"Interviewing people is never as productive as watching what they do" (Herbert J. Gans, "Deciding What's News", p. 75) nupress.northwestern.edu/content/decidi…

"Lacking data about how many people are affected by an event, journalists make impressionistic judgements. One indicator is their perception of the population, which is derived in part from the people they know best." (Gans, "Deciding What's News", p. 75) nupress.northwestern.edu/content/decidi…

A bit of writer's block 20K words in, so time to get out the scissors and try to make sense of it all. (Let me know if you'd like to see an early draft when it's ready!)

Hi friends in journalism and academia. Would you mind taking a quick (two multiple choice question) survey to help with my Columbia Journalism School / Tow Center fellowship project? Very little thought necessary and it would be a great help. Thanks! goo.gl/forms/AfA7cPFQ…

Hi Stephanie Edgerly ... nice to meet you!

Big milestone: just submitted a pretty solid draft of my Tow Center fellowship paper on journalism's imagined audiences. Almost there... (go easy on me @samthielman and Pete Brown!) DM/reply here or follow Imagined Audiences if you'd like to be notified when it's published.

My research project Tow Center now has a twitter handle! Check out Imagined Audiences (more info at medium.com/tow-center/aud…)

Finally, if you know anyone who'd be interested in this research, introduce us! The more we know our audience, the better our work will be.

Presenting Imagined Audiences on a panel on "News Audience Research" at #ica2017 next week. Looking forward! International Communication Association convention2.allacademic.com/one/ica/ica17/…

Hello San Diego! International Communication Association #ica2017 Looking forward to our panel on Sunday: convention2.allacademic.com/one/ica/ica17/… Come say hi!

Here are slides for our upcoming preso at #ICA17 International Communication Association docs.google.com/presentation/d… (may only make sense if you're in Aqua Salon C at 3:30!)