Join us for a conference on the current state of labor journalism at Rutgers University on 5/2 Register below. Full agenda coming soon! tinyurl.com/4t5b24h2

You won't want to miss this book talk w/ Kate Wright Kate Wright on 4/11. Rare interviews and declassified docs from Trump's (& Michael Pack's) US Agency for Global Media abuse of power & mismanagement 2020-2021. Pack is back w/ 2024 visions. Media at Risk cosponsoring tinyurl.com/yeyudcuh

We have an incredible lineup of speakers at our 2024 seminar in Vienna, along w/a great crop of emerging scholars who will be joining us from around the🌎to discuss AI's promises & pitfalls for journalism, activism, & democracy. 👇 tinyurl.com/ebxv73h2 tinyurl.com/3vdds3uf

Was honored to serve as a judge for this year's Izzy Awards. So many exemplars of courageous journalism -- they all are doing such vitally important work!

Next week! Join #ASCMediaRisk & MIC Center for a colloquium from Des Freedman on capitalism and the political economy of risk at Annenberg School. He'll explore the ties between capitalism and problems facing media practitioners & audiences. Register here: bit.ly/3xmJLXa

Tomorrow (4/10) at 12:15pm - join Media@Risk & MIC Center or a talk from Des Freedman of Goldsmiths, University of London - "Capitalism and the Political Economy of Risk" bit.ly/3xmJLXa

Happening tomorrow!

Our upcoming 5/2 on Rutgers campus! Check out the full lineup of folks, incl Sarah Jaffe Chenjerai Kumanyika Todd Wolfson. Keynote by Chris Keyser REGISTER👇 asc.upenn.edu/news-events/ev…

New piece with David Elliot Berman in Tech Policy Press about how the impending end of the American Connectivity Program calls for a radical rethink of US internet policy. techpolicy.press/america-discon…

happening tomorrow!

Great symposium on labor and the labor beat hosted by MIC Center at Rutgers. Pictured: Sarah Jaffe facilitating a great panel.

We are hiring! Please check out our post-doctoral researcher call! asc.upenn.edu/research/cente… 6/30 deadline

*PAID FOCUS GROUP OPPORTUNITY* If you subscribe to a free/discounted internet plan, like Comcast’s Internet Essentials, or are enrolled in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), MIC Center would like to hear about your experience. RSVP here➡️bit.ly/InternetAccess…

Fantastic keynote talk at the JMAD Political Economy of Journalism IAMCR pre-conference in Auckland by Victor Pickard on Imagining Media Beyond the Market 👏🏼👏🏼 IAMCR MIC Center

Problematizing big tech’s capture on academic research centers at US R1s with Hendrik Theine @[email protected] and Pawel Popiel at #IAMCR24 IAMCR MIC Center (thanks for the 📸 Dwayne Winseck !)

Our Milton Wolf Seminar emerging scholar blog posts are published! Themes at the intersection of AI, global media policy, journalism, and geopolitical upheaval. Check out how their research comes into conversation with discussions we had in Vienna. asc.upenn.edu/research/cente…

Congratulations to our co-directors Lina and Joanna! We’re very pleased to see the work of the Lab continue and look forward to collaborating with MIC Center on this important research!

🏆2 new grants! #1 expands our research w/ Penn State Bellisario College on digital equity from Independence Public Media Foundation & #2: Novel collab with Lina Dencik & Joanna Redden to investigate how corporate influence on development of AI impacts democracies in 3 countries from National Endowment for the Humanities tinyurl.com/33phbt8y

Tues 9/24 at noon, join us for a lunchtime talk with visiting scholar Nadia Haq of JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni asc.upenn.edu/news-events/ev…

9/30 5pm alert! Abolishing Surveillance's Chris Robe will present his new book; Arun Kundnani jack bratich & Mizue Aizeki of Surveillance Resistance Lab respond. Food and refreshments will abound. asc.upenn.edu/news-events/ev…