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Michael Auslen

@MichaelAuslen

Assistant Professor @UTGovernment. Representation, media, state/local politics, parties. Former politics reporter. Proud @idsnews alum. 🌈

Austin, TX Katılım Mart 2009
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Michael Auslen
Michael Auslen@MichaelAuslen·
The country’s greatest college newspaper reporting on the country’s greatest college football team. Now that’s some Hoosier excellence.
IDS Sports@ids_sports

#iufb reached college football immortality Monday night, as the Hoosiers earned their first national championship with their victory over Miami. Indiana finished the 2025 season a perfect 16-0 as the national champions. idsnews.com/article/2026/0…

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Indiana Daily Student
Indiana Daily Student@idsnews·
IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our paper. Upon pushback, IU fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision. Letter from the editors to come.
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Michael Auslen@MichaelAuslen·
Subnational public opinion is important to many things we care about: learning what policies people want! assessing representation! But it's hard with historical data because of survey sampling challenges. My new paper at @SPPQJournal shows how we can update MRP to do just that.
Cambridge University Press - Politics@CUP_PoliSci

#OpenAccess from @SPPQJournal - Improving Subnational Opinion Estimation from Cluster-Sampled Polls - cup.org/3Z1AXS2 - @MichaelAuslen #FirstView

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Michael Auslen@MichaelAuslen·
Great to see this paper out! In it we document the rise of the culture wars as a dominant divide in American politics. In particular, we find that it was the *state* parties that first polarized on abortion, well before national parties acted on the issue.
Studies in American Political Development (SAPD)@StudiesAPD

New First View! The Culture War and Partisan Polarization: State Political Parties, 1960–2018 | Studies in American Political Development bit.ly/4edpGDd @GeraldGamm Justin Phillips, Matthew Carr, and @michaelauslen

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Michael Auslen@MichaelAuslen·
So this news from Gannett may be good news for democratic representation in these states, though perhaps less so if they are simply replacing reporters laid off months or years ago with fellows on short-term contracts (which I have no information about) twitter.com/MichaelAuslen/…
Michael Auslen@MichaelAuslen

Interesting move by Gannett (which has over several years dramatically reduced the number of reporters in its newsrooms) to hire reporters to cover state politics--though seemingly in capitals where they do not on the paper.

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Michael Auslen@MichaelAuslen·
BUT, surprisingly, the public is *not* more informed or engaged in districts where legislators are more likely to be covered. Instead, the presence of journalists as watchdog monitors in the state capitol likely changes politicians' incentives to represent constituents well.
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Michael Auslen@MichaelAuslen·
In a working paper, I find that when state legislators are more likely to be covered by the press, they are more responsive to their constituents' preferences. michaelauslen.com/statenews
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Michael Auslen@MichaelAuslen·
Interesting move by Gannett (which has over several years dramatically reduced the number of reporters in its newsrooms) to hire reporters to cover state politics--though seemingly in capitals where they do not on the paper.
Jim Rosica@JimRosicaFL

"These full-time fellowships run from November 2023 to December 2024, and the roles are benefits eligible. We're looking for enterprising and scoop-driven reporters who are eager to write explanatory and informative journalism for a statewide and national audience." ⤵️

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost·
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Katie Mettler
Katie Mettler@kemettler·
Thanks to @IUBloomington for giving me and @mjcontrera the chance to ooze about our friendship, which was forged at @IUMediaSchool @idsnews and has made us better colleagues and reporting partners — especially through our toughest stories. 10/10 recommend working with your bff.
IU Bloomington@IUBloomington

Four @IUMediaSchool alumni discuss covering the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection with @washingtonpost, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and their experiences at IU: bit.ly/3sUXi2X

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