Rarely here now. Digital journalism professor, University of Florida. she/her | mindymcadams.com | Mastodon: scholar.social/@macloo Bluesky: macloo.bsky.social

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SPJ has chosen @macloo, a professor at @UF, as recipient of the Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award. She created coding courses for journalism students that took them from “I know nothing about coding” to high-end news app developers. bit.ly/2z2obWx
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@hulu WTF why can't my TV/Roku app remember that this IS my home?
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If you're going to charge $100/month for Live TV, @hulu, you need to have service and help available when it goes off the rails!
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My phone app for @hulu is fine. My laptop/browser access to Hulu is fine. But the TV app through Roku is like "we think you are not at the location of your home."
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Mindy McAdams (not a Dr.) retweeted
12 Aug 2024
a college newspaper w/chops! we love to see it. alligator.org/article/2024/0…

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Mindy McAdams (not a Dr.) retweeted
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Student journalism: In his 17 months as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts, high-paying positions for his GOP allies. @garrettshanley @TheAlligator alligator.org/article/2024/0…
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Huge public university hires an unqualified man to be its president — turns out he then hired a bunch of his friends as high-paid “consultants”; travel budget ballooned because they all lived in D.C. alligator.org/article/2024/0…

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— meanwhile he worked to drive away senior faculty who didn’t pull in enough research funding — because you know Republicans are all about saving money (remember, this is a public university)
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I'm on Blue....sky these days bsky.app/profile/macloo.bsky…

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This is your annual reminder that I made a Python beginners resource for my students and it's open and free #nicar24 python-adv-web-apps.readthed…

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Mindy McAdams (not a Dr.) retweeted
Congrats to @macloo. She has been a tremendous teacher and leader in trying to move journalism into the digital world. And a valued colleague in the broadest sense of the word. jou.ufl.edu/2024/02/28/mindy…
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The College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida seeks 3 new tenure-track or tenured faculty to join the STEM Translational Communication Center. Positions require research expertise in health, cancer or science communication. explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/j…

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Journalists: Want to be part of the site that rhymes with moo pie? “we've been reaching out to & been in contact with a bunch of newsrooms (including local news) but if you have personal contacts at news orgs, please have them email” press@blueskyweb.xyz
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Hi! I have some invite codes for The Good Place (rhymes with moo pie). Reply if you want one. Don't like - reply
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New AI post: Red teaming to find flaws in LLMs. I learned a lot and gained food for thought from a newsletter post about the red teaming event at DEFCON 31. macloo.com/ai/2023/08/22/red…

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America’s dead shopping malls - sitting within acres of parking lots - should be razed and turned into mixed-use housing!
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Who needs an invite to the site that rhymes with moo pie?
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Codes are gone!
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