Ryan Thomas
@ryanjthomas.bsky.social
🏴 Welsh | Assoc. Prof. & Director of Graduate Studies, Murrow College of Communication @ Washington State University | Journalism studies, ethics, sociology of news etc | Would like to be on a beach, but probably on a committee
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Full paper: (OA), published in special issue "Reimagining Visual Journalism Theory and Practice in the Digital Age" @tjthomson.bsky.social & @ryanjthomas.bsky.social @digitaljournalism.bsky.social 👇
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Reality Re-Imag(in)ed. Mapping Publics’ Perceptions and Evaluations of AI-Generated Images in News Contexts
The rapid advancement of generative AI technology has transformed the creation and dissemination of visual content in journalism, raising critical questions about its impact on news production, cre...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Full paper: (OA), published in special issue "Reimagining Visual Journalism Theory and Practice in the Digital Age" @tjthomson.bsky.social & @ryanjthomas.bsky.social @digitaljournalism.bsky.social 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Taylor Lorenz said WHAT about 9/11???
June 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Taylor Lorenz said WHAT about 9/11???
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The gerontocracy has consequences, episode one million and three.
May 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The gerontocracy has consequences, episode one million and three.
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if the democratic party wasn’t a gerontocracy this would have failed. gerry connelly staying in office til he died allowed this to pass. this is echoes of RBG not retiring. when will democrats fucking learn
Final passage by one vote, though likely the present and 2 NV were all available to them if they had been needed. It's with the Senate now
May 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
if the democratic party wasn’t a gerontocracy this would have failed. gerry connelly staying in office til he died allowed this to pass. this is echoes of RBG not retiring. when will democrats fucking learn
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the democratic party got a single gen z representative with david hogg and he started actually representing the resentment young generations have to old and weak democratic leadership and canned him. pathetic. this party will genuinely never change and keep losing to republicans. bleak
May 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
the democratic party got a single gen z representative with david hogg and he started actually representing the resentment young generations have to old and weak democratic leadership and canned him. pathetic. this party will genuinely never change and keep losing to republicans. bleak
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the results Chotiner gets (like Mehdi Hasan) from simply a) doing his homework and b) asking follow-up questions rather than accepting deflections are remarkable - but also a testament to how much U.S. interviewers normally defer to power
If Chotiner asks for an interview remember the two rules:
- Ask if you are being detained. If not, leave.
- Say you want to speak to your lawyer and nothing else.
- Ask if you are being detained. If not, leave.
- Say you want to speak to your lawyer and nothing else.
April 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
the results Chotiner gets (like Mehdi Hasan) from simply a) doing his homework and b) asking follow-up questions rather than accepting deflections are remarkable - but also a testament to how much U.S. interviewers normally defer to power
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Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Thomas, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, on his recent publication in Poynter! @ryanjthomas.bsky.social
Read it here: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
Read it here: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
April 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Thomas, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, on his recent publication in Poynter! @ryanjthomas.bsky.social
Read it here: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
Read it here: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
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Congrats to our own Jennifer Henrichsen, a member of @carnegiecorp.bsky.social's 2025 class of #CarnegieFellows! This esteemed group of scholars is researching the causes of political polarization & seeking ways to strengthen social cohesion & fortify our democracy. www.carnegie.org/news/article...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Fellowships to 26 Scholars Researching Political Polarization | Carnegie Corporation of New York
The philanthropic foundation’s three-year, $18 million initiative supports interdisciplinary research into the causes of polarization and ways to mitigate it
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April 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Congrats to our own Jennifer Henrichsen, a member of @carnegiecorp.bsky.social's 2025 class of #CarnegieFellows! This esteemed group of scholars is researching the causes of political polarization & seeking ways to strengthen social cohesion & fortify our democracy. www.carnegie.org/news/article...
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Today is the big day - #CougsGive is finally here! 🎉 Can't wait to see the new heights the #WSU community will reach today. Visit cougsgive.wsu.edu to make your donations, and remember, no matter how big or small, your contribution makes a difference! ❤️
#CougsGive - April 16, 2025
Washington State University celebrates its 10th annual #CougsGive day of giving on April 16, 2025.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today is the big day - #CougsGive is finally here! 🎉 Can't wait to see the new heights the #WSU community will reach today. Visit cougsgive.wsu.edu to make your donations, and remember, no matter how big or small, your contribution makes a difference! ❤️
An incredible achievement by my brilliant colleague!
📢 Exciting news! Jennifer Henrichsen is WSU's first Andrew Carnegie Fellow! 🎉
She'll receive $200,000 to study how journalists can reduce political polarization and boost civic engagement.
Read more: murrow.wsu.edu/news/2025/04...
#MurrowCollege #CarnegieFellows
She'll receive $200,000 to study how journalists can reduce political polarization and boost civic engagement.
Read more: murrow.wsu.edu/news/2025/04...
#MurrowCollege #CarnegieFellows
Murrow professor named WSU’s first Carnegie Fellow
Jennifer Henrichsen is among 26 fellows receiving $200,000 to support research that enhances understanding of political polarization in the United States.
murrow.wsu.edu
April 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
An incredible achievement by my brilliant colleague!
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Delighted to be included in this list with co-authors @ryanjthomas.bsky.social and @phoebesophist.bsky.social alongside some very fine colleagues from around the world.
💡 Need some inspiration? Check out some of our most-downloaded articles in #DigitalJournalism over the past 12 months.
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April 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Delighted to be included in this list with co-authors @ryanjthomas.bsky.social and @phoebesophist.bsky.social alongside some very fine colleagues from around the world.
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I think of this as 'everything is comms' disease. This interview looked awful because the policy is, in fact, awful. You can't do an interview about it and come across well unless your interlocutor is under-prepared!
March 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I think of this as 'everything is comms' disease. This interview looked awful because the policy is, in fact, awful. You can't do an interview about it and come across well unless your interlocutor is under-prepared!
I don’t know what journal editors are out there telling authors to remove references to their own work by replacing the in-text citation with (Author) but they need to be launched into the sun, it’s bad practice and makes the author more likely to be identified
March 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I don’t know what journal editors are out there telling authors to remove references to their own work by replacing the in-text citation with (Author) but they need to be launched into the sun, it’s bad practice and makes the author more likely to be identified
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at this point amy schumer would be a better minority leader
March 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
at this point amy schumer would be a better minority leader
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The hypocrisy is so glaringly obvious and yet it's still worth calling it out:
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The hypocrisy is so glaringly obvious and yet it's still worth calling it out:
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Most notable line in Dodds’ resignation letter might be this: “I also expected we would collectively discuss our fiscal rules and approach to taxation”.
First public cabinet dissent on economic policy.
First public cabinet dissent on economic policy.
February 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Most notable line in Dodds’ resignation letter might be this: “I also expected we would collectively discuss our fiscal rules and approach to taxation”.
First public cabinet dissent on economic policy.
First public cabinet dissent on economic policy.
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Evergreen
One advantage to the current political moment is that it brings into focus larger power structures that are typically invisible or mystified. A billionaire-owned media system is a policy failure and a threat to democracy.
February 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Evergreen
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Freedom is when the boss tells you what to write and think. bsky.app/profile/maxt...
New: Jeff Bezos emailed staff at the Washington Post this morning announcing that the Post opinion pages going forward were largely going to focus on defending personal liberties and free markets. Current opinion section editor David Shipley is out.
February 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Freedom is when the boss tells you what to write and think. bsky.app/profile/maxt...
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"It’s a familiar Silicon Valley mindset, the reason startups are forever reinventing a bus, or a bodega, or mail. It’s the implacable certainty that if you’re smart at one thing you must be smart at all of the things." www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug
A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get.
www.wired.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"It’s a familiar Silicon Valley mindset, the reason startups are forever reinventing a bus, or a bodega, or mail. It’s the implacable certainty that if you’re smart at one thing you must be smart at all of the things." www.wired.com/story/doge-i...