Alice Fleerackers (she/her)

@fleerackers.bsky.social

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Writer, researcher, terrible social media user | Assistant Prof @uvahumanities.bsky.social & VP of @pcstnetwork.bsky.social | studying journalism, #scholcomm & #scicomm | she/her

Are you a journalist who covers science, health, or environmental issues? We want to hear from you!

Janise and Alice stand in front of their slide titled "Open Research and Public Engagement: What Citizens want to know about preliminary and evolving science"

Screenshot of news story with title "Why preprint servers are increasing moderation — and what that means for researchers"

Poster advertising "Pub Talk," including illustration of a face and a bunch of digital devices and phones and details of the event: Speakers: Prof Mark Deuze, Dr Alice Fleerackers, Dr Toni Pape When/where: Sep 30, 16:30-18:30, Vox-Pop

Title of the paper "i'd like to think I'd be able to spot one": How journalists navigate predatory journals. The first "I'd" in the title is not capitalized.

Quote from journalist: "I vet research largely by the publication that it's in. So, if it's in a weird publication, I sort of don't know whether to trust it or not. I usually don't, because...I'm like, well it would be in a better publication if it were trustworthy."

Screenshot of journal article titled "I'd like to think I'd be able to spot one": How journalists navigate predatory journals

Authors: Alice Fleerackers, Laura Moorhead, Juan Pablo Alperin

Overview of pathways through which media stories published by The Conversation (TC) are amplified in a digital media landscape:

Pathway A: TC stories are posted to Facebook
B) those posts are engaged with by Facebook users
C) TC stories are republished by other media outlets
D) those republished stories are posted to Facebook
E) those posts sharing republished stories are engaged with by Facebook users.

Screenshot of journal article titled Amplifying the News: An Analysis of the Factors Driving Republication and Facebook Engagement with News.

Slide with a blue watchdog on it and the words "Watchdog science journalism: Tensions and opportunities for critical science engagement"

On a light purple background, flyer for: Inclusive event facilitation: challenges, best practices, and opportunities April 28, 2025 8 - 9pm EST
From webinars and panels, to workshops and festivals-effective science communication often involves facilitating conversations with diverse individuals. But how do you ensure those conversations are welcoming and accessible to both speakers and participants?
In this PCST webinar, four international panelists will share opportunities and best practices for inclusive science communication event facilitation. Moderator: Ana Claudia Nepote (she/her), Member of the PCST Network's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Committee and Associate Professor at National Autonomous University of Mexico Panellists: - Luz Helena Oviedo Villegas (she/her), Head of Community Engagement at Parque Explora - Thilina Heenatigala (he/him), Assistant Professor and Director of
Communications, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) -Nic Bennet (they/them), Postdoctoral Researcher with the Scicomm Identities Project at Michigan State University - Michelle Riedlinger (she/her), Associate Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland
University of Technology Link to register in post

Screenshot of journal article in Canadian Journal of Communication, displaying the following bibliographic information:

Fleerackers, A.*, Chtena, N., Oliveira, M., Dorsch, I., Alperin, J. P., & Pinfield, S. (2025). Open data in data journalism: Opportunities and future directions. Canadian Journal of Communication, 50(1), 145–161. DOI: 10.3138/cjc-2023-0040 [Peer-reviewed Commentary]

Red banner reading "Stop budget cuts higher education. Strike UvA: March 17"

Flyer for Alice Fleerackers' talk "Making research knowledge public: Using open science to support science communication" taking place at 10-10:45 am on March 24 2025

A flyer describing key details for this member forum titled "Supporting inclusive and participatory science communication in the face of challenges". It takes place on March 19 2025 at 9 am PST and is facilitated by Alice Fleerackers, Vice President of PCST Network.

Graphic titled "PCST Award for the Advancement of Science Communication as a Professional Field." It summarizes award information that can be found at the URL in my post.

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Graph showing the dramatic rise in the proportion of research articles that appear to be paper mill products since 2000.... a shift from close to 0% to more than 1.7% today

Screenshot of article in PLOS ONE titled "From impact metrics and open science to communicating research: Journalists' awareness of academic controversies"

The centre of Amsterdam, looking glam in the last bit of evening sun.

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Ines Engelmann presents her work at JEERA

Tara Ross presents a slide showing shrinking proportions of science news stories published between 2018 and 2024 (in terms of both the number of stories and length of stories)

Katharina Esau presents a slide titled "Mediated conflict on climate action: the potential of news frames to (de-)polarise online public debates"

Slide deck with the text "Monitoring the Powerful: Perspectives on Watchdog Journalism from Around the World"