Dr. Errol Salamon

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🎉 Thrilled to kick off 2026! My new co-authored article with Valérie Bélair-Gagnon and Monica Crawford, "Journalism and Social Media in Creator Economies: Evolving Structures and Labor," has just been published in New Media & Society.

Read it open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I'm guest editing a journal Special Issue that Journalism and Media is running on "Creator Futures: Reorganizing Media and Journalism Work." I'd like to invite you to contribute an article by 31 August 2026. Submissions will be considered and reviewed on a rolling basis. www.mdpi.com/si/265192

I'm guest editing a journal Special Issue that Journalism and Media is running on "Creator Futures: Reorganizing Media and Journalism Work." I'd like to invite you to contribute an article by 31 August 2026. Submissions will be considered and reviewed on a rolling basis. www.mdpi.com/si/265192

Digital Communicative Media Unionism This chapter introduces a conceptual framework for understanding digital communicative unionism, examining how unions leverage online platforms and framing strategies to shape collective action and cl...

🎉 I’m excited to share that my new book chapter "Digital Communicative Media Unionism" has just been published in Gino Canella's brilliant and timely edited collection "Raising Class Consciousness: Labor Movements and Communication Power in the Information Age." link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Digital Communicative Media Unionism This chapter introduces a conceptual framework for understanding digital communicative unionism, examining how unions leverage online platforms and framing strategies to shape collective action and cl...

🎉 I’m excited to share that my new book chapter "Digital Communicative Media Unionism" has just been published in Gino Canella's brilliant and timely edited collection "Raising Class Consciousness: Labor Movements and Communication Power in the Information Age." link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Thank you Blue Jays (and now I can sleep) 💙⚾️

A new fellowship is all about putting the news in news creator The goal of the News Creator Corps is to "flood social platforms with accurate information."

The goal of the News Creator Corps is to "flood social platforms with accurate information." www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/a-ne...

The Political Economy of News Media and Journalism by @errolsalamon.bsky.social‬: doi.org/10.1093/acre...

... and more to come!

📚 Exciting news! I’m pleased to announce that Stuart Cunningham, Rebecca Saunders, and I have signed a new book contract with Manchester University Press to publish Regional Creators: Navigating Social Media Work and Resistance in Post-industrial Societies.

#commsky

…one key issue still looms large: regional disparities in the UK’s creator economy. We need policies and investments that reflect and support the distinctiveness of creators across all parts of the UK. Check out insights and recommendations from my research: screen-network.org.uk/wp-content/u... 2/

🚨 New YouTube commissioned survey: Nearly 10,000 UK social media content creators have spoken. They’re calling for greater government recognition, stronger industry representation, and better access to training, finance, and creative infrastructure. However… 1/

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Thanks to everyone who came to see me present my paper on “Regional Precarity and Resistance in Social Media Creator Labor” at the @icahdq.bsky.social Conference in Denver last week. Look out for my new book project related to this paper.
#ica25

Apparently there are no more 'starter packs' on BlueSky, but I did make a #ica25 ICA Divisions and Interest Groups list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Looking forward to the @icahdq.bsky.social #ICA25 Conference in Denver this week. If you're around and want to grab a coffee or a drink, I'd be happy to chat with old and new friends!

Forget Paper Routes—12-Year-Olds Are Making Bank Online Some 12-year-olds are making $14 an hour streaming Minecraft, flipping sneakers, or editing TikToks from their bedroom...

“Side hustles used to mean lemonade stands, mowing lawns, or babysitting your neighbor’s kid. Now, some 12-year-olds—barely out of elementary school—are making $14 an hour streaming Minecraft, flipping sneakers, or editing TikToks from their bedrooms.” www.vice.com/en/article/f...

Literature review rabbit holes are the best/the worst, says the bunny outside my office window.

Four peer review requests from different journals in five days. Is this a new peak in the reviewing economy, or just my turn in the cycle?

Communicative intersectionality: advocating for equality, diversity, and inclusion in media industries

🌟 I'm thrilled to share that my new article with Heshen Xie, "Communicative Intersectionality: Advocating for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Media Industries," has been published in Communication Theory #OA thanks @stir.ac.uk. 1/
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We recently held a union election at Hearst Connecticut Media, and we learned minutes ago that…

WE WON!!!

By an overwhelming vote of 68-17, our members voted to unionize as part of @newsguild.org.

It’s a great day for journalism in CT!

🐳🐳🐳

In our article ⬆️ we introduce a communicative intersectionality theoretical framework to analyze the EDI-focused advocacy of social movement organizations and workers in film and television industries, considering collaborative initiatives like Time’s Up UK and Raising Films. 2/

Communicative intersectionality: advocating for equality, diversity, and inclusion in media industries

🌟 I'm thrilled to share that my new article with Heshen Xie, "Communicative Intersectionality: Advocating for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Media Industries," has been published in Communication Theory #OA thanks @stir.ac.uk. 1/
academic.oup.com/ct/article/d...

Real freelancers, contingent workers, and journopreneurs. Mapping atypical journalistic work in Western Europe - Phoebe Maares, 2025 While there has been growing scholarly interest in freelance and other atypically employed journalistic workers in the past 20 years, most of it has been addres...

✨New publication #OA in Journalism✨
In this study I compare the journalistic cultures of freelancers and other atypically employed journalists in Austria, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the UK.
doi.org/10.1177/1464...

Today, a majority of over 300 technology workers at The Washington Post announced the formation of The Washington Post Tech Guild and are seeking voluntary recognition from the company.

Looking forward to welcoming everyone to Glasgow for #ICA27! 👨‍🏫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

✅ All grading completed
✅ Auto-reply set for annual leave
✅ Toronto-bound for two weeks of rest, reset, and some light writing time

👨‍🏫 Grateful for the chance to recharge before fully diving into summer research, writing, and master’s student supervisions.

DeepMind UK staff seek to unionise and challenge defence deals and Israel links Move by employees at Google’s AI arm follows discontent after weapons and surveillance pledge is dropped

About 300 UK-based workers of Google’s AI arm want to join the Communication Workers Union: “They’re not joining the trade union for pay negotiations. They’ve joined because they’ve seen the benefits of collectivising to hold Google to account for their stated ethics.” #1u www.ft.com/content/4e49...

Current essay-grading playlist. 👨‍🏫🎸

TOP AI IN EDUCATION FAILS ... so far:

Excited to mark the last day of teaching this semester with some rare Scottish sunshine and the news that a journal article has been accepted for publication and a paper has been accepted for presentation at the Future of Journalism 2025 conference in Cardiff. ☀️

#FoJ2025