Pat Ferrucci
@patferrucci.bsky.social
I teach and research and do things like that. I used to do journalism. Um, that's it. Oh, and website: https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/college-leadership/patrick-ferrucci
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Pat Ferrucci
@patferrucci.bsky.social
· Dec 9
"I think the main argument revolves around the need to realize there is no such thing as journalism anymore."
Patrick Ferrucci answers questions about his new book on the UIP blog.
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/qa-with-the-author-of-the-organization-of-journalism/
Patrick Ferrucci answers questions about his new book on the UIP blog.
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/qa-with-the-author-of-the-organization-of-journalism/
OK, so I'm bad at social media and worse at talking about my own work. But ... I've got a new book. I like it. I would say it does two things: Shows how ownership model affects practice, and argues US journalism is deprofessionalizing. You should buy it.
Now that voting is going on, remember's @acadianjprof.bsky.social platform:
#AEJMC! I’m running for vice president in the upcoming elections. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing about why, but for now I’ll just say that @aejmc.bsky.social has meant a lot to me professionally, and I know I’ll work hard for a #futurefriendlyaejmc
March 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Now that voting is going on, remember's @acadianjprof.bsky.social platform:
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🔥CFP for our @digitaljournalism.bsky.social special issue🔥 Adaptation is a crucial human skill that helps us navigate the choppy waters of a field. Send in your proposals and please reach out to our team with questions!
Deadline: July 1
Deadline: July 1
SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS! Submit your abstracts to Digital Journalism’s latest Special Issue on "Adaptation in digital journalism", guest edited by @acadianjprof.bsky.social, Patrick Ferrucci, @johana.bsky.social, & Dariya Orlova.
🗓️Deadline: July 1, 2025
➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1vLQx...
🗓️Deadline: July 1, 2025
➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1vLQx...
March 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🔥CFP for our @digitaljournalism.bsky.social special issue🔥 Adaptation is a crucial human skill that helps us navigate the choppy waters of a field. Send in your proposals and please reach out to our team with questions!
Deadline: July 1
Deadline: July 1
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Thanks for the write up of our study Neiman Lab. I can tell a lot of effort went into it.
Unionization may offer extra benefits (but also extra work) for women journalists, according to a new study
Over the last decade, journalists have unionized their newsrooms in record numbers. Since 2016, nearly 8,000 media workers from 146 companies have unionized with The NewsGuild-Communications Workers o...
www.niemanlab.org
February 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thanks for the write up of our study Neiman Lab. I can tell a lot of effort went into it.
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NEW #JMCQReview🚨 In this book, @patferrucci.bsky.social reflects on the growing effect of the organization; in particular with market model affect on journalism practice. Read the @jmcquarterly.bsky.social review by Lenka Waschková Císařová:
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February 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
NEW #JMCQReview🚨 In this book, @patferrucci.bsky.social reflects on the growing effect of the organization; in particular with market model affect on journalism practice. Read the @jmcquarterly.bsky.social review by Lenka Waschková Císařová:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨Thanks to @patferrucci.bsky.social for leading this study on The Athletic's merger with the New York Times. Based on interviews with Athletic journos, we find that slight changes to journalists professional autonomy upended positive momentum in the newsroom
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Shocking the System: The Athletic, a Journalistic Merger and the (Preventable) Ensuing Fallout | Ferrucci | International Journal of Communication
Shocking the System: The Athletic, a Journalistic Merger and the (Preventable) Ensuing Fallout
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February 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨Thanks to @patferrucci.bsky.social for leading this study on The Athletic's merger with the New York Times. Based on interviews with Athletic journos, we find that slight changes to journalists professional autonomy upended positive momentum in the newsroom
ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
Everyone should vote for Greg. He's done a ton for AEJ (and done it very well).
#AEJMC! I’m running for vice president in the upcoming elections. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing about why, but for now I’ll just say that @aejmc.bsky.social has meant a lot to me professionally, and I know I’ll work hard for a #futurefriendlyaejmc
February 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Everyone should vote for Greg. He's done a ton for AEJ (and done it very well).
Perfect.
back at the other place in 2021 i started a periodically updated thread with pictures of steven seagal playing guitar - here’s the start of the new thread 🧵
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January 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Perfect.
Such a good piece. One guy who makes the sound of his band go writing about another guy who made the sound of The Band go ... Great read.
January 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Such a good piece. One guy who makes the sound of his band go writing about another guy who made the sound of The Band go ... Great read.
Great read even if you already love Jason Molina.
For my new column I went long on the music and career of Jason Molina, who's become one of the more influential bygone indie icons of the decade. Please enjoy these great and heavy tunes! uproxx.com/indie/jason-...
January 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Great read even if you already love Jason Molina.
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My monograph "Shadow of the New Deal" was recognized by five book awards in 2024, and it's on end-of-year Kindle sale today! www.amazon.com/Shadow-New-D...
December 31, 2024 at 3:11 PM
My monograph "Shadow of the New Deal" was recognized by five book awards in 2024, and it's on end-of-year Kindle sale today! www.amazon.com/Shadow-New-D...
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He’ll also continue his involvement in the upcoming biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” which stars Jeremy Allen White and is currently filming on the Jersey Shore. Upcoming releases will include a look back at his storied recording career, featuring never-before-heard material.
December 26, 2024 at 8:04 PM
He’ll also continue his involvement in the upcoming biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” which stars Jeremy Allen White and is currently filming on the Jersey Shore. Upcoming releases will include a look back at his storied recording career, featuring never-before-heard material.
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Rickey was unlike anyone else. A sad day.
Being Rickey
RIP, Rickey Henderson, 1958-2024
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December 22, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Rickey was unlike anyone else. A sad day.
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December 15, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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For Patrick's bravery in putting himself out there, we're offering 50% off his new book with discount code HOLIDAY50, good until December 31!
go.illinois.edu/f24ferrucci
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December 10, 2024 at 6:22 PM
For Patrick's bravery in putting himself out there, we're offering 50% off his new book with discount code HOLIDAY50, good until December 31!
go.illinois.edu/f24ferrucci
go.illinois.edu/f24ferrucci
OK, so I'm bad at social media and worse at talking about my own work. But ... I've got a new book. I like it. I would say it does two things: Shows how ownership model affects practice, and argues US journalism is deprofessionalizing. You should buy it.
"I think the main argument revolves around the need to realize there is no such thing as journalism anymore."
Patrick Ferrucci answers questions about his new book on the UIP blog.
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/qa-with-the-author-of-the-organization-of-journalism/
Patrick Ferrucci answers questions about his new book on the UIP blog.
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/qa-with-the-author-of-the-organization-of-journalism/
December 9, 2024 at 10:42 PM
OK, so I'm bad at social media and worse at talking about my own work. But ... I've got a new book. I like it. I would say it does two things: Shows how ownership model affects practice, and argues US journalism is deprofessionalizing. You should buy it.
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Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon.
Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
First dataset for the new @huggingface.bsky.social @bsky.app community organisation: one-million-bluesky-posts 🦋
📊 1M public posts from Bluesky's firehose API
🔍 Includes text, metadata, and language predictions
🔬 Perfect to experiment with using ML for Bluesky 🤗
huggingface.co/datasets/blu...
📊 1M public posts from Bluesky's firehose API
🔍 Includes text, metadata, and language predictions
🔬 Perfect to experiment with using ML for Bluesky 🤗
huggingface.co/datasets/blu...
bluesky-community/one-million-bluesky-posts · Datasets at Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
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November 27, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon.
Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
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Prepping for my tenth consecutive invited talk at the Library of Congress!
November 24, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Prepping for my tenth consecutive invited talk at the Library of Congress!
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Outstanding reporting from Boulder Reporting Lab and CU Center for Environmental Journalism on the groundwater contamination from the Valmont Power Plant. boulderreportinglab.org/2023/12/11/h...
Hidden hazard: Boulder’s million-ton coal ash problem
Months of reporting into Xcel Energy’s Valmont coal ash site reveals groundwater contamination with scant oversight from Boulder area officials.
boulderreportinglab.org
December 11, 2023 at 4:58 PM
Outstanding reporting from Boulder Reporting Lab and CU Center for Environmental Journalism on the groundwater contamination from the Valmont Power Plant. boulderreportinglab.org/2023/12/11/h...