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Computational Journalist and founder | Author, "Newsmakers: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Journalism" ()

New York
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Joined February 2009
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    9 Jul 2019

    Hello everyone, After 20 months of researching and writing, I’m excited to present to you my book: “Newsmakers: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Journalism” by . Coming to book stores this Fall. Available now for pre-order!🤖+📰=🚀

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  2. Sep 10

    Journalism school graduates deserve to be paid more!

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    Sep 6

    A new metric from STAT's that shows how fast the pandemic is getting better or worse: Visualizing real-time acceleration data for U.S. states and territories. via

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  4. Sep 3

    The biggest new revenue opportunity in media is for to sell NFTs of its hedcuts — the half-column portrait illustrations that have graced the Journal’s pages since 1979. Also a way to assign value to the human-drawn versions (vs. AI-generated like the ones at the bottom).

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  5. Aug 31

    This is the most hipster motorcycle ever produced: electric, 3D printed, biodegradable leather seats, haptic feedback, synthetic engine sound created by a DJ. Made in Brooklyn.

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  6. Aug 31

    This drone’s sensor lets it navigate different environments autonomously. It can be used as a self-gathering news tool in places that are either dangerous or inaccessible to humans.

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  7. Aug 31

    From raw data to a story.

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    Aug 28

    Alarming snapshot of the pandemic right now, from country by country to U.S. county by county: The Covid-19 Tracker via

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  9. Aug 25

    My new pet 🐕‍🦺🦾

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    Aug 19

    I didn't find a list that specifically curates people who are at the intersection of and (please share a list I may have missed!), so I've started one. Ping me with people and orgs to add!

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  11. Aug 19

    How journalism is done today vs. how it was 70 years ago.

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  12. Aug 10

    What a striking headline…

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    Aug 7

    Reading is a real gift.

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  14. Jul 28

    Really proud of our team! We are expanding and hiring computational journalists + data engineers 🚀

    Applied XL named as one of the best Business Information companies based in New York. Selection criteria based on exceptional performance in innovation, growth, management and societal impact.
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  15. Jul 28

    I love that there’s a Media & AI section in this book store. Algorithms “mediate” our connection with information and the world — and therefore algorithms are a new form media.

    A bookshelf in a bookstore labelled ‘Media and AI’
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  16. Jul 28

    Language is not the perfect vessel for truth as confusion about the meaning of words leads to contradictions. Truth is universal, immutable and transparent — those attributes can only be found in mathematics. News needs analytical baselines if it wants to reach ground truth.

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  17. Jul 22

    DeepMind has given 3-D structure to 350,000 proteins, including every one made by humans, promising a boon for medicine and drug design. This is a major scientific breakthrough via computation.

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    Today with , we're launching the Protein Structure Database, which offers the most complete and accurate picture of the human proteome, doubling humanity’s accumulated knowledge of high-accuracy human protein structures - for free: 1/
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    Jul 21

    At , we created dozens of automated TikTok accounts that watched hundreds of thousands of videos to reveal how the app decides what you see. Watch the investigation from , , , , me, and others.

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  19. Jul 19

    25 pioneers in AI ponder about its future. Highly recommend reading this book!

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  20. Jul 18

    Journalists who were selected as possible candidates for surveillance work at some of the largest news organizations including , , , among several others

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    Jul 17

    In the shadow of giants like SpaceX, more than a dozen startups are building their own globe-spanning networks of nanosatellites, enabling a new kind of everywhere, all-the-time connectivity for people, animals and assets on Earth.

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