Stine Eckert
@stineeckert.bsky.social
PhD, Associate Prof., Dept. of Communication, Wayne State U, Detroit. Researching social media, journalism, counter publics, online harassment. Editor of Journalism Research/Journalistik – Zeitschrift für Journalismusforschung. https://journalistik.online/
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Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
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But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
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‘This piggy won’t be quiet’: The women who spent two nights on a 'turn-and-burn' bus from Ohio to DC and back to protest the president 19thnews.org/2025/11/ohio... via @19thnews.org
‘This piggy won’t be quiet’: The women who spent two nights on a bus to protest the president
Days after President Trump called a reporter “piggy,” dozens of fellow women boarded a bus in Ohio for a 36-hour “turn and burn” trip to Washington to fight for regime change.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
‘This piggy won’t be quiet’: The women who spent two nights on a 'turn-and-burn' bus from Ohio to DC and back to protest the president 19thnews.org/2025/11/ohio... via @19thnews.org
A federal judge in Denver ordered federal immigration officers to stop making arrests in Colorado without a warrant, unless the detainee posed a flight risk, the latest in a string of lower-court decisions rebuking Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics. #USA www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Colorado Judge Tells Immigration Agents to Stop Arrests Without Warrants
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November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A federal judge in Denver ordered federal immigration officers to stop making arrests in Colorado without a warrant, unless the detainee posed a flight risk, the latest in a string of lower-court decisions rebuking Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics. #USA www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of 1921 #Tulsa massacre, dies at 111.
“I have been blessed with a long life – and have seen the best and worst of this country. I think about the horrors inflicted upon Black people in this country every day.” #USA #herstory #history 19thnews.org/2025/11/viol...
“I have been blessed with a long life – and have seen the best and worst of this country. I think about the horrors inflicted upon Black people in this country every day.” #USA #herstory #history 19thnews.org/2025/11/viol...
Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of 1921 Tulsa massacre, dies at 111
“I have been blessed with a long life – and have seen the best and worst of this country. I think about the horrors inflicted upon Black people in this country every day.”
19thnews.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of 1921 #Tulsa massacre, dies at 111.
“I have been blessed with a long life – and have seen the best and worst of this country. I think about the horrors inflicted upon Black people in this country every day.” #USA #herstory #history 19thnews.org/2025/11/viol...
“I have been blessed with a long life – and have seen the best and worst of this country. I think about the horrors inflicted upon Black people in this country every day.” #USA #herstory #history 19thnews.org/2025/11/viol...
“Trump, in that way, with the help of his aides and his doctors have created this fiction about his health to hide the hard, cold truth that he is 79 and one of the oldest people to ever occupy the Oval Office.” #USA #aging www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
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November 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Trump, in that way, with the help of his aides and his doctors have created this fiction about his health to hide the hard, cold truth that he is 79 and one of the oldest people to ever occupy the Oval Office.” #USA #aging www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
“In 25 years of practice, I have never seen anything like this,” Johanna Keamy, the Pauls’ lawyer, said, echoing the view of other lawyers. “The proper procedure was exactly what they did. What’s next? Revoking green cards from millions who followed these same steps?” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
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November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“In 25 years of practice, I have never seen anything like this,” Johanna Keamy, the Pauls’ lawyer, said, echoing the view of other lawyers. “The proper procedure was exactly what they did. What’s next? Revoking green cards from millions who followed these same steps?” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Nov. 25 to Dec. 10 2025 mark the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence under the theme: #UNiTE to End #DigitalViolence against All Women and Girls. Violence against women and girls affects 1 in 3. It's a global human rights emergency that must stop. #16days www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
16 Days of Activism 2025: End digital violence against all women and girls
1 in 3 women is affected by violence. Join the 16 Days of Activism this year to call on governments to end digital abuse and place online safety at the heart of equality.
www.unwomen.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Nov. 25 to Dec. 10 2025 mark the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence under the theme: #UNiTE to End #DigitalViolence against All Women and Girls. Violence against women and girls affects 1 in 3. It's a global human rights emergency that must stop. #16days www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
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Mental-health experts offer practical strategies to help make the season calmer and more manageable.
How to step up self-care over the holidays
Mental-health experts offer practical strategies to help make the season calmer and more manageable.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Mental-health experts offer practical strategies to help make the season calmer and more manageable.
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Eight more newspapers, including the Los Angeles Daily News, sue OpenAI and Microsoft, saying they violated copyright by using their content to train AI models (Pat Maio/Daily News)
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November 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Eight more newspapers, including the Los Angeles Daily News, sue OpenAI and Microsoft, saying they violated copyright by using their content to train AI models (Pat Maio/Daily News)
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Über 650 Menschen demonstrieren in der Frankfurter Innenstadt am Montagabend gegen Gewalt an Frauen und für mehr Schutz. Auch kämpfen sie gegen den Sexismus im patriarchalen System. www.fr.de/frankfurt/in...
Internationaler Tag gegen Gewalt an Frauen in Frankfurt: „Let’s raise our fucking voices“
Über 650 Menschen demonstrieren in der Frankfurter Innenstadt am Montagabend gegen Gewalt an Frauen und für mehr Schutz. Auch kämpfen sie gegen den Sexismus im patriarchalen System.
www.fr.de
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Über 650 Menschen demonstrieren in der Frankfurter Innenstadt am Montagabend gegen Gewalt an Frauen und für mehr Schutz. Auch kämpfen sie gegen den Sexismus im patriarchalen System. www.fr.de/frankfurt/in...
"Activists patrolled neighborhoods where CBP & ICE had been seen operating, following vehicles&at times honking horns in warning. Border patrol agents arrested two women who had been honking horns in a truck behind their own, smashing a window to get at them" #USA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Charlotte activists met the immigration crackdown with ‘bless your heart’ resistance
ICE and CBP’s North Carolina operation faced an early-warning system run by thousands of volunteers
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"Activists patrolled neighborhoods where CBP & ICE had been seen operating, following vehicles&at times honking horns in warning. Border patrol agents arrested two women who had been honking horns in a truck behind their own, smashing a window to get at them" #USA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
(Self-)nominate for the 2026 ICA FSD Awards! Due: Feb. 1, 2026: Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship, Helen Award for Emerging Feminist Scholarship, and Byerly Award for Research in Feminist Political Economy of Communication
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November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
(Self-)nominate for the 2026 ICA FSD Awards! Due: Feb. 1, 2026: Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship, Helen Award for Emerging Feminist Scholarship, and Byerly Award for Research in Feminist Political Economy of Communication
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So happy to see our 2026 ICA Pre-Conference listed on the website! 😍 JOIN US! Intersectional Political Economy: New Directions for Research & Teaching, Thu, June 4, 1-5 pm in the conference hotel www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA26-... #ica2026 @icahdq.bsky.social @icajsd.bsky.social @aejmc-csw.bsky.social
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November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
So happy to see our 2026 ICA Pre-Conference listed on the website! 😍 JOIN US! Intersectional Political Economy: New Directions for Research & Teaching, Thu, June 4, 1-5 pm in the conference hotel www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA26-... #ica2026 @icahdq.bsky.social @icajsd.bsky.social @aejmc-csw.bsky.social
So important! First study on femicides in #Germany – Finding that by far the most common type of femicide is linked to intimate partners, with 108 of the 133 murders (81%) involving killings by men in heterosexual relationships. #femicide dpa-international.com/politics/urn...
Study: Killings by partners the leading form of femicide in Germany | dpa international
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November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
So important! First study on femicides in #Germany – Finding that by far the most common type of femicide is linked to intimate partners, with 108 of the 133 murders (81%) involving killings by men in heterosexual relationships. #femicide dpa-international.com/politics/urn...
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. #USA www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. #USA www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Interviews and records show the White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Interviews and records show the White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
The reorganization marks one of the most significant overhauls to the department since its establishment during President Carter’s administration in 1979. Only US Congress can create a federal agency and has the sole authority to approve its restructuring or elimination. 19thnews.org/2025/11/depa...
‘Selling off the Department of Education for parts’: The agency’s major overhaul faces fierce backlash
The Trump administration’s restructuring plan will create “more confusion, more mistakes and more barriers” for students and families in need of support, advocates say.
19thnews.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The reorganization marks one of the most significant overhauls to the department since its establishment during President Carter’s administration in 1979. Only US Congress can create a federal agency and has the sole authority to approve its restructuring or elimination. 19thnews.org/2025/11/depa...
A man who took part in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol and was pardoned by Trump earlier this year has been arrested on multiple child sexual abuse charges in Florida, according to local authorities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for child sexual abuse
Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida and has pleaded not guilty to the crimes, authorities say
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A man who took part in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol and was pardoned by Trump earlier this year has been arrested on multiple child sexual abuse charges in Florida, according to local authorities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Background and resources for journalists covering #TDOR today: Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed in recognition of the 1998 murder of Rita Hester, a highly visible member of the transgender community in Boston where she worked on education around transgender issues glaad.org/publications...
Transgender Day of Remembrance Resource Kit for Journalists | GLAAD
IntroductionTransgender Day of Remembrance, which honors the memory of those murdered in acts of anti-transgender violence, is recognized annually on November 20. GLAAD encourages journalists to mark ...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Background and resources for journalists covering #TDOR today: Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed in recognition of the 1998 murder of Rita Hester, a highly visible member of the transgender community in Boston where she worked on education around transgender issues glaad.org/publications...
"The combined force of two outbursts at female journalists in a single news cycle – for asking about a child sexual abuser and a murdered colleague – went beyond the standard-fare Trumpian attacks on the media." #USA #journalismmatters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Unforgivable’: Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult is stoking more outrage than usual
The clip of the US president on Air Force One last Friday has taken off without much help from the media itself
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"The combined force of two outbursts at female journalists in a single news cycle – for asking about a child sexual abuser and a murdered colleague – went beyond the standard-fare Trumpian attacks on the media." #USA #journalismmatters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This isn’t the first time Trump has referred to a woman journalist as a pig. Trump’s attacks on Bruce and Lucey are merely his most recent attempts to undermine women reporters, a pattern of behavior that stretches back to the start of his political career and before it. www.spj.org/spj-statemen...
SPJ statement on recent attacks against reporters; continued minimization of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
Society of Professional Journalists, improving and protecting journalism since 1909
www.spj.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This isn’t the first time Trump has referred to a woman journalist as a pig. Trump’s attacks on Bruce and Lucey are merely his most recent attempts to undermine women reporters, a pattern of behavior that stretches back to the start of his political career and before it. www.spj.org/spj-statemen...
"Ellison often speaks to connections at the White House but, in at least one of the calls, engaged in a dialogue about possibly axing some of the CNN hosts whom Donald Trump is said to loathe, including Erin Burnett and Brianna Keilar, the people said." #USA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"Ellison often speaks to connections at the White House but, in at least one of the calls, engaged in a dialogue about possibly axing some of the CNN hosts whom Donald Trump is said to loathe, including Erin Burnett and Brianna Keilar, the people said." #USA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Neuer, sehr spannend klingender Podcast zu Frauen aus der #DDR und wie sie die Wende und 1990er erlebt haben: "Der Bruch – Frauen zwischen Ost und jetzt" gestartet durch due Journalistin Ruth-Maria Thomas. Aktuell mit fünf Folgen mit je ca. 40 Minuten. www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195... #Germany
Podcast »Der Bruch«: Wonder Woman Ost
Ihr werden magische Kräfte zugeschrieben: Die Ostfrau ist stark, strapazierfähig, selbstsicher und cool. Nach dem Mauerfall waren es vor allem die Frauen, die nach vorne blicken. Ihnen ist ein neuer P...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Neuer, sehr spannend klingender Podcast zu Frauen aus der #DDR und wie sie die Wende und 1990er erlebt haben: "Der Bruch – Frauen zwischen Ost und jetzt" gestartet durch due Journalistin Ruth-Maria Thomas. Aktuell mit fünf Folgen mit je ca. 40 Minuten. www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195... #Germany
German surfers rally to get their wave back: German surfers are "bummed" they have lost one of the world's largest inland waves. A city dredging project in Munich made the wave disappear. www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n... #Munich #Germany
German surfers rally to get their wave back
German surfers are "bummed" they have lost one of the world's largest inland waves. A city dredging project in Munich made the wave disappear.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
German surfers rally to get their wave back: German surfers are "bummed" they have lost one of the world's largest inland waves. A city dredging project in Munich made the wave disappear. www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n... #Munich #Germany
Olivia Wenzel wird Brecht-Gastprofessorin an der Uni Leipzig. 1985 In Weimar geboren und bekannt durch ihren preisgekrönten Debütroman "1000 Serpentinen Angst". Eine krass gute Lektüre! app.mdr.de/mdr-aktuell/... #Germany
Olivia Wenzel wird Brecht-Gastprofessorin in Leipzig
Olivia Wenzel wird heute feierlich als neue Bertolt-Brecht-Gastprofessorin an der Uni Leipzig eingeführt.
app.mdr.de
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Olivia Wenzel wird Brecht-Gastprofessorin an der Uni Leipzig. 1985 In Weimar geboren und bekannt durch ihren preisgekrönten Debütroman "1000 Serpentinen Angst". Eine krass gute Lektüre! app.mdr.de/mdr-aktuell/... #Germany