Going live with the second session of Practical AI for Investigative Journalism at 10am ET!

This time we'll be turning lumps of texts like letters, comments, and news articles into spreadsheet-friendly data. It's your second-best alternative to #ijf24 !

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Important session this, featuring Srishti’s upcoming work under Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Fellowship. Listen in to know what my colleagues at Digital Witness Lab have been upto for the past few months.

How do you investigate elections campaigning happening over WhatsApp?

If you're at #IJF24 come check out our session at 3pm with Srishti Surya Mattu and me! We'll talk through how we're doing just that.

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Hi all

I got accepted into the Lede Program for Data Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, a 10-week course focusing on data, coding, visual storytelling, etc. The university has provided me a scholarship covering 83% of the tuition fees. However, I need additional funds 1/

I need your help, guys

Bummed I cant make this in person but really looking forward to the discussion. Join us if you're going to be in Perugia for the festival!
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I'm ecstatic to share that preorders are now open for the AI Snake Oil book! The book will be released on September 24, 2024.

Arvind Narayanan and I have been working on this for the past two years, and we can't wait to share it with the world.

Preorder: princeton.press/awecv19z

Tremendously proud that star journalism student Charlie Roth and his groundbreaking work won perhaps the nation's top award for college journalists. A huge public service, aided by data dynamo Neil Bedi. So happy to work with these folks. Princeton University Princeton Alumni Weekly

.Dhruv Mehrotra continues to get his hands on insane datasets.

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Nominations for participation from federal employees are being sought for Princeton University's AI Policy Precepts Spring 2024 Program, which will explore the future of both predictive and generative AI. Arvind Narayanan Matthew Salganik Zach Vertin citp.princeton.edu/programs/princ…

We got the paywall removed! Please read and share: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

I’m delighted to announce that today I’m launching a new nonprofit journalism studio: Proof News.

Proof is into proving things! We question, test, and investigate the most important issues. We will always tell you what we know and what we don’t know. proofnews.org

We gave delivery riders in 3 South Asian cities air quality monitors, to see how they're affected by harmful pollution.

Here's just one result. That pale line at the bottom? That's the WHO's guidelines for exposure.

This story is well worth your time: restofworld.org/2024/riders-in…

Hey data and creative tech people! Do I know anyone who runs a jury for a design competition, grant program, or thesis defense? I'm trying to get myself invited to a jury panel for one of those, which would help with my green card application.

Any help would be so appreciated 💙

NEW: A leaked document obtained by WIRED details the locations of tens of thousands of ShotSpotter microphones embedded in communities around the planet.

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NEW: A leaked document reveals the locations of ShotSpotter microphones around the globe, which have been kept secret from both the police that use the system and the public. Dhruv Mehrotra and Joey Scott have the scoop: wired.com/story/shotspot…

Did not lack* 🤦🏽‍♂️

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Very excited to join the team at Digital Witness Lab! We have been working on some very exciting things at the Lab the few months and hope to share them with everyone soon.