gravest threats to press freedom and safety. By remaining silent and inactive, Big Tech has allowed its systems to be used as instruments of intimidation.
Jimmy Wales: "Wikipedia isn’t as good as I want it to be."
That's why you have us, boss :)
PS: „The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last” will be out on Tuesday, the 28th of October 2025
That's why you have us, boss :)
PS: „The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last” will be out on Tuesday, the 28th of October 2025
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Jimmy Wales: "Wikipedia isn’t as good as I want it to be."
That's why you have us, boss :)
PS: „The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last” will be out on Tuesday, the 28th of October 2025
That's why you have us, boss :)
PS: „The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last” will be out on Tuesday, the 28th of October 2025
“Now we all raise our voices for those who can no longer raise theirs.” The most renowned artists and groups on the Valencian music scene sing in #LladresDeSobretaula, to keep the memory alive of the affected people and demand justice for the victims of the Dana 29 d’Octubre del 2024.
LLADRES DE SOBRETAULA- ZOO-MALIFETA-CIUDAD JARA-LA RAIZ- ABRIL-TITO PONTET- LOS CHIKOS DEL MAIZ
YouTube video by VICTIMAS MORTALES DANA 29-O
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“Now we all raise our voices for those who can no longer raise theirs.” The most renowned artists and groups on the Valencian music scene sing in #LladresDeSobretaula, to keep the memory alive of the affected people and demand justice for the victims of the Dana 29 d’Octubre del 2024.
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. /
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. /
Seek truth. Own up to mistakes. Consider all sides of a story. Prioritize accuracy, minimize harm, be transparent, avoid conflicts of interest.
Thirteen Journalists on How They Are Rethinking Ethics
We asked newsroom leaders and ethicists what they’re keeping or changing in an era of Trump, “fake news,” AI, and industry decline.
www.cjr.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Seek truth. Own up to mistakes. Consider all sides of a story. Prioritize accuracy, minimize harm, be transparent, avoid conflicts of interest.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
STOP KILLING JOURNALISTS!
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
STOP KILLING JOURNALISTS!
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by Israel’s killing in Gaza on Sunday of five Al Jazeera staff — correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and camer...
cpj.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
STOP KILLING JOURNALISTS!
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
STOP KILLING JOURNALISTS!
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
Journalism is not a crime.
The war in Gaza has killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World | Costs of War
The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. We use research and a public website to facilitate debate ab...
watson.brown.edu
June 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The war in Gaza has killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
News use across online platforms continues to fragment, with 6 online networks now reaching more than 10% weekly with news content, compared with just two a decade ago. Around a third of our global sample uses Facebook (36%) and YouTube (30%) for news each week.
Overview and key findings of the 2025 Digital News Report
This year’s report comes at a time of deep political and economic uncertainty, changing geo-political alliances, not to mention climate breakdown and continuing destructive conflicts around the world....
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
June 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
News use across online platforms continues to fragment, with 6 online networks now reaching more than 10% weekly with news content, compared with just two a decade ago. Around a third of our global sample uses Facebook (36%) and YouTube (30%) for news each week.
Russia’s foreign-influence campaigns are not always about trying to get a friendly government elected; just as often, they can be about sowing doubts about democracy and getting people to believe that their system is rigged.
Why the MAGA Right Became Obsessed With the Romanian Election (Gift Article)
It started with a Russian influence campaign and a canceled vote. Then the American right showed up.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Russia’s foreign-influence campaigns are not always about trying to get a friendly government elected; just as often, they can be about sowing doubts about democracy and getting people to believe that their system is rigged.
Whatever the result on Sunday, the many EU countries struggling to confront populism must learn from Romania: it is a casebook study in how not to respond.
How not to fight populism: a lesson from Romania
The real culprits for the rise of the right are the complacent parties who have ruled since the 1989 revolution
www.ft.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Whatever the result on Sunday, the many EU countries struggling to confront populism must learn from Romania: it is a casebook study in how not to respond.
nice holiday plan
‘A muddy ride into Romania’s dreamy countryside’: cycling the Via Transilvanica
The challenging 870-mile trail cuts diagonally across Romania and takes in mountain meadows, fairytale forests and medieval monasteries
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
nice holiday plan
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We feel the weight of language in conferences and lecture halls, but true fluency isn’t about presenting research - it’s tested in the unpredictable: the small talk, the offhand remarks, the casual exchanges that native speakers glide through while the rest of us hesitate, grasping for words
Did speaking English as a second language impact Zelensky in THAT meeting with Trump?
Much has been said about the catastrophic meeting at the White House last Friday between Ukrainian President Zelensky and the US President and Vice President.
barbaraserra.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We feel the weight of language in conferences and lecture halls, but true fluency isn’t about presenting research - it’s tested in the unpredictable: the small talk, the offhand remarks, the casual exchanges that native speakers glide through while the rest of us hesitate, grasping for words
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Kicking off the 2025 Reuters Memorial Lectured, delivered by Columbia Journalism Dean Jelani Cobb.
🧵 Follow this thread for key quotes
✍️ Read our interview with him
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/columbi...
🎥 Watch the event in the link below
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYts...
🧵 Follow this thread for key quotes
✍️ Read our interview with him
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/columbi...
🎥 Watch the event in the link below
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYts...
The 2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture
YouTube video by Reuters Institute
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Kicking off the 2025 Reuters Memorial Lectured, delivered by Columbia Journalism Dean Jelani Cobb.
🧵 Follow this thread for key quotes
✍️ Read our interview with him
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/columbi...
🎥 Watch the event in the link below
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYts...
🧵 Follow this thread for key quotes
✍️ Read our interview with him
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/columbi...
🎥 Watch the event in the link below
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYts...
Welcome to the censorship of scientific research era
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Welcome to the censorship of scientific research era
Reposted by Maria-Magdalena Bărăscu
Journalists and editors, your mental wellbeing matters!
@WSoyinkaCentre is now offering free mental health support.
Apply now: https://twp.ai/1V7YmD
@WSoyinkaCentre is now offering free mental health support.
Apply now: https://twp.ai/1V7YmD
March 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Journalists and editors, your mental wellbeing matters!
@WSoyinkaCentre is now offering free mental health support.
Apply now: https://twp.ai/1V7YmD
@WSoyinkaCentre is now offering free mental health support.
Apply now: https://twp.ai/1V7YmD
Reposted by Maria-Magdalena Bărăscu
We have an opening for a post-doc in English linguistics starting on the first of August this year (please repost)
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UZH: Senior Assistantship in English Linguistics
The English Department of the University of Zurich invites applications for a Senior Assistantship in the field of English Linguistics to start on 1 August 2025. This postdoctoral position is initiall...
jobs.uzh.ch
March 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We have an opening for a post-doc in English linguistics starting on the first of August this year (please repost)
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
slava Ukraini!
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
slava Ukraini!
dear @washingtonpost.com,
You'll be missed
You'll be missed
February 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
dear @washingtonpost.com,
You'll be missed
You'll be missed
“Everything I’ve been able to do has flowed from the moment I received my first library card. No matter what I do, I don’t think I can ever completely repay that debt”
Columbia Journalism Dean Jelani Cobb on covering Trump: “There is even more fear than in 2016”
This award-winning reporter will deliver the 2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture on 10 March. Here he speaks about local news, AI and more.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
“Everything I’ve been able to do has flowed from the moment I received my first library card. No matter what I do, I don’t think I can ever completely repay that debt”
something he will never have
Elon Musk Wants What He Can’t Have: Wikipedia
Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia. What happens if they succeed?
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
something he will never have
'Wikipedia offer lessons in transparency, accountability, and community involvement that could inspire new approaches to online information integrity'
In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, Wikipedia has suddenly become the most reliable place on the internet | CNN Business
Over the past two decades, the free-to-use online encyclopedia has carried on with its mission, expanding its global community of volunteer editors, known as Wikipedians, and ultimately resisting the ...
edition.cnn.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
'Wikipedia offer lessons in transparency, accountability, and community involvement that could inspire new approaches to online information integrity'