This week my JMC 406 Blogging and Commentary students were asked to do one of their first posts by listing 10 Threads accounts they are following and why. You can find my students’ posts using the #JMC406 hashtag. Here’s my swing at the assignment. I’m trying to avoid accounts my students are likely linking to:
- postopinions – From the Op/Ed pages of the WaPo
Sharing a range of editorials and opinion pieces from the Washington Post. - dkiesow – Damon Kiesow
Knight Chair in Journalism at Mizzou. Smart commentary on journalism and media business. - grovesprof – Jonathan Groves
Professor at Drury University and former journalist - jeremyhl – Jeremy Harris Lipschultz
Social media and journalism professor at UNO, Cubs fan, and media law commentator. - karaswisher – Kara Swisher
Journalist at the intersection of tech/politics/culture. - oliverdarcy – Oliver Darcy
Senior media reporter for CNN, produces the… - cnnreliablesources feed.
For years was the CNN weekly news media show. Now a newsletter. - davidfrenchjag – David French
Conservative, evangelical columnist for NY Times. Lawyer, veteran. - thebadastronomer – Phil Plait
Writes about astronomy and other science issues. Has been a speaker on the UNK campus on several occasions. - sixuntilme – Kerri Sparling
Kerri has been writing about living for diabetes for something like 20 years. She was one of the earliest diabetes bloggers. By the way, she is married to screenwriter Chris Sparling, who wrote the terrifying movie Buried staring Ryan Reynolds. - rosannecash – Rosanne Cash
Daughter of Johnny, one of my favorite musicians, fantastic performer