Tom Davidson

Inventing the future of media (without blowing up Beeker) at @PSUBellisario at Penn State. Opinions are mine.

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

An update: In a few weeks, I'll join the marvelous faculty at @PSUBellisario as professor of the practice in media entrepreneurship and innovation. (Like in my writing days, I'll never settle for a two-word job title when there's a longer one available.) 1/2

[John S. Knight Fellowships @JSKstanford]

We have relaunched the Knight-Risser prize and are excited award up to $10,000 for an enterprise or investigative environmental story in the western U.S. Visit the link to learn more and apply. ⏰️ Deadline: June 2. https://t.co/JNnFcu2bli

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@NatPress @emcahan @NPRDebElliott @RodKuckro Judging the Stokes Award is an annual b pleasure. This year's honorees were breathtakingly good - and reinforced the value of dogged original reporting.

[National Press Foundation @NatPress]

.@harrisalexc and @semerriam of @MiamiHerald have won the 2025 Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy and Environment Writing  from NPF for revealing how climate change and street flooding are reshaping life and property values in South Florida.

https://t.co/YE3VuU0WFz

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@Seth_3773 Yay sportsball!

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

Hey, @cbs? Why no @GeneSteratore on the first PI call?

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

Moments like this make you wonder about legalized gambling.

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

In this most meaningful time of year, it's important to pause, think, and say aloud the truths we usually leave unspoken:

Drew Pearson pushed off.

#Vikings

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@gtconway3d @BBGreatMoments You have taste, Mr. Conway.

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@LaVelleNeal @LaVelleNeal ,what's your sense if the economic implications is the streaming deal - short and mid-term? Gotta believe that unhitching from the collapsing cable world is a good thing eventually... But this looks like a $10 million hit next year...

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@DJHoly_Grail Stay strong. It's early.

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@soIoucity PREACH, TONY, PREACH.

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@FPWellman Once upon a time, the journalist's ethos was summed up by a saying of photographers - f/8 and be there. We've forgotten that.

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@JayeJaybird54 It's POP, dammit!

#MinnesotaForever. Except in February.

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@Jactan1776 @JRubinBlogger You don't actually know what a communist is, do you? Read a book.

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@douglasritz @JRubinBlogger Folks said the same about Obama - callow. Lacking in international experience. Easy to play.

Ask bin Laden how that worked out.

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@gtconway3d We need Clyde t-shirts.

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

Hard as this is to believe, DC is a local news desert. The Post has scaled back dramatically. Commercial TV news is, well, commercial TV news. In February, the local NPR station laid off two thirds of its reporters. This is a worthy effort to fill the gaps. I've given; will you?

[The 51st @51stnews]

So many of you have donated 🫶 Now, we need to you to help us spread the news. We have 48 hours to raise $16,000 to stay on track to meet our fundraising goals so we can bring you worker-led local news! Can you share our fundraiser with five people?

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@pwthornton ESPN and Animal Planet would be in a bidding war for the broadcast rights.

[The 51st @51stnews]

So many of you have donated 🫶 Now, we need to you to help us spread the news. We have 48 hours to raise $16,000 to stay on track to meet our fundraising goals so we can bring you worker-led local news! Can you share our fundraiser with five people?

[Tom Davidson @tgdavidson]

@midwestern_ope Respectfully, no.

I-70 to Denver: "I. Am. Boring."

I-80 from Yellowstone to Omaha: "Chump."