I presented my paper titled “Cross-border Collaborations and Open-Source Journalism: Strategies for Mending Information Access Inequalities” at the Future of Journalism conference in Cardiff.

AEJMC25 in San Francisco was a dynamic blend of scholarly engagement and personal reconnection, marked by paper presentations, leadership milestones, and meaningful social gatherings.

So excited to cap off the summer with a new publication coathored with my brilliant friend Lea C. Hellmueller!

This piece debunks the myth about the universal "blank check" demand for negative and horserace news. Our findings reveal fascinating cultural nuances in how people share news on social media.

I was thrilled to spend time at the University of Dubrovnik this summer as part of the Erasmus+ KA171 mobility program.

A heartfelt shoutout to my amazing collaborator and friend Dren Gërguri, who took the lead in presenting our co-authored paper “Hybrid Populism in the Global East: Evidence from Visual Campaigning on Facebook in the Era of COVID-19” at #ICA25

We celebrated the lives and contributions of Drs. Max McCombs and Donald Shaw at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference in Denver with a panel titled “A Half Century of Agenda-Setting Research:  Honoring the Lives and Contributions of Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw” and a reception

I am deeply honored by this opportunity, and I look forward to working with my brilliant colleagues on the AEJMC and DIG leadership during the next four years of my tenure as CoD vice and chair!

I am honored to join the outstanding editorial team and army of volunteers that make Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly truly amazing!

At a time when many critics question the utility of televised debates in the political process, we emphasize the critical role news media play during the primaries as they channel meaningful conversations among homogeneous partisans who are most likely to determine the ideological path of their party.