The Texas Tribune blames its layoffs on a budget shortfall as revenue fell 5% in 2023 and public institutions pulled sponsorships; some blame leadership issues (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab)

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/the-texas-tribunes-first-ever-layoffs-worry-the-news-industry/
http://mediagazer.com/230829/p17#a230829p17

Today is my dissertation proposal defense. That means I'll give a public lecture about my research in front of my committee.

As some folks may know, I'm doing another round of grad school, mid-career, focused on scientific decision making in the U.S. Congress https://sheril.substack.com/p/a-dissertation-on-democracy #science #politics

In terms of PhD-ing, this is kind of like the pregame. I passed my comprehensive exams last year & will officially defend my dissertation & finish this Fall. So here goes...

I want to escape Twitter, but that has turned out to be harder than I thought. Mainly because of 213K followers. It took more than 8 years to achieve that.

But Mastodon has potential. I'm hoping it will be my new home.

My profile is now updated with more personal details. I don't want to do #factchecking or #debunking just via my website. Feel free to ask/tag me especially in case you see an iffy picture or video.

Note that my website doesn't have ads or tracking. https://hoaxeye.com/