Blythe Thomas

Director of Strategic Communications @PewResearch. Realist + optimist. #BoyMom. Trying to live every day in the present. Tweets are my own.

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Our colleagues @c_deane and @MonicaRAnders walked a packed house through four questions their organization should ask when determining how to use #AI when considering machines as an audience. @pewresearch. https://t.co/DtknqByaM5

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At #Comnet26 and EVP @c_deane is keeping it real. What’s working and what’s not as you try to make your website more machine-readable? @pewresearch

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Q: Can you guess which sector people are most positive about #AI? A: medical care. #Comnet26 @pewresearch

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Time for @pewresearch to share first how the American public feels about #AI. 71% Americans believe AI will lead to fewer jobs. https://t.co/UoocJ9uXgX #Comnet26

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Never disappoints! #Comnet26 kicks off with keynote by Pulitzer-prize winning author Percival Everett. “Reading fiction is how we learn empathy and how to talk to each other.” Talking about narrative change, creativity and storytelling. @TheComNetwork

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Good job, @OpenAI with developing a trusted contact feature: https://t.co/8B0jFd8Zx5. #PreventSuicide

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So excited to be among these heroes who’ve dedicated their time and talent to supporting children and victims of abuse at the 30th anniv of @SafeShoresDC #ThePowerOfPlay

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The future of journalism does not belong to the biggest entities. We need each other: institutions and journalists. And it must include shared commitment to be about the people. -Independent journalist Noor Tagouri at #KMF2026 @knightfdn

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Just released from @pewresearch, a study funded by the Pew-Knight Initiative. https://t.co/YmfVSztBtr

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So much has changed with how Americans experience news. News is no longer a shared experience. People encounter the news incidentally, not by seeking it out. -@katmatsa @pewresearch #KMF2026

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Curious humans seek out other humans to cut through the noise and make sense of a world with information overload. #KMF2026

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“Don’t just chase squirrels.” 🐿️ #KMF2026 @knightfdn

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Jonathan Kanter, former asst AG at #KMF forum offers these early observations:

1. Aggregation leads to brand flattening
2 Platforms sell audience, not content
3 GUI is on its way out.

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Simple, important advice at #KMF2026 @knightfdn when it comes to AI: “Use a tool - don’t be one.” -Former Asst AG Jonathan Kanter.

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Nonprofit news is past the proof-of-concept phase. It’s working. Now the task is to scale … and to reframe that local news is a public good. ~Sarabeth Berman from @JournalismProj at #KMF2026.

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A nation that takes democracy seriously must seriously invest in public media. -Tim Isgitt, CEO Public Media Company @knightfdn #KMF

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This morning, we welcomed leaders to our largest Knight Media Forum yet. Journalists, civic leaders, entrepreneurs, funders, scholars and artists—you all represent a world @knightfdn touches.

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“We believe Democracy is a a daily practice, not a spectator sport.” The power still is with the people. @mwadsworth @knightfdn

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“Minnesota’s crisis is America’s crisis.” Knight Fdn president @mwadsworth opens #KMF setting the scene with the challenges experienced around the country and threats to the 1st Amendment. @pewresearch

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So fun to see all data from #PewKnightInitiative on the big screens at KMF. Excited for a full day! Check out all the reports from our first 2+ years: https://t.co/ENE42gIfOl. @pewresearch