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Join us for the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics & Law's Spring Ethics Forum features Alan Chen, the Thompson G. Marsh Law Alumni Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, co-author of Truth and Transparency: Undercover Investigations in the Twenty-First Century and Free Speech Beyond Words: The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment. Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at Coffman Memorial Union Theater Free and open to the public.

Join us for the Silha Center's Spring Ethics Forum featuring Alan Chen, the Thompson G. Marsh Law Alumni Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at Coffman Memorial Union Theater
Free and open to the public.

Join us for - AI Hackathon: Making Local Civic Information More Accessible in Minnesota Communities
When: Jan. 31 & Feb. 1
Where: Murphy Hall, UMN campus
Who should attend: Anyone who cares about how communities share, access & assess information
Free but please RSVP: z.umn.edu/hacks-hackers

SPECIAL REPORT: The Pulse of the Press - Part One As a second Trump administration gets to work, America’s trust in the news media is at an all-time low.

#UMNProud to see Senior Fellow Scott Libin and a couple Hubbard School students featured in this two-part series on the future of news.

Part 1: www.kttc.com/2025/01/21/s...
Part 2: www.kttc.com/2025/01/22/s...

#UMNProud to see Associate Professor @christopherterry.bsky.social interviewed for this article.

Counting on Diversity: Approaches to Tracking Sources in U.S. News Organizations Growing numbers of U.S. news organizations have begun systematically tracking the diversity of the sources quoted or featured in their coverage in efforts to address long-standing problems of inequ...

New article just published in Journalism Practice led by @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social grad student extraordinaire @cydneygrannan.bsky.social (and co-authored with the amazing @kesearles.bsky.social) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Supreme Court could decide the fate of Pornhub — and the rest of the internet With a surprise appearance by Gore Vidal.

Was interviewed alongside @gshans.bsky.social and @chup.blakereid.org in this piece on the oral arguments in FSC v. Paxton yesterday.

www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24...

Screen shot of the January MJC newsletter

We've launched a newsletter at the Minnesota Journalism Center designed for Minn. journalists: Events (ours and yours), interesting links, JOBS, updates on local folks, our students supporting news, and new research. Check it out and sign up! myemail.constantcontact.com/MJC-Newslett...

#UMNProud of all the work @benjamintoff.bsky.social has been doing as Director of the Minnesota Journalism Center.

Save the date! Annie is a Hubbard School alum and trailblazing photographer. Join us in April! #UMNProud

Please help spread the word about some exciting upcoming events we at the Minnesota Journalism Center at the @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social are hosting around AI and local news, what we're calling our "AI + Local News Hackathon weekend"
hsjmc.umn.edu/news/2025-01...

Discover us with the Hubbard School started pack.
go.bsky.app/JFHjiLs

PAC spending on Minnesota congressional races fell 85% in 2024 The decline in independent expenditures could indicate that national attention on Minnesota’s congressional races may be waning.

Associate Professor Christopher Terry was quoted by @minnpost.bsky.social in a story about PAC spending on Minnesota congressional races. #UMNProud

www.minnpost.com/elections/20...

Meta drops fact-checking and replaces it with community notes A University of Minnesota media ethics and law professor said misinformation and disinformation will spread without fact-checking.

Silha Center Director and Professor Jane Kirtley was interviewed by KARE-11's Jessica Hart about Meta dropping fact-checkers and replacing them with community notes. #UMNProud

www.kare11.com/article/news...

MinnPost hiring Senior Staff Writer - State Government - MinnPost MinnPost is hiring a senior staff writer to produce distinctive, conversation-leading state government and politics coverage.

Dec. 20 is the priority deadline for the state government senior staff writer position @minnpost.bsky.social. Please share with talented reporters you know who might be looking for their next career move! Min salary $90K. www.minnpost.com/careers/2024...

Humanness > authenticity "Journalists risk losing their audiences through enactments of authenticity that, at their core, may be perceived less as genuine humanness and more as illusory performance."

“Journalists risk losing their audiences through enactments of authenticity that, at their core, may be perceived less as genuine humanness and more as illusory performance.”

Opinion: Trump and the Media — a toxic love story We all know President-elect Donald Trump loves the spotlight, and between his outlandish claims and political success, he gets plenty from the media. But this attention has also helped fuel...

#UMNProud to see Hubbard School student Wren Warne-Jacobsen interview Associate Professor Benjamin Toff about 'Trump and the Media' for the Minnesota Daily.

mndaily.com/291937/opini...

Legal Analysts Weigh In on ABC’s Settlement With Trump, Defamation, Journalism ABC News agrees to pay $15 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit. Why is the media outlet settling with Trump now and what does this mean for Tr...

Silha Center Director and Professor of Media Ethics and Law Jane Kirtley was interviewed about the settlement between ABC News and the President-elect. #UMNProud

www.ntd.com/abc-agrees-t...

Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and media what they think is coming in the next 12 months.

Now you can follow this year's Nieman Lab Predictors to keep up with their insights in 2025:
bsky.app/starter-pack...

So, I created a starter pack of Minnesota journalists. It's missing a lot of people, so let me know if I should add you! go.bsky.app/PPf9kfd

For my @niemanlab.org prediction about what will happen to journalism in 2025, I put the question to ChatGPT and got a fairly good summary of past Nieman Lab predictions.

One glaring omission: any mention of Donald Trump. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/an-a...

#UMNProud to see Associate Professor Valerie Belair-Gagnon featured in Nieman Lab's predictions for 2025.

#UMNProud to see Professor Matt Carlson featured in Nieman Lab's 2025 prediction series.

Looking forward to this conversation later this month!

Column: Trump lied incessantly and still won. Should others do the same? Trump won the White House and narrowly took the popular vote despite his lies. Is truth dead, or will imitators pay a price if they attempt to emulate him?

Silha Center Director and Professor Jane Kirtley was featured in an LA Times column about journalism, politics and truth. #UMNProud
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

I'm supporting University of Minnesota Foundation! Crowdfunding for University of Minnesota causes

Give to the Max today and support emergency scholarships for students. Last year, with your help, the School gave emergency funding to 28 students to help them pay for books, car repairs, tuition costs and so much more. #UMNGive #GTMD24
z.umn.edu/HubbardGTMD2024

Some of our students recently chatted with Assistant Professor @alvinyxz.bsky.social about his research. Learn more about computational social science.

hsjmc.umn.edu/news/2024-11...

Emergency scholarship funds help students pay for:
📚 textbooks
🚍 transportation
💻 technology and so much more!
Donate now during Give to the Max to support current Hubbard School students. Help us set them up for success! #UMNGIVE #givetothemaxday
z.umn.edu/HubbardGTMD2023

Congrats to Hubbard alum Jörg Pierach for receiving the 2023 Alumni of Notable Achievement Award from the UMN College of Liberal Arts for "living out the promise of a liberal arts education and transforming communities for the better." #UMNProud
cla.umn.edu/news-events/...

#UMNProud of Associate Professors Amy O'Connor and Adam Saffer on their 2023 National Communication Association Public Relations Division PRIDE Awards!

hsjmc.umn.edu/news/2023-10...