Jeff Heckelman
@heckelman.bsky.social
Working for myself, the best job I've ever had. www.jeffheckelman.com. Comms consultant for hire. Sports biz, media/entertainment, non-profits, etc. Formerly: MLB, USTA, Edelman, Finsbury
First they came for the Mini Crossword…
August 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
First they came for the Mini Crossword…
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'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
After many years of being a loyal listener to every iteration of @richarddeitsch.bsky.social's podcast, I finally booked a guest. Glad to see so much enthusiasm around the AUSL - softball's time is now!
NEW PODCAST: The guest is one of the greatest softball players in U.S. history — Cat Osterman
We discuss the start of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, the media and financial investment and why now is the time for a pro softball league to make it longterm.
link.chtbl.com/SportsMediaP...
We discuss the start of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, the media and financial investment and why now is the time for a pro softball league to make it longterm.
link.chtbl.com/SportsMediaP...
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about tele...
link.chtbl.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
After many years of being a loyal listener to every iteration of @richarddeitsch.bsky.social's podcast, I finally booked a guest. Glad to see so much enthusiasm around the AUSL - softball's time is now!
Today was a special day for women's sports, softball and the AUSL. Personally, it was also a nice full-circle homecoming. 10 years after leaving MLB, was great to work with them again, walk into their new office and see so many old friends.
Major League Baseball's partnership with the Athletes Unlimited Softball League marks the league's first major investment in women's professional sports.
MLB steps into women's sports with launch of pro softball league
MLB announces its first major investment in women's sports with the launch of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League.
cbsn.ws
May 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today was a special day for women's sports, softball and the AUSL. Personally, it was also a nice full-circle homecoming. 10 years after leaving MLB, was great to work with them again, walk into their new office and see so many old friends.
Any minute now, Republicans are going to start calling the stock market "woke."
March 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Any minute now, Republicans are going to start calling the stock market "woke."
And he knows from snow...
Trudeau: "There's not a snowball's chance in hell that Canada will ever be the 51st state"
February 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
And he knows from snow...
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"It’s disgusting and, frankly, counterproductive to point out that I voted for this. To imply that I had personal free will and agency when I walked into a voting booth and picked Mayor Bomberman is insulting."
Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
buff.ly
February 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"It’s disgusting and, frankly, counterproductive to point out that I voted for this. To imply that I had personal free will and agency when I walked into a voting booth and picked Mayor Bomberman is insulting."
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Again, I don’t think the average person realizes the degree of which these people have gone insane. You can state, just as a matter of fact, that Elon publicly believes we live in a “Truman Show” constructed by USAID. But you’re the one who sounds nuts if you say that!
"Do online conspiracy theories have any impact? Do disinformation campaigns work?"
February 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Again, I don’t think the average person realizes the degree of which these people have gone insane. You can state, just as a matter of fact, that Elon publicly believes we live in a “Truman Show” constructed by USAID. But you’re the one who sounds nuts if you say that!
This one hit me. The journalists who created the digital media era from about 2008-2019 aren't the only ones who feel super nostalgic about it.
I wrote about the early years
of my career and the experience of watching your expectations die: open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...
of my career and the experience of watching your expectations die: open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...
Ten Years In A Crumbling Industry
There’s a screenshot from TikTok that recently caused me and a group of my writer friends to lose our minds.
open.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This one hit me. The journalists who created the digital media era from about 2008-2019 aren't the only ones who feel super nostalgic about it.
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This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Incredible life. People did a great job of making sure he felt appreciated while he was still here. RIP.
January 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Incredible life. People did a great job of making sure he felt appreciated while he was still here. RIP.
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Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.
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December 14, 2024 at 1:08 AM
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This cartoon is from 1930.
It could have been today.
It could have been today.
December 12, 2024 at 10:51 PM
This cartoon is from 1930.
It could have been today.
It could have been today.
Pro tip: learn how to remove Krazy Glue from your skin BEFORE getting some on your skin, then plant that information in the back of your mind for the rest of your life.
November 27, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Pro tip: learn how to remove Krazy Glue from your skin BEFORE getting some on your skin, then plant that information in the back of your mind for the rest of your life.
Exciting news for women's sports, as the new AU Softball League (yes, my client, but still) reveals GMs and Head Coaches ahead of its inaugural season:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/594...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/594...
November 25, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Exciting news for women's sports, as the new AU Softball League (yes, my client, but still) reveals GMs and Head Coaches ahead of its inaugural season:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/594...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/594...
Truly a legend. Everyone who covers sports media/TV these days owes a debt of gratitude to Rudy Martzke for paving the way.
Sad news: Rudy Martzke, the legendary sports media reporter/columnist, has passed away, according to NBC Sports EVP of communications, Greg Hughes.
November 22, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Truly a legend. Everyone who covers sports media/TV these days owes a debt of gratitude to Rudy Martzke for paving the way.
I mean, great that Gaetz is out. But I can easily think of 10 people who would be just as bad -- if not worse, because they could be more effective.
It will be hard to find someone worse than Matt Gaetz for attorney general. But if anybody can do it, I trust it's the president-elect.
November 21, 2024 at 9:16 PM
I mean, great that Gaetz is out. But I can easily think of 10 people who would be just as bad -- if not worse, because they could be more effective.
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When Obama nominated Tom Daschle -- a congressional leader with three decades of experience working on federal health care policies -- to be HHS secretary, the senator had to withdraw because a donor provided him with a car.
If only he'd beheaded a whale!
www.theguardian.com/world/2009/f...
If only he'd beheaded a whale!
www.theguardian.com/world/2009/f...
Senator Tom Daschle withdraws as health secretary nominee
Former senator Tom Daschle came under scrutiny over failure to pay $140,000 in taxes
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:15 AM
When Obama nominated Tom Daschle -- a congressional leader with three decades of experience working on federal health care policies -- to be HHS secretary, the senator had to withdraw because a donor provided him with a car.
If only he'd beheaded a whale!
www.theguardian.com/world/2009/f...
If only he'd beheaded a whale!
www.theguardian.com/world/2009/f...
Obviously this is bad, but honestly I think it'll get more coverage when it inevitably leaks than it would if they'd just release it officially. The idea that it's being purposely suppressed will increase the intrigue.
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson plans to object to the release of a damaging House report on the conduct of Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general.
Latest Trump Cabinet and Staff Picks News: Live Updates
Senators from both parties have sought to see the results of the yearslong inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use against Trump’s pick to be attorney general. Speaker Mike ...
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Obviously this is bad, but honestly I think it'll get more coverage when it inevitably leaks than it would if they'd just release it officially. The idea that it's being purposely suppressed will increase the intrigue.
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For years now, the right has been accusing Democrats of running a shadowy conspiracy to protect politicians who are sex predators.
Democrats need to scream "WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?" until they force the report's release.
Democrats need to scream "WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?" until they force the report's release.
November 15, 2024 at 5:02 PM
For years now, the right has been accusing Democrats of running a shadowy conspiracy to protect politicians who are sex predators.
Democrats need to scream "WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?" until they force the report's release.
Democrats need to scream "WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?" until they force the report's release.
I dunno about you, but I'm not looking for this place to recreate what Twitter is now, minus the Nazis. I'm hoping it will magically transport us back to, say 2012-2014 Twitter, when it was fun and all we did was argue about what color a dress was and share live links to llamas running loose.
November 15, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I dunno about you, but I'm not looking for this place to recreate what Twitter is now, minus the Nazis. I'm hoping it will magically transport us back to, say 2012-2014 Twitter, when it was fun and all we did was argue about what color a dress was and share live links to llamas running loose.
Outstanding feature!
Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!
November 15, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Outstanding feature!
I've been much more of a follower than a poster of late, and I'd like to stay that way for now. Just posting to say I've decided to come over here more often and hope others do the same.
November 12, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I've been much more of a follower than a poster of late, and I'd like to stay that way for now. Just posting to say I've decided to come over here more often and hope others do the same.