Tomás Dodds
@tomasdodds.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @uwmadison.bsky.social
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Excited to share our latest article in Journalism Practice: “Journalists ‘Attagged’: The @-tag as a Bonding Tool for ‘Supercharged Critical Publics’”
Led by @Marloes Geboers, and /w @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Eirliani A Rahman and myself — published open access:
doi.org/10.1080/1751...
Led by @Marloes Geboers, and /w @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Eirliani A Rahman and myself — published open access:
doi.org/10.1080/1751...
September 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Excited to share our latest article in Journalism Practice: “Journalists ‘Attagged’: The @-tag as a Bonding Tool for ‘Supercharged Critical Publics’”
Led by @Marloes Geboers, and /w @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Eirliani A Rahman and myself — published open access:
doi.org/10.1080/1751...
Led by @Marloes Geboers, and /w @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Eirliani A Rahman and myself — published open access:
doi.org/10.1080/1751...
A new commentary for our SI on AI hype in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social is out! ✨
Seth Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith, and Jon B. Bunquin argue that hype warrants closer attention, not just as a media trend, but as a window into deeper social and institutional dynamics.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Seth Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith, and Jon B. Bunquin argue that hype warrants closer attention, not just as a media trend, but as a window into deeper social and institutional dynamics.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A new commentary for our SI on AI hype in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social is out! ✨
Seth Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith, and Jon B. Bunquin argue that hype warrants closer attention, not just as a media trend, but as a window into deeper social and institutional dynamics.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Seth Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith, and Jon B. Bunquin argue that hype warrants closer attention, not just as a media trend, but as a window into deeper social and institutional dynamics.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🗞️ My conversation with Luciano Jiménez on the impact of AI on fake news and elections was published today in La Seguna! Read the full interview in Spanish below ⤵️
September 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
🗞️ My conversation with Luciano Jiménez on the impact of AI on fake news and elections was published today in La Seguna! Read the full interview in Spanish below ⤵️
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Asst prof @tomasdodds.bsky.social spoke to @isthmusmadison.bsky.social about his new Public Tech Media Lab, which aims to teach journalists how to use open source technologies and make newsrooms less dependent on big tech companies that have their own private interests. isthmus.com/opinion/from...
Journalism in the age of AI
A new UW-Madison lab aims to help newsrooms develop in-house artificial intelligence tools that reflect their own values and needs.
isthmus.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Asst prof @tomasdodds.bsky.social spoke to @isthmusmadison.bsky.social about his new Public Tech Media Lab, which aims to teach journalists how to use open source technologies and make newsrooms less dependent on big tech companies that have their own private interests. isthmus.com/opinion/from...
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We're excited to welcome new @uwsjmc.bsky.social faculty @tomasdodds.bsky.social to the Center as an affiliate. Dodds examines how new technologies shape newsroom practices, journalistic authority and the ways reporters understand their profession. Welcome,Tomás!
journalism.wisc.edu/news/new-fac...
journalism.wisc.edu/news/new-fac...
New Faculty Q&A with Assistant Professor Tomás Dodds
Journalist and researcher Dr. Tomás Dodds joins the School of Journalism and Mass Communication as an assistant professor.
journalism.wisc.edu
September 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We're excited to welcome new @uwsjmc.bsky.social faculty @tomasdodds.bsky.social to the Center as an affiliate. Dodds examines how new technologies shape newsroom practices, journalistic authority and the ways reporters understand their profession. Welcome,Tomás!
journalism.wisc.edu/news/new-fac...
journalism.wisc.edu/news/new-fac...
First time celebrating Labour Day in Madison 🙂
August 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
First time celebrating Labour Day in Madison 🙂
I did a small Q&A with my new colleagues at the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication about what students can expect to learn in my classes, why I chose to come to Madison, and what I was doing for four weeks in Tenerife! Check it out here ⤵️
journalism.wisc.edu/news/new-fac...
journalism.wisc.edu/news/new-fac...
New Faculty Q&A with Assistant Professor Tomás Dodds
Journalist and researcher Dr. Tomás Dodds joins the School of Journalism and Mass Communication as an assistant professor.
journalism.wisc.edu
August 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I did a small Q&A with my new colleagues at the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication about what students can expect to learn in my classes, why I chose to come to Madison, and what I was doing for four weeks in Tenerife! Check it out here ⤵️
journalism.wisc.edu/news/new-fac...
journalism.wisc.edu/news/new-fac...
Reposted by Tomás Dodds
SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS! The deadline for this CfP is fast coming up! Submit your abstract to “Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in #Journalism” by Sep 1, guest edited by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Alexa Koenig, Rodrigo Zamith, & @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social.
August 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS! The deadline for this CfP is fast coming up! Submit your abstract to “Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in #Journalism” by Sep 1, guest edited by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Alexa Koenig, Rodrigo Zamith, & @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social.
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Eleven academics met today to discuss "The AI turn in journalism: Disruption, adaptation, and democratic futures" recent essay during our first News, Technology, and Society Network reading group. Thanks to @dbossio.bsky.social for facilitating and to all from RMIT and beyond who attended.
August 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Eleven academics met today to discuss "The AI turn in journalism: Disruption, adaptation, and democratic futures" recent essay during our first News, Technology, and Society Network reading group. Thanks to @dbossio.bsky.social for facilitating and to all from RMIT and beyond who attended.
This was fun! Thanks to everyone who joined us.
June 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This was fun! Thanks to everyone who joined us.
The introduction to our SI on bridging the research-practice gap in journalism has now been published!
You can read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It was a pleasure to co-edit this special issue with @annaschjoett.bsky.social, @nadjaschaetz.bsky.social, and @claudiamellado.bsky.social
You can read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It was a pleasure to co-edit this special issue with @annaschjoett.bsky.social, @nadjaschaetz.bsky.social, and @claudiamellado.bsky.social
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May 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The introduction to our SI on bridging the research-practice gap in journalism has now been published!
You can read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It was a pleasure to co-edit this special issue with @annaschjoett.bsky.social, @nadjaschaetz.bsky.social, and @claudiamellado.bsky.social
You can read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It was a pleasure to co-edit this special issue with @annaschjoett.bsky.social, @nadjaschaetz.bsky.social, and @claudiamellado.bsky.social
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Excited about my first public lecture and the trip to Leiden next week as part of our research exchange with @agdorst.bsky.social @tomasdodds.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Excited about my first public lecture and the trip to Leiden next week as part of our research exchange with @agdorst.bsky.social @tomasdodds.bsky.social @karakanta.bsky.social
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SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to our Special Issue on "Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in Journalism", edited by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Alexa Koenig, @rodzam.bsky.social & @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social
🗓️Sep 1, 2025
➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1R9T8...
🗓️Sep 1, 2025
➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1R9T8...
May 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to our Special Issue on "Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in Journalism", edited by @sethclewis.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Alexa Koenig, @rodzam.bsky.social & @davidcheruiyot.bsky.social
🗓️Sep 1, 2025
➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1R9T8...
🗓️Sep 1, 2025
➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1R9T8...
How is #AI reshaping journalism research, education, and practice? Join me, Seth Lewis, @natalihelberger.bsky.social, and @nickmattis.bsky.social to chat about the challenges, the hype, and the future of the field.
📆 June 2nd, 16:00 (CET).
📍 SPUI25 (or stream online).
➡️ spui25.nl/programma/th...
📆 June 2nd, 16:00 (CET).
📍 SPUI25 (or stream online).
➡️ spui25.nl/programma/th...
The Future of Journalism (Studies) in the Age of AI
This panel examines the range of approaches currently used in journalism studies to analyze AI and news. It aims to identify which approaches are proving most productive, which may be less useful, and...
spui25.nl
May 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
How is #AI reshaping journalism research, education, and practice? Join me, Seth Lewis, @natalihelberger.bsky.social, and @nickmattis.bsky.social to chat about the challenges, the hype, and the future of the field.
📆 June 2nd, 16:00 (CET).
📍 SPUI25 (or stream online).
➡️ spui25.nl/programma/th...
📆 June 2nd, 16:00 (CET).
📍 SPUI25 (or stream online).
➡️ spui25.nl/programma/th...
🚨 New publication out now in Journalism!
The AI turn in journalism forces us to rethink journalism’s identity and its relationship with different stakeholders.
🔗 Read the full piece here (open access 🔓):
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The AI turn in journalism forces us to rethink journalism’s identity and its relationship with different stakeholders.
🔗 Read the full piece here (open access 🔓):
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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May 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🚨 New publication out now in Journalism!
The AI turn in journalism forces us to rethink journalism’s identity and its relationship with different stakeholders.
🔗 Read the full piece here (open access 🔓):
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The AI turn in journalism forces us to rethink journalism’s identity and its relationship with different stakeholders.
🔗 Read the full piece here (open access 🔓):
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Tomás Dodds
How does the power of Big Tech affect our democracies, and can it be contained? Don't miss this SPUI25 event this Thursday with theresajseipp.bsky.social, @pjleerssen.bsky.social and @tomasdodds.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3EV8yFS
May 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
How does the power of Big Tech affect our democracies, and can it be contained? Don't miss this SPUI25 event this Thursday with theresajseipp.bsky.social, @pjleerssen.bsky.social and @tomasdodds.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3EV8yFS
📣 This week, I'll be moderating a conversation with @theresajseipp.bsky.social and @pjleerssen.bsky.social on the rising power of big tech and its growing influence on global politics, media, and democracy.
📆 Join us on 8 May at 17:00 at SPUI25.
➡️ Registered here: spui25.nl/programma/re...
📆 Join us on 8 May at 17:00 at SPUI25.
➡️ Registered here: spui25.nl/programma/re...
The Rising Power of Big Tech (rescheduled)
In a moment of rapid change for global politics, Big Tech platforms and their owners are shaping up to be international power brokers. Trump’s White house cozies up to Silicon Valley oligarchs as Elon...
spui25.nl
May 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📣 This week, I'll be moderating a conversation with @theresajseipp.bsky.social and @pjleerssen.bsky.social on the rising power of big tech and its growing influence on global politics, media, and democracy.
📆 Join us on 8 May at 17:00 at SPUI25.
➡️ Registered here: spui25.nl/programma/re...
📆 Join us on 8 May at 17:00 at SPUI25.
➡️ Registered here: spui25.nl/programma/re...
I chatted with Olaf Geurts from @svdj.bsky.social about our research on knowledge silos in Dutch newsrooms. We discussed how these silos hinder the adoption of #AI in journalism and why it’s urgent to break them down.
➡ You can read the interview here (in Dutch): www.svdj.nl/nieuws/ieder...
➡ You can read the interview here (in Dutch): www.svdj.nl/nieuws/ieder...
Ieder z'n specialisme op de redactie? Bij AI-gebruik is dat een valkuil
Redacties experimenteren volop met AI, maar een verantwoorde toepassing van kunstmatige intelligentie vergt behalve technische kennis ook gevoel voor journalistieke dilemma’s. En die twee zaken bevind...
www.svdj.nl
April 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I chatted with Olaf Geurts from @svdj.bsky.social about our research on knowledge silos in Dutch newsrooms. We discussed how these silos hinder the adoption of #AI in journalism and why it’s urgent to break them down.
➡ You can read the interview here (in Dutch): www.svdj.nl/nieuws/ieder...
➡ You can read the interview here (in Dutch): www.svdj.nl/nieuws/ieder...
Reposted by Tomás Dodds
📣 Panel Discussion: The Rising Power of Big Tech (New Date!) Thursday, 8 May 2025 | 17:00 | SPUI25. Join @pjleerssen.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social and me as we discuss Big Tech’s growing influence on global politics, media and democracy. Register here: spui25.nl/programma/re...
The Rising Power of Big Tech (rescheduled)
In a moment of rapid change for global politics, Big Tech platforms and their owners are shaping up to be international power brokers. Trump’s White house cozies up to Silicon Valley oligarchs as Elon...
spui25.nl
April 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📣 Panel Discussion: The Rising Power of Big Tech (New Date!) Thursday, 8 May 2025 | 17:00 | SPUI25. Join @pjleerssen.bsky.social, @tomasdodds.bsky.social and me as we discuss Big Tech’s growing influence on global politics, media and democracy. Register here: spui25.nl/programma/re...
📢 Muy contento de contarles que voy a ser uno de los instructores para la Academia de #JournalismAI para América Latina!
📆 Las postulaciones están abiertas para todo #LATAM hasta el 27 de abril!
➡️ Más información y postulaciones en: www.journalismai.info/programmes/a...
📆 Las postulaciones están abiertas para todo #LATAM hasta el 27 de abril!
➡️ Más información y postulaciones en: www.journalismai.info/programmes/a...
Academia de JournalismAI — JournalismAI
Un programa de formación para que redacciones de Latinoamérica puedan aprovechar el poder de la inteligencia artificial
www.journalismai.info
April 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
📢 Muy contento de contarles que voy a ser uno de los instructores para la Academia de #JournalismAI para América Latina!
📆 Las postulaciones están abiertas para todo #LATAM hasta el 27 de abril!
➡️ Más información y postulaciones en: www.journalismai.info/programmes/a...
📆 Las postulaciones están abiertas para todo #LATAM hasta el 27 de abril!
➡️ Más información y postulaciones en: www.journalismai.info/programmes/a...
🚨 CfP: “Global Myth and Magic around AI: Enchanted Determinism and Folk Theories in Public Discourses on AI.”
We are editing a special issue on how enchanted determinism limits discussions by reducing the public’s ability to challenge AI technologies.
➡️ Call: journals.sagepub.com/page/hij/glo...
We are editing a special issue on how enchanted determinism limits discussions by reducing the public’s ability to challenge AI technologies.
➡️ Call: journals.sagepub.com/page/hij/glo...
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April 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🚨 CfP: “Global Myth and Magic around AI: Enchanted Determinism and Folk Theories in Public Discourses on AI.”
We are editing a special issue on how enchanted determinism limits discussions by reducing the public’s ability to challenge AI technologies.
➡️ Call: journals.sagepub.com/page/hij/glo...
We are editing a special issue on how enchanted determinism limits discussions by reducing the public’s ability to challenge AI technologies.
➡️ Call: journals.sagepub.com/page/hij/glo...
🚨 The commentary that Nik Usher wrote for our special issue on AI hype in media is out in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social!
Nik argues that “to give into the magic of generative AI is to give technologists too much power.”
➡️ Read the commentary: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Nik argues that “to give into the magic of generative AI is to give technologists too much power.”
➡️ Read the commentary: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Generative AI and Journalism: Hype, The Always Already New, and Directions for Scholarly Imagination
This essay pushes against hype about generative AI in both journalism and journalism scholarship. Emergent questions around the black box nature of AI, concerns about information disorder, and prob...
www.tandfonline.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚨 The commentary that Nik Usher wrote for our special issue on AI hype in media is out in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social!
Nik argues that “to give into the magic of generative AI is to give technologists too much power.”
➡️ Read the commentary: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Nik argues that “to give into the magic of generative AI is to give technologists too much power.”
➡️ Read the commentary: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 Paper number 4️⃣ from our @digitaljournalism.bsky.social Special Issue on AI Hype in Journalism is out!
Bin Chen, Anfan Chen, and Shuning Lu examine how Chinese coverage of #ChatGPT was significantly shaped by global English-language media and discussions on global and domestic social media.
Bin Chen, Anfan Chen, and Shuning Lu examine how Chinese coverage of #ChatGPT was significantly shaped by global English-language media and discussions on global and domestic social media.
March 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🚨 Paper number 4️⃣ from our @digitaljournalism.bsky.social Special Issue on AI Hype in Journalism is out!
Bin Chen, Anfan Chen, and Shuning Lu examine how Chinese coverage of #ChatGPT was significantly shaped by global English-language media and discussions on global and domestic social media.
Bin Chen, Anfan Chen, and Shuning Lu examine how Chinese coverage of #ChatGPT was significantly shaped by global English-language media and discussions on global and domestic social media.
I spoke with @DarinZullo about the rise of AI-assisted reporting in Boston’s newsrooms, particularly the emergence of “AI-assisted reporters.”
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
AI-assisted reporting in Boston-area newsrooms raises questions about role of new technology in building a community
Several local news outlets have published articles by an “AI-assisted reporter,” prompting experts to reflect on journalism’s path forward.
www.boston.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I spoke with @DarinZullo about the rise of AI-assisted reporting in Boston’s newsrooms, particularly the emergence of “AI-assisted reporters.”
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Just wrapped up a two-day workshop on "Meaning Making and Information Integrity in the Age of AI" in Birmingham with @agdorst.bsky.social and @karakanta.bsky.social, hosted by @bissieanderson.bsky.social and the fantastic team at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social!
We leave with a pocket full of ideas!
We leave with a pocket full of ideas!
March 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just wrapped up a two-day workshop on "Meaning Making and Information Integrity in the Age of AI" in Birmingham with @agdorst.bsky.social and @karakanta.bsky.social, hosted by @bissieanderson.bsky.social and the fantastic team at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social!
We leave with a pocket full of ideas!
We leave with a pocket full of ideas!